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 AS FILED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION ON SEPTEMBER 25, 1996
                                                      REGISTRATION NO. 333-08769

                     SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                           WASHINGTON, D.C.  20549

                           ----------------------

                      POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1 
                                     TO
                                  FORM S-3
                      REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER 
                         THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

                           ----------------------

                        ORBITAL SCIENCES CORPORATION
           (Exact Name of Registrant as specified in its charter)


        DELAWARE                                      06-1209561 
(State or other jurisdiction of                  (I.R.S. Employer I.D. No.) 
incorporation or organization)

                            21700 ATLANTIC BOULEVARD
                            DULLES, VIRGINIA  20166
                                 (703) 406-5000
              (Address, including zip code, and telephone number,
       including area code, of Registrant's principal executive offices)

                               DAVID W. THOMPSON
                CHAIRMAN, PRESIDENT AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
                          ORBITAL SCIENCES CORPORATION
                            21700 ATLANTIC BOULEVARD
                            DULLES, VIRGINIA  20166
                                 (703) 406-5000
           (Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number,
                   including area code, of agent for service)

                                 Copies to:

        DANIEL S. EVANS, ESQ.                CRAIG B. BROD, ESQ.
        ROPES & GRAY                         CLEARY, GOTTLIEB, STEEN & HAMILTON
        ONE INTERNATIONAL PLACE              ONE LIBERTY PLAZA 
        BOSTON, MA 02110                     NEW YORK, N.Y.  10006
        (617) 951-7000                       (212) 225-2000

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         THIS POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
SHALL HEREAFTER BECOME EFFECTIVE IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 8(c) OF THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933.

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         The Registrant hereby withdraws from registration under this
Registration Statement on Form  S-3 (File No. 333-08769) 3,428,522  of the
3,887,304 shares of common stock, par value $.01 per share ("Common Stock"), of
the Registrant originally registered hereunder.  The Registration Statement
covered the sale of an aggregate of 458,782 shares of Common Stock heretofore
sold by Deutsche Morgan Grenfell/C.J. Lawrence (the "Purchaser"), which shares
were acquired by the Purchaser from the Registrant either (i) pursuant to the
Standby Agreement dated July 25, 1996 between the Registrant and the Purchaser
or (ii) on conversion of 6 3/4% Convertible Subordinated Debentures due 2003 of
the Registrant held by the Purchaser.
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                                   SIGNATURES

         Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1993, the
Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets
all of the requirements for the filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this
Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement to be signed on its
behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the County of Loudoun,
the Commonwealth of Virginia, on this 25th day of September, 1996.

                                           ORBITAL SCIENCES CORPORATION
                                           
                                           
                                           By: /s/ David W. Thompson   
                                              -------------------------
                                               David W. Thompson, Chairman of
                                               the Board, President and Chief
                                               Executive Officer


         Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement has been signed by the
following persons in the capacities indicated and as of the 25th day of
September, 1996.

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Signature                                                           Title
- ---------                                                           -----
      <S>                                                     <C>
       /s/ David W. Thompson                                  Chairman of the Board, President
- -------------------------------------------                   and Chief Executive Director    
          David W. Thompson                                   (Principal Executive Officer) 
                                                                                            
                                                    
      /s/ Jeffrey V. Pirone                                   Vice President and Controller
- -------------------------------------------                   (Principal Financial and     
          Jeffrey V. Pirone                                        Accounting Officer)      
                                                    
                                                    
      /s/ Bruce W. Ferguson                                        Director
- -------------------------------------------                                
          Bruce W. Ferguson                                                
                                                                           
                                                                           
                *                                                  Director
- -------------------------------------------                                
        James R. Thompson                                                  
                                                                           
                                                                           
                *                                                  Director
- -------------------------------------------                                
        Fred C. Alcorn                                                     
</TABLE>                                                                   
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<TABLE>
    <S>                                                       <C>
                *                                                  Director 
- -------------------------------------------                                 
        Kelly H. Burke                                                      
                                                                            
                                                                            
                *                                                  Director 
- -------------------------------------------                                 
        Daniel J. Fink                                                      
                                                                            
                                                                            
                *                                                  Director 
- -------------------------------------------                                 
        Lennard A. Fisk                                                     
                                                                            
                                                                            
               *                                                   Director 
- -------------------------------------------                                 
        Douglas S. Luke                                                     
                                                                            
                                                                            
               *                                                   Director 
- -------------------------------------------                                 
        John L. McLucas                                                     
                                                                            
                                                                            
               *                                                   Director 
- -------------------------------------------                                 
        Harrison H. Schmitt                                                 
                                                                            
                                                                            
               *                                                   Director 
- -------------------------------------------                                 
        Scott L. Webster                             


    *By: /s/ David W. Thompson
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         David W. Thompson
         Attorney-in-Fact
</TABLE>


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