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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.
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 ]
In 2022, Terran Orbital company, the company that owns Tyvak, entered public stock market through a SPAC merger. At the time it was announced that the name Tyvak would be phased out and the focus of the whole company (that is, both Tyvak and Terran Orbital) would be transitioned into larger satellites from nanosats and cubesats. [1]
The ORBCOMM low Earth orbit (LEO) system was conceived by Orbital Sciences Corporation (Orbital) in the late 1980s. In 1990, Orbital filed the world's first license application with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) for the operation of a network of small LEO spacecraft [5] to provide global satellite services of commercial messaging and data communications services via the company's ...
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
Minotaur V is an American expendable launch system derived from the Minotaur IV, itself a derivative of the LGM-118 Peacekeeper, an intercontinental ballistic missile.It was developed by Orbital Sciences Corporation, (now absorbed into Northrop Grumman) and made its maiden, and to date, only flight on 7 September 2013 carrying the LADEE (Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer ...
Above: Space Development Corporation (formerly Orbital Assembly Corporation) [1] is an American aerospace company that has announced several widely publicized plans to build various space stations. As of 2024 [update] , no funding for the projects has been announced and construction of the stations has not started.