Feature Stories

Orbital ATK recently concluded its United Way campaign, during which employees from across the country participated in fundraisers and volunteer activities to raise funds and awareness for United Way. Employees pledged over $934,000 through payroll...

Once again this year Orbital ATK exhibited at the annual Association of the United States Army's (AUSA) 2016 Annual Meeting and Exposition in Washington, D.C. Held every October, the show is the largest land power exposition and professional development...

While Mars is the logical next destination for human space exploration, significant work is required to mature the technologies needed for such a journey. Cislunar space, the region between Earth and the Moon, is the ideal environment to prove out the...

At approximately 6:40 p.m. EST on November 27, Cygnus performed a safe, destructive reentry into Earth’s atmosphere over the Pacific Ocean east of New Zealand, successfully concluding the OA-5 mission.

Launch Viewing Maps Weather permitting, the launch of Antares from Wallops Island, VA on October 16, 2016 will be widely visible along the East Coast. Time of First Sighting Map This map shows the rough time at which you can first expect to see ...

Monday, September 12, 2016 marked the 75th anniversary of the first day of production at the Lake City Army Ammunition Plant (LCAAP). Since that late summer day back in 1941, billions of rounds of ammo have run through this production line in support ...

The Orbital ATK program team has successfully completed NOAA’s Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS) Spacecraft Preliminary Design Review (PDR) for JPSS-2, and the Polar Follow-On/JPSS -3 and -4. Built on Orbital ATK’s proven and reliable LEOStar-3 ...

Progress is being made on the assembly of the ICON spacecraft with the integration of the payload to an Orbital ATK spacecraft bus. Upon completion, The Ionospheric Connection Explorer (ICON) will be the newest addition to NASA’s Heliophysics ...

As the program sponsor of Go for Launch, several employees from the Space Components Division at Orbital ATK’s San Diego facility took their talents and their children to the space camp at the San Diego Air & Space Museum. Created and presented...

Smiles, laughter and the sounds of launch countdowns filled the air at the Phoenix Children’s Hospital Camp Rainbow as Orbital ATK employees volunteered their time for a night of rockets and stars. The “Stars” of the event were the 50 children ages 7...