0000820736-11-000064.txt : 20121018 0000820736-11-000064.hdr.sgml : 20121018 20111220173518 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000820736-11-000064 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: CORRESP PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 FILED AS OF DATE: 20111220 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: ORBITAL SCIENCES CORP /DE/ CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000820736 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: RADIO & TV BROADCASTING & COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT [3663] IRS NUMBER: 061209561 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: CORRESP BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 45101 WARP DRIVE CITY: DULLES STATE: VA ZIP: 20166 BUSINESS PHONE: 703 406 5524 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 45101 WARP DRIVE STREET 2: 45101 WARP DRIVE CITY: DULLES STATE: VA ZIP: 20166 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: ORBITAL SCIENCES CORP II DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19900212 CORRESP 1 filename1.htm extensionletter.htm


 

 
December 20, 2011
 

 
 
VIA EDGAR
 
Mr. Robert S. Littlepage, Jr.
Accountant Branch Chief
Division of Corporation Finance
Securities and Exchange Commission
100 F Street, N.E.
Washington, DC 20549-0407
 
 
Re:
Orbital Sciences Corporation
   
Form 10-K for the Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2010
Form 10-Q for the Fiscal Quarter Ended September 30, 2011
 
Dear Mr. Littlepage,
 
Reference is made to the Commission Staff’s letter to Orbital Sciences Corporation (the “Company”) of December 8, 2011, providing comments on the filings set forth above.  This is to confirm our telephone conversation with Mr. Dean Suehiro, Senior Staff Accountant, on December 16, 2011, in which the Company requested and was granted an extension of the time to respond to the Staff’s comments to January 23, 2012.  We greatly appreciate the Staff's willingness to accommodate our extension request.

Please do not hesitate to contact me at 703-406-5505 if you have any questions regarding the foregoing.

Sincerely,

/s/ James S. Black, II
James S. Black, II
Assistant General Counsel
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