Orbital ATK
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| Public | |
| Traded as |
NYSE: OA S&P 400 Component |
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| Predecessors | |
| Founded | February 9, 2015[1] |
| Headquarters | 45101 Warp Drive, Dulles, Virginia, United States |
Area served | Worldwide |
Key people |
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| Revenue |
 US$4.455 billion [2] (2016) |
 US293 million [2] (2016) | |
| Total assets |
US5.418 billion [3] (2016) |
| Total equity |
1.817 billion [3] (2016) |
Number of employees | ~12,500 [4] (2016) |
| Website | www.orbitalatk.com |
Orbital ATK Inc. is an American aerospace manufacturer and defense industry company. It was formed in 2015 from the merger of Orbital Sciences Corporation and parts of Alliant Techsystems. Orbital ATK designs, builds and delivers space, defense and aviation-related systems to customers around the world both as a prime contractor and as a merchant supplier. It has workforce of approximately 12,000 employees dedicated to aerospace and defense including about 4,000 engineers and scientists; 7,000 manufacturing and operations specialists; and 1,000 management and administration personnel. [4]
History
A merger of Orbital Sciences Corporation and the defense and aerospace divisions of Alliant Techsystems (ATK) was announced on April 29, 2014. The two companies had collaborated on several previous projects, including the use of 400 ATK rocket motors in Orbital's launch vehicles.[5] The deal officially closed on February 9, 2015. ATK's sporting-goods division spun off to form Vista Outdoor on the same day.[6]
Organization
Flight Systems Group
Based in Chandler, Arizona,[6] the Flight Systems Group includes the Pegasus, Minotaur, and Antares launch vehicles as well as solid-propulsion and aerostructures programs.[1] The company also operates a Lockheed L-1011 TriStar wide body jetliner which is named Stargazer and is used to air launch Pegasus rockets carrying payloads into space.[7] The Stargazer aircraft is also used for testing under specific programs.
Defense Systems Group
The Defense Systems Group, based in the Baltimore, Maryland[6] area, produces tactical missiles, defense electronics, and medium- and large-caliber ammunition. The division also produces fuzing and warheads for both tactical missiles and munitions; precision metal and composite structures for medium and large-caliber ammunition, military aircraft, ground vehicles, and missile systems; load, assembly, and pack (LAP) of medium caliber munitions; and propellants and powders for the canister and commercial markets.
Space Systems Group
Orbital ATK's Space Systems Group provides satellites for commercial, scientific, and security purposes.[1] This group also produces the Cygnus spacecraft, which delivers cargo to the International Space Station. The group is based at the company's headquarters in Dulles, Virginia.[6]
Products
Rockets
- Antares, two- or three-stage medium-lift expendable launch vehicle
- Minotaur I, four-stage small-lift expendable launch vehicle
- Minotaur IV, four-stage small-lift expendable launch vehicle
- Minotaur V, five-stage launch vehicle used for geosynchronous transfer orbits and trans-lunar orbits
- Minotaur VI, five-stage medium-lift expendable launch vehicle
- Minotaur-C, four-stage small-lift expendable launch vehicle
- Pegasus, air-launched four-stage small-lift launch vehicle
Rocket motors
- GEM-40, solid rocket booster used on the Delta II rocket
- GEM-60, solid rocket booster used on the Delta IV rocket
- GEM-63, solid rocket booster used on the Atlas V rocket
- GEM-63XL, solid rocket booster used on the Vulcan rocket
- Castor 4, solid rocket used on the Maxus sounding rocket
- Castor 30, solid rocket used on the Antares rocket
- Castor 120, solid rocket used on the Minotaur-C rocket
- Space Launch System Solid Rocket Booster, based on the Space Shuttle Solid Rocket Booster
Spacecraft
- Al Yah 3, communications satellite for Al Yah Satellite Communications
- HYLAS 4, communications satellite for Avanti Communications
- SES-16, communications satellite for SES S.A.
- Joint Polar Satellite System-2, weather and environmental satellite for NASA and NOAA
- ICESat-2, ice-topography satellite for NASA
- Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite, space telescope for NASA
- Ionospheric Connection Explorer, science mission for NASA
- Cygnus, automated cargo spacecraft
- Dawn, space probe for NASA currently in orbit around Ceres
References
- 1 2 3 Berger, Brian (February 12, 2015). "Orbital ATK Org Charts Detail the Newly Merged Company". SpaceNews. Retrieved February 19, 2015.
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- 1 2 "Company Overview". Retrieved 25 February 2017.
- ↑ Aitoro, Jill R. (April 29, 2014). "Why the merger of ATK and Orbital Sciences makes sense". Washington Business Journal. Retrieved February 19, 2015.
- 1 2 3 4 Wall, Mike (February 10, 2015). "Orbital ATK, Merger of Orbital Sciences and ATK, Begins Operations". Space.com. Retrieved February 19, 2015.
- ↑ http://www.orbitalatk.com