Orbital Sciences Corp. / ORB
Engineers work in a clean room at the company's satellite mission control center in Dulles, Va. (Photo: Tracy A. Woodward / The Washington Post)
About Orbital Sciences Corp.
21839 Atlantic Blvd., Dulles, Va. 20166
www.orbital.com
| 703-406-5000
| Founded: 1982
Industry: Aerospace And Defense | Category: Top 100 Companies
In 2007, Orbital completed 25 years of making small satellites and rockets for telecommunications, scientific research in deep space and launching defense missiles. It began expanding its Dulles campus and launched its first interplanetary spacecraft on a eight-year, 3-billion-mile journey to an asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. In February, NASA awarded Orbital a $170 million contract to develop a spaceship to fly cargo to the international space station.
Chairman and CEO: David W. Thompson
Chairman and CEO: David W. Thompson
2007 Financial Data
Total employees: 3,100 | Local employees: 1,550Company Leadership
| Edward F. Crawley | Director |
| Lennard A. Fisk | Director |
| Robert M. Hanisee | Director |
| Robert J. Hermann | Lead Independent Director |
| Ronald T. Kadish | Director |
| Janice Obuchowski | Director |
| Garrett E. Pierce | Vice Chairman and Chief Financial Officer |
| James G. Roche | Non-Management Director |
| Frank L. Salizzoni | Director |
| Harrison H. Schmitt | Director |
| David Thompson | Chairman and Chief Executive Officer |
| James R. Thompson | Vice Chairman, President and Chief Operating Officer |
| Scott L. Webster | Director |
Source: Compensation data provided by Equilar, Inc..
Did You Know
LAUNCHING PAD: Founders David Thompson, Bruce Ferguson and Scott Webster met in 1980 at Harvard Business School, where they worked together on a NASA-sponsored study of commercial space applications.
