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Orbital Science made a number of strategic acquisitions in the 1990s and 2000s to strengthen its position in the satellite market. In 1994, Orbital completed acquisition of Fairchild Industries' subsidiary Space and Defense Corporation, and merged the Fairchild Space business with its own satellite design and manufacturing division. [11]
Orbital Corporation Limited (ASX: OEC), formerly Orbital Engine Corporation Limited pioneered by Ralph Sarich, is an Australian company based in Balcatta, Western Australia, that aims to provide clean engine technologies and alternative fuel systems with reduced environmental impact from gas emissions and improved fuel economy.
Intelsat 15 was built by Orbital Sciences Corporation, on a Star-2.4. [2] It is located at 85° E longitude on the geostationary orbit . It was launched from Baikonur Cosmodrome to a geosynchronous transfer orbit on 30 November 2009 by a Zenit-3SLB launch vehicle.
GeoEye was merged into the DigitalGlobe corporation on January 29, 2013. [4] The company was founded in 1992 as a division of Orbital Sciences Corporation in the wake of the 1992 Land Remote Sensing Policy Act which permitted private companies to enter the satellite imaging
Orbital Corporation, an Australian engine technology company Orbital Sciences Corporation , a U.S. satellite launch and defense systems corporation Orbital ATK , American aerospace manufacturer formed from the merger of Orbital Sciences Corporation and parts of Alliant Techsystems
Cygnus is an expendable American automated cargo spacecraft designed for International Space Station (ISS) resupply missions. It was initially developed by Orbital Sciences Corporation with financial support from NASA under the Commercial Orbital Transportation Services (COTS) program.
The new satellite was assembled in Arizona by Orbital Sciences Corporation. Landsat 9 launched on September 27, 2021. During FY2014 financial planning "appropriators chided NASA for unrealistic expectations that a Landsat 9 would cost US$1 billion, and capped spending at US$650 million" according to a report by the Congressional Research Service .
Orbital joined SpaceX as one of only two private entities to supply the International Space Station with its launch of the Cygnus Orb-D1 mission on its Antares rocket on September 28, 2013. [ 16 ] United States SpaceX (USA) became the second company to launch a rocket into orbit using a rocket developed with private—not government—funds. [ 17 ]