Last year was simply out of this world for Orbital Sciences (US: ORB). The maker of spacecraft, satellites and test missiles launched its first Antares rocket and has just completed a maiden commercial resupply mission to the International Space Station (ISS) for NASA. Orbital made record sales in the fourth quarter, and 2014 should be even busier.
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Crucially, the expensive development phase of the Antares rocket and Cygnus capsule project is over. Another two ISS missions are scheduled for this year, part of an eight-flight contract and programme of up to 60 other launches of satellites, missile defense vehicles and smaller research rockets in 2014.
