Orbital ATK

American aerospace manufacturer and defense contractor (2015–2018)

Organization Aerospace Manufacturer Q110870832

Facts

15 properties

Identity

Instance of: aerospace manufacturer, launch service provider, defense contractor, former entity^[3]^[4]^[5]
Official website: www.orbitalatk.com^[12]
Official name: Orbital ATK^[19]

Status and dates

Inception: February 9, 2015^[10]
Dissolved, abolished or demolished: June 6, 2018^[11]
Replaced by: Northrop Grumman Innovation Systems^[18]
Replaces: Orbital Sciences Corporation, Alliant Techsystems^[16]^[17]

Location

Headquarters location: Dulles^[6]
Country: United States^[2]

Industry and activity

Industry: defence industry, aerospace industry^[8]^[9]
Product or material produced: spacecraft, launch vehicle, firearm^[13]^[14]^[15]

Financials

Total revenue: +2390000000^[20]

People

Chief executive officer: David W. Thompson^[7]

More facts +2

Number of viewers/listeners: +574608^[21]
Social media followers: +106348, +101763^[22]^[23]

🏷️ Also known as

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🔖 Identifiers · 6

Crunchbase organization ID: orbital-atk
Facebook username: OrbitalATK
Instagram username: orbital_atk
X (Twitter) username: OrbitalATK
YouTube channel ID: UCLr1shBflPt0esLOrNFqAPA
YouTube handle: orbitalatk

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🔗 Connections

← Manufacturer 11

Antares, Cygnus CRS OA-5, Cygnus CRS OA-7, Cygnus CRS OA-8E, Cygnus CRS OA-9E, Star Bus, STAR, GSSAP-3 +3 more

← Operator 6

Cygnus CRS OA-4, Cygnus CRS OA-5, Cygnus CRS OA-6, Cygnus CRS OA-7, Cygnus CRS OA-8E, Cygnus CRS OA-9E

Instance of 4

aerospace manufacturer, defense contractor, launch service provider, former entity

Product or material produced 3

firearm, spacecraft, launch vehicle

← Launch contractor 3

Cygnus CRS OA-5, Cygnus CRS OA-8E, Cygnus CRS OA-9E

Industry 2

aerospace industry, defence industry

Replaces 2

Orbital Sciences Corporation, Alliant Techsystems

Country 1

United States

Headquarters location 1

Dulles

Replaced by 1

Northrop Grumman Innovation Systems

← Merged into 1

Orbital Sciences Corporation

← Replaced by 1

Alliant Techsystems

← Replaces 1

Northrop Grumman Innovation Systems

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Summary

Orbital ATK is an aerospace manufacturer^[1].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

[2] ↑ Orbital ATK — country (P17): United States. wikidata.org.
[3] ↑ Orbital ATK — instance of (P31): launch service provider. wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ Orbital ATK — instance of (P31): defense contractor. wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ Orbital ATK — instance of (P31): former entity. wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ Orbital ATK — headquarters location (P159): Dulles. wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ Orbital ATK — chief executive officer (P169): David W. Thompson. aerospace.org. aerospace.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ Orbital ATK — industry (P452): defense industry. wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ Orbital ATK — industry (P452): aerospace industry. wikidata.org.
[10] ↑ Orbital ATK — inception (P571): February 9, 2015. orbitalatk.com. orbitalatk.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[11] ↑ Orbital ATK — dissolved, abolished or demolished date (P576): June 6, 2018. spaceflightnow.com. spaceflightnow.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[12] ↑ Orbital ATK — official website (P856): https://www.orbitalatk.com. wikidata.org.
[13] ↑ Orbital ATK — product or material produced (P1056): spacecraft. wikidata.org.
[14] ↑ Orbital ATK — product or material produced (P1056): launch vehicle. wikidata.org.
[15] ↑ Orbital ATK — product or material produced (P1056): firearm. wikidata.org.
[16] ↑ Orbital ATK — replaces (P1365): Orbital Sciences Corporation. wikidata.org.
[17] ↑ Orbital ATK — replaces (P1365): Alliant Techsystems. wikidata.org.
[18] ↑ Orbital ATK — replaced by (P1366): Northrop Grumman Innovation Systems. wikidata.org.
[19] ↑ Orbital ATK — official name (P1448): Orbital ATK. wikidata.org.
[20] ↑ Orbital ATK — total revenue (P2139): 2,390,000,000 US dollars. SIPRI Arms Industry Database. wikidata.org.
[21] ↑ Orbital ATK — number of viewers/listeners (P5436): 574,608. YouTube API. Retrieved 2025-12-05. wikidata.org.
[22] ↑ Orbital ATK — social media followers (P8687): 106,348. wikidata.org.
[23] ↑ Orbital ATK — social media followers (P8687): 101,763. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

[1] ↑ Orbital ATK is an instance of aerospace manufacturer (Q936518) [P31, primary]. Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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Product or material produced → spacecraft, launch vehicle, firearm

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Country → United States

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