Orbital Sciences Corporation: Commercial (United States), launches, rockets and satellites

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61Orbital launches

89All launches (incl. suborbital)

0Satellites in orbit

105Satellites built

17Rockets / spacecraft

Orbital Sciences Corporation is a commercial company based in the United States, founded in 1982. Our records show 61 orbital launches and 17 rockets or spacecraft.

Totals include the divisions, sites and subsidiaries listed under Structure below.

Official website · Wikipedia · More from United States

Sources disagree.
Founding year: GCAT (J. McDowell) says 1986; Wikidata says 1982
We show the value from the most detailed source and flag the difference instead of guessing.

Structure

Divisions, sites and subsidiaries

Orbital Sciences Corp./Chandler 11 orbital launches · 0 satellites in orbit Orbital Sciences Corp./Gilbert 0 orbital launches · 0 satellites in orbit Orbital Sciences HIF, Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport 0 orbital launches · 0 satellites in orbit OSC Germantown 0 orbital launches · 0 satellites in orbit OSC McLean 0 orbital launches · 0 satellites in orbit

Products

Rockets and spacecraft

Name	Type	Status	First flight	Launches	To low orbit
Pegasus XL	Rocket	Active	1994	32 (3 failed)	443 kg
Minotaur I	Rocket	Active	2000	12	580 kg
Pegasus XL HAPS	Rocket	Active	1997	5	443 kg
Pegasus	Rocket	Retired	1990	4	443 kg
Pegasus Hybrid	Rocket	Retired	1995	4	350 kg
Antares 110	Rocket	Retired	2013	2	4,450 kg
Antares 120	Rocket	Retired	2014	2	4,600 kg
Minotaur-C 2110	Rocket	Active	2001	2 (1 failed)	1,380 kg
Pegasus HAPS	Rocket	Retired	1991	2	250 kg
Antares 130	Rocket	Retired	2014	1 (1 failed)	5,100 kg
Minotaur IV	Rocket	Active	2010	1	1,750 kg
Minotaur IV	Rocket	Active	2011	1	1,950 kg
Minotaur V	Rocket	Active	2013	1	1,735 kg
Minotaur-C 1110	Rocket	Active	2000	1	1,320 kg
Minotaur-C 2210	Rocket	Active	1998	1	1,380 kg
Minotaur-C 3110	Rocket	Active	2009	1 (1 failed)
Minotaur-C 3210	Rocket	Active	2004	1

Activity

Orbital launches per year

11121314161718

Last 15 years. Peak: 4 launches in one year.

Recent launches

Date	Mission	Vehicle	Site	Result
21 May 2018	Cygnus OA-9	Antares 230	MARS	Success
12 Nov 2017	Cygnus OA-8	Antares 230	MARS	Success
15 Dec 2016	CYGNSS	Pegasus XL	CC	Success
17 Oct 2016	Cygnus OA-5	Antares 230	MARS	Success
28 Oct 2014	Cygnus Orb-3	Antares 130	MARS	Failure
13 Jul 2014	Cygnus Orb-2	Antares 120	MARS	Success
9 Jan 2014	Cygnus Orb-1	Antares 120	MARS	Success
18 Sep 2013	Cygnus Orb-D	Antares 110	MARS	Success
7 Sep 2013	LADEE	Minotaur V	MARS	Success
28 Jun 2013	IRIS	Pegasus XL	V	Success
21 Apr 2013	A-ONE	Antares 110	MARS	Success
13 Jun 2012	NuSTAR	Pegasus XL	KMR	Success

In the news

Recent headlines

DoD unveils investment strategy for its Office of Strategic Capital SpaceNews · 11 Mar 2024
Civilian space traffic management office coming along, but ‘don’t expect magic’ SpaceNews · 3 Nov 2022

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Provenance

Where this comes from

This entry merges 3 sources: Launch Library 2 · GCAT (J. McDowell) · Wikidata (Q1030096 )
Verification status: cross-checked across sources, not yet reviewed by a person. How we build and check this data.

Launch and satellite data: Jonathan McDowell's GCAT (CC BY 4.0) and CelesTrak. Rockets, spacecraft and agencies: Launch Library 2 by The Space Devs and Wikidata. News headlines link to their publishers via the Spaceflight News API and RSS feeds. Records come from several sources and are matched automatically, so treat the directory as a research aid, not an authority. How the data is built and checked.