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Orbital Sciences Corporation

Orbital Sciences Corporation (OSC, though commonly abbreviated as Orbital) is a Dulles, Virginia company which specializes in satellite launch and manufacture. It also has a division which specializes in strategic missile defense and theater missile defense systems. Orbital formerly owned ORBIMAGE and the Magellan line of GPS receivers, though they are now divested (the latter to Thales). Orbital's NYSE ticker symbol is ORB.

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Orbital Products

Satellite launch vehicles

Experimental vehicles

  • X-34 reusable launch vehicle demonstrator

National and theater missile defense

  • GMD Boost Vehicle
  • Kinetic Energy Interceptors (KEI )
  • Ballistic target vehicles
  • GQM-163A Coyote
  • Suborbital rocket testbeds

Satellites

Other

External links

Orbital Sciences Corporation page

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