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DULLES, Va., Oct. 12 /PRNewswire/ -- Orbital Sciences Corporation (NYSE: ORB) announced today that it was recently awarded a $24 million development task order by the United States Army Space and Missile Defense Command (USASMDC) for the Short Range ...

DULLES, Va., Oct 4, 2001 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ --- Contract Further Expands Company's Role in Ballistic Missile Defense - Orbital Sciences Corporation (NYSE: ORB) announced today that it was recently awarded a $22 million development contract by the ...

DULLES, Va., Oct. 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Orbital Sciences Corporation (NYSE: ORB) announced today that it has signed a contract to construct and launch a geostationary (GEO) communications satellite for Japan's Broadcasting Satellite System Corporation ...

DULLES, Va., Sep 25, 2001 /PRNewswire/ --- Company to Provide Financial Support to ORBIMAGE Primarily With Secured and Non-Cash Contributions - Orbital Sciences Corporation (NYSE: ORB) has agreed to support the financial restructuring of its satellite ...

DULLES, Va., Sep 21, 2001 /PRNewswire/ --Launch Results Indicate That ORBIMAGE's OrbView-4 Satellite and NASA's QuikTOMS Satellite Did Not Achieve Orbit Orbital Sciences Corporation (NYSE: ORB) announced today that the launch of its Taurus rocket, ...

DULLES, Va., Sep 21, 2001 /PRNewswire/ -- Orbital Sciences Corporation (NYSE: ORB) today announced that it has completed the sale of its Sensor Systems Division (SSD) to the Hamilton Sundstrand unit of United Technologies Corporation (NYSE: UTX). The ...

DULLES, Va., Sep 20, 2001 /PRNewswire/ ---- Launch Aboard Taurus Rocket Planned for Tomorrow From Vandenberg Air Force Base, California -- Orbital Imaging Corporation's (ORBIMAGE) OrbView-4 imaging satellite is scheduled to be launched on Orbital ...

DULLES, Va., Sep 20, 2001 /PRNewswire/ --- Company's Ground-Launched Rocket to Deliver ORBIMAGE's OrbView-4 Satellite And NASA's QuikTOMS Ozone Monitoring Spacecraft to Orbit - - Orbital's Space Technology Capabilities Showcased in a Mission That ...

WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- Background: Orbital Sciences Corporation's Taurus rocket is scheduled to be launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base (VAFB), California, on Friday, September 21, 2001, during a launch window that extends from 11:49 ...

DULLES, Va., Aug. 15 /PRNewswire/ -- This month Orbital Sciences Corporation (NYSE: ORB) commemorates its one-year anniversary of executing the MQM-8 VANDAL target launch services contract for the United States Navy Air Systems Command (NAVAIR). ...