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Orbital Sciences Corporation (OSC, though commonly abbreviated as Orbital) is a Dulles, Virginia company which specializes in satellite launch and manufacture. Its Launch Systems Group is heavily involved with missile defense launch systems. Orbital formerly owned ORBIMAGE (now GeoEye) and the Magellan line of GPS receivers, though they are now divested (the latter to Thales). Orbital's NYSE ticker symbol is ORB.
Orbital Products
Satellite launch vehicles
- Minotaur
- Pegasus
- Taurus
- OSP-2 Minotaur IV, a satellite launching version of the LG-118A Peacekeeper
Experimental vehicles
- X-34 reusable launch vehicle demonstrator
National and theater missile defense
- GMD Boost Vehicle
- Kinetic Energy Interceptors (KEI)
- Ballistic target vehicles
- GQM-163A Coyote
- Suborbital rocket testbeds
Satellites
Other
- DART Rendezvous Vehicle
- Hyper-X
- Orbital Space Plane
- Crew Exploration Vehicle (within the team of Lockheed Martin)
- NASA's DAWN Programme (http://dawn.jpl.nasa.gov/)
Launch Sites
Orbital's launch vehicles have been staged from many sites worldwide. These include:
- Vandenberg Air Force Base (VAFB) in California
- Cape Canaveral Air Force Station (CCAS) in Florida
- Wallops Flight Facility (WFF) in Virginia
- Kodiak Launch Complex in Alaska
- Edwards Air Force Base in California
- Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands
- Canary Islands in Spain
Orbital Transportation Management Systems
Located in Columbia, Maryland, Orbital's spinoff division, commonly abbreviated "TMS", stemmed from Orbital's expertise in satellite and GPS technology. Orbital TMS provides GPS tracking systems for public transportation (i.e. bus) fleets in major cities around the world. Recent and current projects include San Diego, Las Vegas, and Singapore.
Orbital Transportation Management Systems (TMS) is a leading integrator of products for fleet management, workforce management, mobile data communications, data management and advanced traveler information systems (ATIS). TMS provides integrated Computer Aided Dispatch/Automated Vehicle Location (CAD/AVL) solutions for fixed-route transit as well as non-revenue vehicle location applications using radio, cellular, and satellite-based communications networks.
Orbital TMS's fleet management systems help public transit authorities improve municipal transportation efficiency and emergency response performance. These fully-integrated, real-time information systems are designed for use in fixed-route buses, paratransit vehicles, maintenance and supervisory vehicles, light rail systems and trolleys. They feature mobile communications, GPS-based automatic vehicle location (AVL), computer-aided dispatching (CAD) and two-way messaging.
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