Contents 1 Space exploration 2 Toponymy 3 Companies 4 Computing 5 Fiction 6 Media 7 Arts 8 Transportation 9 Other 10 See also

Orion most commonly refers to:

• Orion (mythology), a hunter in Greek mythology
• Orion (constellation), a constellation
  • Orion Nebula, a nebula also known as M42
• Orion Arm, the minor spiral arm of the Milky Way galaxy where the Earth is located
• Orion of Thebes, a 5th century grammarian

Orion may also refer to:

Space exploration

• Orion (spacecraft), a U.S. space capsule under development by NASA and Lockheed Martin
• Orion (U.S. rocket), an American sounding rocket
• Orion 1 and Orion 2 Space Observatories, Soviet space observatories onboard space station Salyut 1 (1971) and Soyuz 13 (1973), respectively
• Orion (Argentine rocket), an Argentine sounding rocket
• Project Orion (nuclear propulsion), a proposed nuclear pulse propulsion system for spacecraft
• Orion, the lunar module of the Apollo 16 manned mission to the moon
• Orion-50 and Orion-8: solid rocket motors manufactured by Alliant Techsystems used in application such as the Pegasus rocket

Toponymy

• Orion, Alberta, Canada
• Orion, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, France
• Orion, Bataan, the Philippines

In the United States:

• Orion, Illinois
• Orion, Wisconsin
• Orion Township, Fulton County, Illinois
• Orion Township, Michigan
• Orion Township, Minnesota

Companies

• Orion Energy Systems a power technology enterprise in Manitowoc, Wisconsin
• Orion (company), a supplier of consumer electronics and major appliances from Hungary
• Orion Airways, a former airline based in England
• Orion Breweries, a brewery in Okinawa, Japan
• Orion Bus Industries, a subsidiary of DaimlerChrysler
• Orion Confectionery, a company in Seoul, Korea
• Orion Corporation, a pharmaceutics company in Espoo, Finland
• Orion Electric, an electronics manufacturer based in Fukui, Japan
• Orion Expedition Cruises, a cruise line based in Australia
• Orion Health, a New Zealand software company.
• Orion Optics, a telescope manufacturer in the UK
• Orion Pictures, a defunct movie company
• Orion Publishing Group
• Orion Telescopes & Binoculars, an American retailer of telescopes and astronomy equipment
• Orion (TV channel), a Greek television station
• Orion, a Czech chocolate brand of Nestlé

Computing

• Ferranti Orion, a multiprogramming business computer produced by Ferranti in the UK
• HLH Orion, a minicomputer produced by High Level Hardware in the UK
• ORION (network), the Ontario Research and Innovation Optical Network in Canada
• Orion Platinum, a music production software
• Orion EDMS, Enterprise Document Management System from MagSoft
• Orion quantum computing system, a hardware accelerator
• Orion Application Server, a J2EE application server
• Operational Response and Investigative Online Network, A real-time, online network to quickly and effectively coordinate efforts in crisis situations. Developed by the FBI.

Fiction

• Orion (comics), a DC comic book character
• Orion (manga), a manga by Masamune Shirow
• Orion (Star Trek), an extraterrestrial race in the 'Star Trek universe
• The Orion Project, a genetic experiment in the Halo universe
• Orion, a white-and-orange cat in Men in Black
• Orion, a fictional Aurora class battleship in the Stargate universe
• Orion, a fictional Space Shuttle in the novel Shadow Watch
• Orion, a series of fiction books by Ben Bova
• ORION, spacecraft in the 1960s German science fiction TV series Raumpatrouille.
• Orion, a star system in the turn-based strategy game Master of Orion, and its sequels
• Orions ( Zheeerlikou'valkhannaieee, the name by which the Orions call themselves) from David Weber books which are based on the Starfire games. The Khanate of Orion is a race of humanoid felines that believes strongly in honor and fighting, the Khanate was the first empire encountered by the Earth Federation. The Khanate and the Federation clashed during Interstellar Wars 1 and 2, but new leadership and a common enemy during Interstellar War 3 brought the two enemies together as allies.^[1]

Media

• Orion (magazine), a magazine about nature and the environment
• Orion, the student newspaper of California State University, Chico

Arts

• Ezra Orion (born 1934), an Israeli artist
• Orion (singer), stage name of American singer Jimmy Ellis
• Orion, stage name of Tomasz Wróblewski, bassist of the band Behemoth
• "Orion", an instrumental by Metallica from the album, Master of Puppets
• "Orion", a song by Dead Can Dance from the box set Dead Can Dance (1981-1998)
• Krewe of Orion, a Mardi Gras Krewe
• "Orion (producer)" an electronic dance group, produced by Darren Tate and Rob Davis.
• The Orion Experience, a New York City based pop band.

Transportation

• Lockheed Model 9 Orion aircraft
• P-3 Orion, an anti-submarine warfare and surveillance aircraft produced by Lockheed
• Orion Bus Industries
• Ford Orion, an automobile model of the Ford Motor Company
• German auxiliary cruiser Orion
• HMS Orion, several Royal Navy vessels
• MV Orion, an expedition ship operated by Orion Expedition Cruises
• Orion, a South Devon Railway Comet class steam locomotive

Other

• Orion F.C., a defunct Scottish football (soccer) club
• Asociación Deportiva Orión a Panamanian football (soccer) club
• Orion (hostel), hostel #7 of Jorhat Engineering College, Assam, India
• Orion Building, a building in Birmingham
• Orion, Finnish Film Archive's movie theater on Eerikinkatu, Helsinki
• Orion, a proposed laser system at AWE, Aldermaston
• Orion (grape), a hybrid grape variety of German origin
• Chris Orion, American radio personality
• Orion Black, the father of Sirius Black in the Harry Potter novels

See also

• Orion's Belt

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