Orbital Sciences Corp

Orbital Sciences Corporation (OSC, though commonly referred to as Orbital) is a 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. It has its headquarters in the Dulles area of unincorporated Loudoun County, Virginia, United States.

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Campaign Finance

Information

Figures are based on itemized contributions reported to the Federal Election Commission and state agencies. Please note that:

  • contributions under $200 are not reported, and so are not included in totals.
  • only contributions from individuals and organizations to candidates are included. Various accounting measures and more exotic contribution types are excluded.
  • contributions are matched based on organization and recipient name reported within each election cycle. Contributions using an incorrect or non-standard version of the name may be missed.
  • corporate name changes and mergers may cause figures to differ from those of the Center for Responsive Politics.
  • organization totals include known subsidiaries of the organization.

For more information, please see our campaign finance methodology page. Lobbyist bundling data is described on our lobbyist bundling methodology page.

Latest FEC Data

covers through committee's June 30, 2012 filing.
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  • Summary

    overview of the committee's finances
    Total Raised:
    $165,622
    Total Spent:
    $149,250
    Cash on Hand:
    $64,817
    Debts:
    $0

Standardized Donation Information

covers through 2011. may lag behind FEC section above, as donors and industries are identified by hand.

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Lobbying

$200,000 Spent
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For more information, please see our lobbying methodology page.

covers through Q3, 2011

Lobbying On Behalf of Orbital Sciences Corp

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Federal Spending

85 contracts
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Federal grants, contracts and loans are reported by federal agencies using the FPDS and FAADS systems. The data is made available to the public at USASpending.gov. Please note that the completeness and quality of the data varies greatly by agency.

Only grants, contracts and loans with amounts over $1 million are shown.

Because company names are not reported in a standardized manner, we cannot reliably determine the company receiving the contract or award. The results shown here are based on a search for the company name. Individual records may be missed or erroneously included because of name variations. For more information, please see our federal spending methodology page.

covers through USASpending.gov's March 1, 2012 release

Note: Company names in federal spending data are not standardized. The table below is included only as a sample of what is available in the data and has not been reviewed for accuracy or completeness. To investigate the data further, use the links at the bottom of the table.

Type Recipient Name Year Agency Description Amount
contract
 Orbital Sciences Corporation 2012 National Aeronautics And Space Administration ISS COMMERCIAL RESUPPLY SERVICES $84,000,000
contract
 Orbital Sciences Corporation 2011 National Aeronautics And Space Administration ISS Commercial Resupply Services $79,015,000
contract
 Orbital Sciences Corporation 2011 National Aeronautics And Space Administration ISS COMMERCIAL RESUPPLY SERVICES $64,637,918
contract
 Orbital Sciences Corporation 2011 National Aeronautics And Space Administration ISS COMMERCIAL RESUPPLY SERVICES $42,385,000
contract
 Orbital Sciences Corporation 2011 National Aeronautics And Space Administration ISS Commercial Resupply Services $35,100,000
contract
 Orbital Sciences Corporation 2011 National Aeronautics And Space Administration ISS COMMERCIAL RESUPPLY SERVICES $27,185,000
contract
 Orbital Sciences Corporation 2011 DUCTED ROCKETS FOR BASE TARGET $26,210,170
contract
 Orbital Sciences Corporation 2011 UAE P3/P4, Patriot FT 7-5 (Option) $16,572,583
contract
 Orbital Sciences Corporation 2011 National Aeronautics And Space Administration ISS Commercial Resupply Services $13,946,000
contract
 Orbital Sciences Corporation 2012 National Aeronautics And Space Administration NASA SOUNDING ROCKET OPERATIONS CONTRACT II THE NASA SOUNDING ROCKET OPERATIONS CONTRACT II (NSROC II) SERVES AS THE MECHANISM FOR THE COMMERCIAL IMPLEMENTATION OF THE NASA SOUNDING ROCKET PROGRAM (NSRP). THE PROGRAM UTILIZES EXPENDABLE SUB-ORBITAL ROCKETS TO CONDUCT A HOST OF SCIENTIFIC MISSIONS FOR THE STUDY OF NEAR EARTH AND SPACE ENVIRONMENTS AND TO ADVANCE NEW TECHNOLOGIES. INDIVIDUAL MISSION REQUIREMENTS HAVE HISTORICALLY INVOLVED THE USE OF SINGLE AND MULTI-STAGE SUB-ORBITAL VEHICLES LIFTING PAYLOADS WITH WEIGHTS RANGING FROM 30 POUNDS TO 1500 POUNDS OR MORE TO ALTITUDES RANGING FROM 80 TO 2000 KILOMETERS OR MORE. THE TIME REQUIRED TO CONDUCT A SPECIFIC MISSION FROM PAYLOAD DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT THROUGH LAUNCH WILL VARY SUBSTANTIALLY AND MAY RANGE FROM A FEW MONTHS TO TWO YEARS OR LONGER. MOST OF THESE MISSIONS ARE CONDUCTED FROM ESTABLISHED LAUNCH RANGES, WHILE SOME ARE CONDUCTED AS MOBILE LAUNCH CAMPAIGNS FROM RANGES THAT HAVE BEEN TEMPORARILY ESTABLISHED. $13,886,593
View all grant & loan data for Orbital Sciences Corp View all contract data for Orbital Sciences Corp Sources: USASpending.gov