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Orbital Sciences Corporation
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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
- Minotaur
- Pegasus
- Taurus
- OSP-2 Peacekeeper , a satellite launching version of the LG-118A Peacekeeper
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
- DART Rendezvous Vehicle
- Hyper-X
- Orbital Space Plane
- Crew Exploration Vehicle (within the team of Lockheed Martin)
External links
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