News Releases

DULLES, Va., March 19 /PRNewswire/ -- With an important new contract, Orbital Sciences Corporation (NYSE: ORB) has solidified its place as a major supplier in the world market for geosynchronous orbit (GEO) communications satellites. Today, Orbital ...

DULLES, Va., March 16 /PRNewswire/ -- Orbital Sciences Corporation (NYSE: ORB) announced today that the National Space Program Office (NSPO) of Taiwan, Republic of China, has awarded the company a $56 million contract for the Republic of China ...

DULLES, Va., March 15 /PRNewswire/ -- The successful execution of three separate space missions during the past week has propelled Orbital Sciences Corporation (NYSE: ORB) to a major operational milestone -- the completion of 100 consecutive ...

DULLES, Va., March 9 /PRNewswire/ -- Orbital Sciences Corporation (NYSE: ORB) announced today that the company-built BSAT-2a geosynchronous (GEO) communications satellite was successfully launched on March 8 aboard an Ariane 5 rocket from Kourou, ...

DULLES, Va., Feb. 28 /PRNewswire/ -- Orbital Sciences Corporation (NYSE: ORB) announced today that the U.S. Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center has awarded the company a $5 million contract for the Quick Reaction Launch Vehicle-2 (QRLV-2) ...

DULLES, Va., Feb. 27 /PRNewswire/ -- Orbital Sciences Corporation (NYSE: ORB) announced today that it successfully launched a suborbital rocket that collected optical and radar data for the U.S. Army's Theater Missile Defense (TMD) Critical ...

DULLES, Va., Feb. 27 /PRNewswire/ -- Orbital Sciences Corporation (NYSE: ORB) announced today that Dr. Antonio L. Elias, Senior Vice President and General Manager of the company's Advanced Programs Group, was recently elected to the U.S. National ...

DULLES, Va., Feb. 22 /PRNewswire/ -- Orbital Sciences Corporation (NYSE: ORB) announced today that is has been selected by Motorola's Commercial Government and Industrial Solutions Sector to supply in-vehicle components and control center software ...

DULLES, Va., Feb. 15 /PRNewswire/ -- Orbital Imaging Corporation (ORBIMAGE) announced today that it is not making the interest payment scheduled to be paid on March 1, 2001 to its bondholders and has retained Rothschild Inc. as its financial advisor ...

DULLES, Va., Feb. 14 /PRNewswire/ -- Orbital Imaging Corporation (ORBIMAGE) announced today that it has modified its license arrangement with MacDonald Dettwiler and Associates (MDA) that previously provided ORBIMAGE with exclusive worldwide ...