Orbital Sciences Corporation

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aerospace company defunct company

Orbital Sciences Corporation was an American aerospace company known for developing and launching satellites, rockets, and space systems for commercial, military, and scientific customers.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Orbital Sciences Corporation canonical 22
Orbital ATK 4

Statements (52)

Predicate Object
instanceOf aerospace company ⓘ
defunct company ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
developed Antares launch vehicle ⓘ
surface form: Antares rocket

Cygnus spacecraft ⓘ
GEO communications satellites ⓘ
Intercontinental ballistic missile target vehicles ⓘ
LEO remote sensing satellites ⓘ
Minotaur rocket family ⓘ
Pegasus rocket family ⓘ
surface form: Pegasus rocket

Taurus rocket ⓘ
launch vehicles ⓘ
medium-lift rockets ⓘ
missile defense systems ⓘ
satellites ⓘ
small rockets ⓘ
space systems ⓘ
focus small and medium-class space and rocket systems ⓘ
foundedBy Bruce Ferguson ⓘ
David W. Thompson ⓘ
Scott L. Webster ⓘ
headquartersLocation Dulles, Virginia ⓘ
Fairfax County, Virginia ⓘ
inception 1982 ⓘ
industry aerospace ⓘ
defense ⓘ
space systems ⓘ
laterParentCompany Northrop Grumman ⓘ
majorCustomer NASA ⓘ
Department of Defense ⓘ
surface form: U.S. Department of Defense

commercial satellite operators ⓘ
international space agencies ⓘ
mergedInto Orbital ATK ⓘ
mergerCompletionDate 2015 ⓘ
mergerPartner Alliant Techsystems ⓘ
missionType International Space Station resupply ⓘ
notableProduct Antares launch vehicle ⓘ
surface form: Antares medium-lift rocket

Cygnus spacecraft ⓘ
surface form: Cygnus ISS cargo vehicle

Pegasus XL ⓘ
surface form: Pegasus air-launched rocket
operatedVehicle Antares launch vehicle ⓘ
Cygnus spacecraft ⓘ
surface form: Cygnus cargo spacecraft
parentCompanyAfterMerger Orbital ATK ⓘ
participatedInProgram NASA Commercial Orbital Transportation Services ⓘ
NASA Commercial Resupply Services missions ⓘ
surface form: NASA Commercial Resupply Services
providedService launch services ⓘ
satellite manufacturing ⓘ
space mission support ⓘ
spacecraft integration ⓘ
servedCustomerType commercial ⓘ
military ⓘ
scientific ⓘ
successor Orbital ATK ⓘ

Referenced by (26)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

SCISAT-1 → launchContractor → Orbital Sciences Corporation ⓘ
NASA Commercial Orbital Transportation Services program → selectedCompany → Orbital Sciences Corporation ⓘ
NASA Commercial Orbital Transportation Services program → primaryAwardee → Orbital Sciences Corporation ⓘ
Dawn mission → builtBy → Orbital Sciences Corporation ⓘ
subject surface form: Dawn
Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite → contractor → Orbital Sciences Corporation ⓘ
this entity surface form: Orbital ATK
GALEX Galaxy Evolution Explorer → launchProvider → Orbital Sciences Corporation ⓘ
subject surface form: GALEX
GALEX Galaxy Evolution Explorer → manufacturer → Orbital Sciences Corporation ⓘ
subject surface form: GALEX
Cygnus spacecraft → previousDeveloper → Orbital Sciences Corporation ⓘ
Antares launch vehicle → manufacturer → Orbital Sciences Corporation ⓘ
Antares launch vehicle → developedBy → Orbital Sciences Corporation ⓘ
Ground-based Midcourse Defense system → contractor → Orbital Sciences Corporation ⓘ
subject surface form: Ground-based Midcourse Defense
Alliant Techsystems → mergedWith → Orbital Sciences Corporation ⓘ
Alliant Techsystems → successor → Orbital Sciences Corporation ⓘ
this entity surface form: Orbital ATK
Pegasus XL → manufacturer → Orbital Sciences Corporation ⓘ
Pegasus XL → developer → Orbital Sciences Corporation ⓘ
Pegasus XL → launchServiceProvider → Orbital Sciences Corporation ⓘ
Pegasus XL → launchServiceProvider → Orbital Sciences Corporation ⓘ
this entity surface form: Orbital ATK
Pegasus XL → operator → Orbital Sciences Corporation ⓘ
Pegasus XL → operator → Orbital Sciences Corporation ⓘ
this entity surface form: Orbital ATK
COTS → selectedPartner → Orbital Sciences Corporation ⓘ
PlanetSpace → hasCompetitor → Orbital Sciences Corporation ⓘ
Commercial Resupply Services (CRS) → contractor → Orbital Sciences Corporation ⓘ
subject surface form: Commercial Resupply Services
Orb-1 → operator → Orbital Sciences Corporation ⓘ
Orb-1 → launchContractor → Orbital Sciences Corporation ⓘ
Orb-1 → spacecraftManufacturer → Orbital Sciences Corporation ⓘ
Standard Cygnus → serviceModuleSupplier → Orbital Sciences Corporation ⓘ