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With its proprietary GEOStar-2 satellite platform, Orbital has become a leading supplier of 1.5 - 5.5 kilowatt Geosynchronous-Earth Orbit (GEO) communications satellites used to provide direct-to-home TV broadcasting, cable program distribution, business data network capacity, regional mobile communications and similar services.
Orbital-3, [6] [7] also known as Orb-3, was an attempted flight of Cygnus, an automated cargo spacecraft developed by United States–based company Orbital Sciences, on 28 October 2014. The mission was intended to launch at 22:22:38 UTC that evening.
Orbital Sciences Corporation space launch vehicles (2 C, 4 P) Pages in category "Orbital Sciences Corporation" The following 12 pages are in this category, out of 12 total.
Orbital Sciences Corporation: Ariane 5 G: 9 April 2003 Kourou, ELA-3: Active 129.0° West With INSAT-3A: Galaxy 13: Hughes Aircraft Company: Zenit-3SL: 1 October 2003 Sea Launch: Active 127.0° West Horizons-1: Galaxy 14: Orbital Sciences Corporation: Soyuz-FG: 13 August 2005 Baikonur, Site 31/6: Active 125.0° West Galaxy 15: Orbital Sciences ...
Orbital-1, [7] [8] also known as Orb-1, [8] [9] [4] was the second flight of the Orbital Sciences Cygnus cargo spacecraft, its second flight to the International Space Station (ISS) and the third launch of the company's Antares launch vehicle. The mission launched on 9 January 2014 at 18:07:05 UTC. [4]
It was originally developed by Thomas van der Heyden, co-founder of CTAI, and later sold to and manufactured by Orbital Sciences Corporation. [ citation needed ] The Star Bus satellite platform is designed for various applications, including communications, remote sensing , and scientific missions.
The company became a subsidiary of Orbital Sciences Corporation (OSC) from the United States on 17 November 1995. [3] MDA was primary contractor for, and took ownership of, the RADARSAT-2 Earth observation satellite. [4] MDA bought the space robotics division of Spar Aerospace—manufacturer of the Canadarm—in March 1999, renaming it MD Robotics.
[citation needed] Prometheus also included other NASA-funded design improvements to HL-20 by Orbital Sciences that were done some years ago as part of NASA's Orbital Space Plane program. [2] Whereas the HL-20 was a pure lifting body , [ citation needed ] the Prometheus design was for a Blended Lifting Body (BLB). [ 2 ]