Orbital Sciences Corporation (ORB)

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Exchange: NYSE       Sector: Industrial Goods       Industry: Aerospace & Defense Products & Services

Orbital Sciences Corporation is an American company which specializes in the manufacturing and launch of satellites for commercial, military and civil government customers, including the U.S. Department of Defense, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration and other U.S. government agencies. Its primary products are satellites and launch vehicles, including low-orbit, geosynchronous and planetary spacecraft for communications, remote sensing, scientific and defense missions, ground- and air-launched rockets that deliver satellites into orbit, and missile defense systems that are used as interceptor and target vehicles. The company's products and services are grouped into three reportable business segments: launch vehicles, satellites and space systems and advanced space programs. Its Launch Systems Group is heavily involved with missile defense launch systems. Orbital formerly owned ORBIMAGE and the Magellan line of GPS receivers, though they are now divested . Orbital's NYSE ticker symbol is ORB. It has its headquarters in the Dulles area of unincorporated Loudoun County, Virginia, United States. The company was founded in 1982.