Orbital Launches Pegasus Carrying USAF Satellite

Latest Mission Is 25th Consecutive Successful Launch for Pegasus

(Dulles, VA., April 16, 2008) -- Orbital Sciences Corporation (NYSE: ORB) announced today that its Pegasus(r) space launch vehicle successfully launched the U.S. Air Force's Communications/Navigation Outage Forecasting System (C/NOFS) satellite into its intended low-Earth orbit. The mission was the 25th consecutive successful mission for the Pegasus program since 1997 and the 39th overall flight of the company's air-launched system since its introduction in 1990.

"Pegasus continues to prove that it is the most reliable and versatile small launcher in the world today, with another successful mission supporting an important Air Force program," said Mr. Ron Grabe, Orbital's Executive Vice President and General Manager of its Launch Systems Group. "Orbital-developed launch vehicles continue to demonstrate their value to our customers in the military, civil government and commercial markets with highly reliable and available launch services at reasonable prices."

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