Orbital-Built Intelsat 15 Satellite Successfully Launched

"Courtesy of Orbital Sciences Corporation"

(Dulles, VA 1 December 2009) – Orbital Sciences Corporation (NYSE: ORB), one of the world’s leading space technology companies, announced today that the Intelsat 15 (IS-15) satellite, built by the company for Intelsat, Ltd., was successfully launched into orbit aboard a Land Launch Zenit-3 rocket from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The mission, which took place yesterday, November 30, began with the lift-off of the Zenit-3 space launch vehicle at 4:00 p.m. (EST). The satellite separated from the final stage of the rocket approximately six hours and 30 minutes after launch.

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