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Orbital Sciences Corporation was a Dulles, Virginia heritage satellite and launch-vehicle manufacturer founded in 1982.^[1] It is no longer active as an independent supplier: the company combined with aerospace and defense groups to form a successor company in 2015, and that successor was acquired in 2018.^[1]^[2] In EO contexts, Orbital's relevant heritage is spacecraft manufacturing, including OrbView commercial imaging satellites, science and environmental spacecraft, and small-launch systems such as Pegasus and Minotaur.^[3]^[1] Orbital Sciences has legacy mission, supplier, and launch-service history; current procurement belongs with its active successor organisation.^[2]

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[1]Orbital Sciences Corporation 2013 Form 10-Klegal text2026-06-26
[2]Northrop Grumman completes Orbital ATK acquisitionoperator press2026-06-26
[3]Orbital Sciences Corporation cross-checkcommunity2026-06-26

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@misc{eoatlas:companies:orbital-sciences,
  title = {Orbital Sciences},
  author = {{EO-Atlas}},
  publisher = {SpectraWorks B.V.},
  note = {CC BY 4.0},
  url = {https://eo-atlas.org/companies/orbital-sciences}
}