Orbital Sciences Corp.

Public Company, Headquarters Location
21839 Atlantic Blvd., Dulles, VA 20166-6850, United States
(703)406-5000, http://www.orbital.com

Primary SIC: Radio & T V Broadcasting & Comm Equip, Primary NAICS: Search, Detection, Navigation, Guidance, Aeronautical, and Nautical System and Instrument Manufacturing
Description: Orbital Sciences Corp. was founded in 1982 and is publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange. The company manufactures smaller, more affordable space and launch systems; and develops new classes of rockets, satellites and other space-based technologies for commercial, military and civil government customers, including the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD), the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and other U.S. Government agencies. The company's primary products and services include: launch vehicles, satellites and space systems, and advanced space programs. Orbital sciences operates in three business segments: launch vehicles, which is the only supplier of operational and test interceptor boosters for the U.S. Missile Defense Agency's Ground-based Midcourse Defense program; satellites and space systems, which manufactures and provides communications satellites, science and technology satellites and space technical services; and advanced space programs, which develops and manufactures human space systems, national security space systems and advanced launch systems. Headquartered in Dulles, Va., the company has major offices in Arizona, California and Maryland.Manufacturing: Rockets and satellites: low- and medium-level earth orbit, geosychronous, and planetary satellites used for communications, remote sensing, and scientific purposes.