Orbital Sciences Corporation
Orbital Sciences Corporation has made 72 launches since its first on 5 April 1990: 65 successful, 7 failed or partly failed (90% success). Its latest was Cygnus CRS Orb-3 (S.S. Deke Slayton) on 28 October 2014. It has carried 174 satellites, 94 of them still in orbit.
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Launches a year
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Highlights
| Date | Launch |
|---|---|
| 5 April 1990 | Pegasus, Pegsat, NavySatFirst launch · success |
| 17 July 1991 | Pegasus HAPS, 7 microsatsFirst Pegasus HAPS flight · success |
| 27 June 1994 | Pegasus XL, Space Test Experiments Platform 1 (STEP-1)First Pegasus XL flight · failure |
| 3 April 1995 | Pegasus Hybrid, Orbcomm F1 - F2 & OrbView-1First Pegasus Hybrid flight · success |
| 9 March 1996 | Pegasus XL, REX IIFirst successful Pegasus XL flight · success |
| 23 December 1997 | Pegasus XL HAPS, Orbcomm-A1 - A8First Pegasus XL HAPS flight · success |
| 10 February 1998 | Taurus 2210, GFOFirst Taurus flight · success |
| 27 January 2000 | Minotaur I, JAWSAT & FalconSat 1First Minotaur I flight · success |
| 21 April 2013 | Antares 110, Cygnus Mass SimulatorFirst Antares flight · success |
| 28 October 2014 | Antares 130, Cygnus CRS Orb-3 (S.S. Deke Slayton)Latest launch · failure |
Rockets
| Rocket | First launch | Launches |
|---|---|---|
| Pegasus XL | 27 June 1994 | 28 |
| Minotaur I | 27 January 2000 | 11 |
| Taurus | 10 February 1998 | 6 |
| Pegasus XL HAPS | 23 December 1997 | 5 |
| Antares | 21 April 2013 | 5 |
| Pegasus | 5 April 1990 | 4 |
| Pegasus Hybrid | 3 April 1995 | 4 |
| Pegasus HAPS | 17 July 1991 | 2 |
| Minotaur | 13 March 1994 | 2 |
| Minotaur IV | 26 September 2010 | 1 |
| Minotaur IV HAPS | 20 November 2010 | 1 |
| Minotaur-C | 4 March 2011 | 1 |
| Minotaur IV+ | 27 September 2011 | 1 |
| Minotaur V | 7 September 2013 | 1 |
Launch sites
| Vandenberg Space Force Base | 38 |
| Wallops Flight Facility / MARS | 17 |
| Mojave Air and Space Port | 5 |
| Cape Canaveral Space Force Station | 5 |
| Reagan Test Site, Kwajalein | 4 |
| Pacific Spaceport Complex, Kodiak | 2 |
| Gando Air Base, Gran Canaria | 1 |
Satellites carried
174 satellites in the catalogue went up on Orbital Sciences Corporation launches; 94 are still in orbit. By who uses them: defence 64, civil government 43, commercial 51, academic and non-profit 16.