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Orbital Sciences Corporation: History, Geography, Companies & Science

Orbital Sciences Corporation (commonly referred to as Orbital) was an American company specializing in the design, manufacture, and launch of small- and medium- class space and launch vehicle systems for commercial, military and other government customers. In 2014, Orbital merged with Alliant Techsystems (ATK) to create a new company called Orbital ATK…

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Orbital Sciences Corporation topic overview

The analysis highlights History, Geography, Companies and Science as prominent areas in the source structure around Orbital Sciences Corporation.

Related topics
167
Source areas
5
Connected nodes
172
Extracted relationships
28
Concept neighborhoods
56
Bridge connections
172

What this topic covers Research coverage

Source areas are shown by the number of related topics found in each part of the analysis. Use smaller areas too: they can reveal specialized angles and content gaps.

Orbital products · 90 topics
Business groups · 31 topics
History · 27 topics
Overview · 12 topics
Primary facility locations · 7 topics

Smaller areas are not necessarily less important. They contain fewer connections in this analysis and can be useful for finding specialized angles or coverage gaps.

Key facts & relationships

High-confidence facts extracted from structured source data. Use them as anchors for further research.

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

Explore all related topics Closing gaps

Browse the complete topic structure, not only the most central items. Less prominent entities and concepts can reveal missing angles, specialized context and useful research gaps. Each item opens a new analysis centered on that subject.

Overview

History

Business groups

Primary facility locations

Orbital products

Advanced semantic analysis

Deeper signals for content research, entity SEO and topical coverage. The plain-language headings explain what each technical view is useful for.

How Orbital Sciences Corporation connects Entity context

The extracted context around Orbital Sciences Corporation shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, Orbital Sciences Corporation → February 9, 2015 Another extracted example is Orbital Sciences Corporation → Merged with Alliant Techsystems to form Orbital ATK. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.

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)

Important terminology

Use these terms to understand the vocabulary surrounding the topic, not as a checklist for keyword stuffing.

Important terminology

orbital launch space systems satellites minotaur commercial missions vehicle rocket spacecraft orbit satellite services vehicles defense orbital's communications iss flight

Orbital Sciences Corporation relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

TTTA extracted 28 structured relationships around Orbital Sciences Corporation. Examples in this analysis include Orbital Sciences Corporation → Defunct → February 9, 2015 and Orbital Sciences Corporation → Fate → Merged with Alliant Techsystems to form Orbital ATK. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Orbital Sciences CorporationDefunctFebruary 9, 20151.00infobox
Orbital Sciences CorporationFateMerged with Alliant Techsystems to form Orbital ATK1.00infobox
Orbital Sciences CorporationFounded1982 (1982) in Vienna, Virginia1.00infobox
Orbital Sciences CorporationFoundersDavid W. Thompson Bruce W. Ferguson Scott L. Webster1.00infobox
Orbital Sciences CorporationHeadquartersDulles, Virginia, United States1.00infobox
Orbital Sciences CorporationIndustrySpace, Defense1.00infobox
Orbital Sciences CorporationKey peopleDavid W. Thompson (Chairman, President and CEO)1.00infobox
Orbital Sciences CorporationNet incomeUS$68 million (2013)1.00infobox
Orbital Sciences CorporationNumber of employees3,300 (2013)1.00infobox
Orbital Sciences CorporationOperating incomeUS$113 million (2013)1.00infobox
Orbital Sciences CorporationRevenueUS$1,365 million (2013)1.00infobox
Orbital Sciences CorporationTotal assetsUS$1,284 million (2013)1.00infobox
Orbital Sciences CorporationTotal equityUS$795 million (2013)1.00infobox
Orbital Sciences CorporationTraded asNYSE: ORB1.00infobox
Orbital Sciences CorporationTypePublic1.00infobox
Orbital Sciences CorporationWebsiteorbital.com1.00infobox

Related concept clusters Concept neighborhoods

The concept neighborhoods around Orbital Sciences Corporation bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Satellites, Systems and Services. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.

  • Orbital Sciences Corporation
    • Satellites
    • Systems
    • Services
    • Launch
    • Space
    • Built
    • Commercial
    • Atk
    • Defense
    • Satellite
    • Rocket
    • Spacecraft
  • orbital sciences corporation
    • Satellites
    • Systems
    • Services
    • Launch
    • Space
    • New
    • Built
    • Commercial
    • Atk
    • Defense
    • Satellite
    • Rocket
  • space
    • Vehicle
    • Systems
    • Missions
    • Services
    • Orbital's
    • Nasa
    • Satellites
    • Rocket
    • Minotaur
    • Satellite
    • Orbit
    • Defense
  • orbital atk
    • Company
    • Satellites
    • New
    • Systems
    • Services
    • Launch
    • Space
    • Built
    • Commercial
    • Atk
    • Orbital
    • Satellite
  • launch vehicles
    • Vehicle
    • Missile
    • Space
    • Defense
    • Minotaur
    • Commercial
    • Government
    • Orbital's
    • Launch
    • Vehicles
    • Systems
    • Antares
  • low earth orbit
    • Satellites
    • Minotaur
    • Satellite
    • Communications
    • Missions
    • Vehicles
    • Also
    • Iv
    • Orbital's
    • Flight
    • Pegasus
    • Test
  • geosynchronous earth orbit
    • Satellites
    • Minotaur
    • Satellite
    • Communications
    • Missions
    • Vehicles
    • Also
    • Iv
    • Orbital's
    • Flight
    • Pegasus
    • Test
  • communications
    • Satellite
    • Satellites
    • Orbit
    • Business
    • Services
    • Also
    • Test
    • Systems
    • Vehicles
    • Orbital
    • Spacecraft
    • Space

Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges

For Orbital Sciences Corporation, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects Orbital Sciences Corporation with Orbital products. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.

Min side: 3
Orbital Sciences Corporation — Orbital products · splits 82 ⟂ 91
Orbital Sciences Corporation — Business groups · splits 141 ⟂ 32
Orbital Sciences Corporation — History · splits 145 ⟂ 28
Orbital Sciences Corporation — Overview · splits 160 ⟂ 13
Orbital Sciences Corporation — Primary facility locations · splits 165 ⟂ 8

Map overview Semantic statistics

Orbital Sciences Corporation

Nodes173
Edges172
Triples28
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.011561
Components1

Source & methodology

TTTA analyzes the structure around Orbital Sciences Corporation to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as History, Geography, Companies & Science, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.

Source: Wikipedia — Orbital Sciences Corporation · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout

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