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History
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Business groups
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Primary facility locations
Warp DriveWallops Island, VirginiaChandler, ArizonaGreenbelt, MarylandVandenberg Air Force Base, California
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Key facts & relationships
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- Founded
- 1982 (1982) in Vienna, Virginia
- Founders
- David W. Thompson Bruce W. Ferguson Scott L. Webster
- Industry
- Space, Defense
- Headquarters
- Dulles, Virginia, United States
- Defunct
- February 9, 2015
- Fate
- Merged with Alliant Techsystems to form Orbital ATK
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Overview
- Space
- Alliant Techsystems
- Orbital ATK
- Northrop Grumman
- Dulles, Virginia
- New York Stock Exchange
- Launch vehicles Launch vehicle
- Low Earth orbit
- Geosynchronous Earth orbit Geosynchronous orbit
- Communications Communication
- Remote sensing
- Human-rated Human-rating certification
History
- Harvard Business School
- Bruce Walker Ferguson
- Texas
- Transfer orbital stage Transfer Orbit Stage
- NASA
- Orbcomm Orbcomm (satellite)
- Pegasus Pegasus (rocket)
- DARPA
- Conestoga Conestoga (rocket)
- Initial public offering
- NASDAQ
- Minotaur-C
- Dawn Dawn (spacecraft)
- International Space Station
- Cygnus spacecraft Cygnus (spacecraft)
- Antares Antares (rocket)
- Cygnus Orb-D1
- Cygnus CRS Orb-1
- Fairchild Industries
- GEOStar
- Indonesia
- Direct Broadcast Satellite Satellite television
- S-Band S band
- Gilbert, Arizona
- General Dynamics
- Northrop Grumman Innovation Systems
- Federal Trade Commission
Business groups
- IridiumNEXT Iridium satellite constellation
- OrbView series GeoEye
- Landsat 4, 5 and 8 Landsat program
- L-1011 Lockheed L-1011 TriStar
- Stargazer Stargazer (aircraft)
- Minotaur Minotaur (rocket family)
- Rocket motors Rocket engine
- Minotaur IV
- Peacekeeper LGM-118 Peacekeeper
- U.S. government Federal government of the United States
- Wallops Flight Facility
- Wallops Island
- Missile Defense Agency
- U.S. Air Force United States Air Force
- U.S. Army United States Army
- U.S. Navy United States Navy
- Commercial Resupply Services
- Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport
- National Security Space National Security Space Office
- Stratolaunch Systems
- Hubble Space Telescope
- National Radio Astronomy Observatory
- Satellite navigation
- Wireless
- United States
- Canada
- Los Angeles
- Chicago
- Washington, D.C.
- Affiliated Computer Services
Primary facility locations
Orbital products
- Minotaur I
- Minuteman LGM-30 Minuteman
- Stages Multistage rocket
- Orion 38
- Hypersonic Hypersonic speed
- Suborbital Sub-orbital spaceflight
- Minotaur V
- Geosynchronous Transfer Orbits Geostationary transfer orbit
- Translunar Trans-lunar injection
- LADEE Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer
- Pegasus II Pegasus II (rocket)
- Fifth Cygnus CRS Orb-3
- Antares follow on Antares II
- AJ-26
- First stage First stage (rocketry)
- Russian Russia
- RD-193
- NK-33s NK-33
- NPO Energomash
- Cygnus capsule
- ISS
- Commercial Orbital Transportation Services
- Ground-Based Interceptor
- Ground-Based Midcourse Defense
- Alaska
- California
- Ballistic Missile Targets Ballistic missile
- Intercontinental Ballistic Missile
- GQM-163A “Coyote” Anti-Ship Cruise Missile Target GQM-163 Coyote
- Mach Mach number
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Map overview Semantic statistics
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Nodes173
Edges172
Triples28
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.011561
Components1
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Orbital Sciences Corporation
Top relations
Defunct · 1
Orbital Sciences Corporation → February 9, 2015
Fate · 1
Orbital Sciences Corporation → Merged with Alliant Techsystems to form Orbital ATK
Founded · 1
Orbital Sciences Corporation → 1982 (1982) in Vienna, Virginia
Founders · 1
Orbital Sciences Corporation → David W. Thompson Bruce W. Ferguson Scott L. Webster
Headquarters · 1
Orbital Sciences Corporation → Dulles, Virginia, United States
Industry · 1
Orbital Sciences Corporation → Space, Defense
Key people · 1
Orbital Sciences Corporation → David W. Thompson (Chairman, President and CEO)
Net income · 1
Orbital Sciences Corporation → US$68 million (2013)
Number of employees · 1
Orbital Sciences Corporation → 3,300 (2013)
Operating income · 1
Orbital Sciences Corporation → US$113 million (2013)
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Important terminology
orbital launch space systems satellites minotaur commercial missions vehicle rocket spacecraft orbit satellite services vehicles defense orbital's communications iss flight
Entity relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples
Extracted RDF-like relationships with confidence and source. The table includes structured facts and lower-confidence contextual relations.| Subject | Predicate | Object | Confidence | Src |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Orbital Sciences Corporation | Defunct | February 9, 2015 | 1.00 | infobox |
| Orbital Sciences Corporation | Fate | Merged with Alliant Techsystems to form Orbital ATK | 1.00 | infobox |
| Orbital Sciences Corporation | Founded | 1982 (1982) in Vienna, Virginia | 1.00 | infobox |
| Orbital Sciences Corporation | Founders | David W. Thompson Bruce W. Ferguson Scott L. Webster | 1.00 | infobox |
| Orbital Sciences Corporation | Headquarters | Dulles, Virginia, United States | 1.00 | infobox |
| Orbital Sciences Corporation | Industry | Space, Defense | 1.00 | infobox |
| Orbital Sciences Corporation | Key people | David W. Thompson (Chairman, President and CEO) | 1.00 | infobox |
| Orbital Sciences Corporation | Net income | US$68 million (2013) | 1.00 | infobox |
| Orbital Sciences Corporation | Number of employees | 3,300 (2013) | 1.00 | infobox |
| Orbital Sciences Corporation | Operating income | US$113 million (2013) | 1.00 | infobox |
| Orbital Sciences Corporation | Revenue | US$1,365 million (2013) | 1.00 | infobox |
| Orbital Sciences Corporation | Total assets | US$1,284 million (2013) | 1.00 | infobox |
| Orbital Sciences Corporation | Total equity | US$795 million (2013) | 1.00 | infobox |
| Orbital Sciences Corporation | Traded as | NYSE: ORB | 1.00 | infobox |
| Orbital Sciences Corporation | Type | Public | 1.00 | infobox |
| Orbital Sciences Corporation | Website | orbital.com | 1.00 | infobox |
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