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Orbital Names Leo Millstein Senior Vice President and General Counsel

Dulles, VA/August 26, 2003/Satnews/ Leo Millstein has been named Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary of the Dulles, VA-based Orbitral Sciences Corporation. Millstein comes to Orbital with over 20 years of combined experience in the satellite industry at INTELSAT and COMSAT. In addition, Millstein has served as a Partner at Dryer, Ellis, Joseph & Mills, a Washington, DC-based law firm and, most recently, as General Counsel of MERANT, plc, an international information technology company.

In his role at Orbital, Mr. Millstein will provide legal support to the company's executive management and the Board of Directors on major business issues, such as government contracting and regulatory compliance, corporate governance, litigation activities, SEC reporting, mergers and acquisitions and other corporate transactions. He will oversee a staff of three in-house attorneys in the company's legal department plus additional professional staff members involved in public relations, corporate communications, export control and related areas.

Mr. Millstein began his career in 1975 as Corporate Counsel at COMSAT, a satellite communications company, where he handled general legal matters for 10 years. In 1985, he left COMSAT to join Washington, DC-based Dryer, Ellis, Joseph & Mills as a Partner. In 1989, Mr. Millstein returned to the satellite industry for the next 11 years, joining INTELSAT, an international satellite communications organization, as Deputy General Counsel. He later served INTELSAT as Director of Corporate Restructuring. In 2000, Mr. Millstein joined MERANT, plc as Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary, where he carried out responsibilities similar to those that he will oversee at Orbital.

Mr. Millstein holds a B.S. degree in Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering from Purdue University and earned his law degree from George Washington University. He is married to Linda Finkelman and has a daughter.

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