Orion () may refer to:

Common meanings

Orion (constellation) Orion is a prominent constellation located on the celestial equator and visible throughout the world. It is one of the most conspicuous and recognizable constellations in the night sky. It is named after Orion (mythology), Orion, a hunter in G ...

, named after the mythical hunter *

Orion (mythology) In Greek mythology, Orion (; Ancient Greek: Ὠρίων or ; Latin: ''Orion'') was a giant huntsman whom Zeus (or perhaps Artemis) placed among the stars as the constellation of Orion. Ancient sources told several different stories about Orio ...

, a hunter in Greek mythology *

Orion (spacecraft) Orion (officially Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle or Orion MPCV) is a partially reusable crewed spacecraft used in NASA's Artemis program. The spacecraft consists of a Crew Module (CM) space capsule designed by Lockheed Martin and the Euro ...

, NASA crew vehicle first launched in 2022

Arts and media

Fictional entities

Characters and species

Orion (character) Orion is a fictional superhero that appears in comic books published by DC Comics DC Comics, Inc. (doing business as DC) is an American comic book publisher and the flagship unit of DC Entertainment, a subsidiary of Warner Bros. Discove ...

, a DC Comics character * Orion (''Star Trek''), a sentient alien species * Orion, code name of

Stephen J. Bartowski Stephen Joseph Bartowski is a recurring character on the television series ''Chuck'' portrayed by actor Scott Bakula. Stephen is the estranged father of Chuck and Ellie Bartowski, and under the government codename "Orion" was the chief designe ...

on the television show ''Chuck'' * Orion, in the fighting game ''

Brawlhalla ''Brawlhalla'' is a free-to-play fighting game developed by Blue Mammoth Games and published by Ubisoft for macOS, Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, Xbox Series S & X, Android and iOS, with full cross-pla ...

'' * Orions, a race in the '' Starfire'' board game and book series * Orion, a character from ''Power Rangers Super Megaforce'' * Captain Orion, in the Japanese series '' X-Bomber''

Vessels

* ''Orion'', a spaceplane in the film ''2001: A Space Odyssey'' * ''Orion'', a spaceship in '' Raumpatrouille Orion'' (''Space Patrol Orion'' in English), the first German science fiction television series * ''"Orion"''-class spaceship, on the television series '' Ascension''

Literature

* ''Orion'', an 1843 poem by

Richard Henry Horne Richard Hengist Horne (born Richard Henry Horne) (31 December 1802 – 13 March 1884) was an English poet and critic most famous for his poem ''Orion''. Early life Horne was born at Edmonton, London, son of James Horne, a quarter-master in t ...

* ''Orion'', a 1978 novel by

Gail Brewer-Giorgio Gail Brewer-Giorgio is an American author whose works have speculated about the possibility that singer Elvis Presley may have faked his death in August 1977. Origin of conspiracy theory work Giorgio wrote a novel, ''Orion'', in 1978, which descr ...

* ''Orion and King Arthur'', a 2012 novel series by

Ben Bova Benjamin William Bova (November 8, 1932November 29, 2020) was an American writer and editor. During a writing career of 60 years, he was the author of more than 120 works of science fact and fiction, an editor of '' Analog Science Fiction and F ...

* '' The Orion'', an 1893 book on sociology by Bal Gangadhar Tilak * '' Dead at Daybreak'', a 1998 novel by Deon Meyer, originally published as ''Orion''

Music

Albums and long-form compositions

* ''Orion'' (Ryan Adams album) * ''Orion'' (X Ambassadors album) * '' Orion'', a 1979 orchestral work by Claude Vivier * ''Orion'' (Lacoste), an opera by the French composer Louis Lacoste * ''Orion'', a 2004

Philip Glass Philip Glass (born January 31, 1937) is an American composer and pianist. He is widely regarded as one of the most influential composers of the late 20th century. Glass's work has been associated with minimal music, minimalism, being built up fr ...

composition * ''Orion'', an album by the band

she She most commonly refers to: *She (pronoun), the third person singular, feminine, nominative case pronoun in modern English. She or S.H.E. may also refer to: Literature and films *'' She: A History of Adventure'', an 1887 novel by H. Rider Hagga ...

* ''Orion & Pleiades'' (1984), a symphonic work by Toru Takemitsu

Songs

* "Orion" (Girl Next Door song) * "Orion" (Mika Nakashima song) * "Orion", a song by

12012 is a Japanese visual kei rock band. Formed in 2003 in Osaka Prefecture, the group centers its work around the concept of "madness inside a human" (人間の内面における狂気 '). 12012 is also the penal code for the possession of a danger ...

* "Orion", a song in the boxed set ''

Dead Can Dance (1981–1998) ''Dead Can Dance (1981–1998)'' (2001) is a four-disc box set, containing three CDs of music spanning Dead Can Dance's career and a DVD of their 1994 video release ''Toward the Within''. While most of the tracks are taken from previously rel ...

'' by Dead Can Dance * "Orion", a song on the album ''

Stormwatch Stormwatch may refer to: * ''Stormwatch'' (album), a 1979 album by Jethro Tull * Stormwatch (comics) Stormwatch is a fictional superhero team appearing in American comic books published by WildStorm, which later became an imprint of DC Comics. C ...

'' by Jethro Tull * "Orion", an instrumental piece on the album '' Master of Puppets'' by Metallica * "Orion", a 2017 non-album single by Kenshi Yonezu

Other uses in music

Orion Records Orion Records was a primarily classical record label active from the late 1960s until 1988. It grew out of an earlier, Canadian label, Baroque Records, founded by former Everest Records executive Giveon Cornfield.Siskind, Jacob"Record World" ''T ...

(1960s–'80s), a classical record label * Jimmy "Orion" Ellis, American singer

Periodicals

* ''Orion'' (manga), by Masamune Shirow * ''Orion'' (magazine), a magazine on nature, environment and culture * ''ORiON'', the journal of the

Operations Research Society of South Africa The Operations Research Society of South Africa (ORSSA) (Afrikaans: Die Operasionele Navorsingsvereniging van Suid-Afrika (ONSA)) is the national, professional body tasked with furthering the interests of those engaged in, or interested in, operat ...

* '' Ginga Densetsu Weed: Orion'', a manga by Yoshihiro Takahashi * ''The Orion'' (California State University, Chico), a student newspaper

Other uses in arts and media

* ''Orion'' (film), a Canadian film * ''Orion'' (sculpture), work by Mark di Suvero *

Miss Riboet's Orion Miss Riboet's Orion, originally known as the Orion Opera, was a theatrical troupe active in the Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia) in the 1920s and early 1930s. Established by the husband and wife team Tio Tek Djien and Miss Riboet, the company tra ...

(1925–42), a theatrical troupe active in the Dutch East Indies

Buildings

The Orion (skyscraper) The Orion is a skyscraper located at 350 West 42nd Street between Eighth and Ninth Avenues in the Hell's Kitchen or Clinton neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City, in the U.S. state of New York. The building rises 604 feet (184 m) above ...

in New York City * Orion Assembly, a General Motors assembly plant in Orion Township, Michigan *

Orion Building The Orion Building is a tall high rise residential building on Navigation Street, Birmingham 5, England. Construction of the tower began in 2004 with demolition of the previous building on the site, and was completed in 2007. As part of the dev ...

, a residential building in Birmingham, England * Orion, the movie theater of Finland's

National Audiovisual Archive National Audiovisual Institute ( fi, Kansallinen audiovisuaalinen instituutti; sv, Nationella audiovisuella institutet or ') is a governmental bureau under the Finnish Ministry of Education responsible for supervising the distribution of audiovisu ...

Orion Theatre The Orion Theatre (Swedish: ''Orionteatern'') is a theater located at Katarina Bangata 77 in the district of Södermalm in Stockholm, Sweden. Orion theater was founded in 1983 and is the city's largest avant-garde stage. History The building w ...

, largest avant-garde theatrical/artist stage in Stockholm, Sweden *

Orion Mall Orion Mall is a shopping mall at Brigade Gateway Enclave in Bangalore, Karnataka, India developed by Brigade Group (Developer). The mall with a total shopping area of 8.2 Lakh sq.ft. is the 3rd largest in Bangalore. About Orion Mall is par ...

, Bangalore, India; a shopping mall

Companies

Arts and media

Orion Pictures Orion Pictures (legal name Orion Releasing, LLC) is an American film production and distribution company owned by Amazon through its Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) subsidiary. In its original operating period, the company produced and released films ...

, an American film production company, now a subsidiary of MGM *

Orion Publishing Group Orion Publishing Group Ltd. is a UK-based book publisher. It was founded in 1991 and acquired Weidenfeld & Nicolson the following year. The group has published numerous bestselling books by notable authors including Ian Rankin, Michael Connelly, ...

, a UK-based book publisher *

(1960s–'80s), a classical record label

Electrical power and electronics

Orion Electric was a Japanese consumer electronics company that was established in 1958 in Osaka, Japan. Their devices were branded as "Orion". The company used to be called Orion Electric, until Brain and Capital Holdings, Inc. (Japanese company) acquired it ...

, a Japanese electronics company *

Orion Electronics Orion Electronics Ltd is a consumer electronics company headquartered in Budapest, Hungary. Orion supplies a wide range of brown and white goods including televisions ( LCD, Plasma and CRT), DVD players/ recorders/with HDD, home theatre sy ...

, a Hungarian company *

Orion Energy Systems Orion Energy Systems Inc. is an American LED lighting and intelligent controls enterprise, founded in Plymouth, Wisconsin, and headquartered in Manitowoc, Wisconsin History Orion Energy Systems Inc. was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in ...

, an American power technology company *

Orion New Zealand Limited Orion New Zealand Limited (Orion) is an electricity distribution company, based in Christchurch, New Zealand. The company was formed under its current name in December 1998. Orion is owned by Christchurch City Council (89.3%) and Selwyn Distric ...

, a New Zealand electricity distribution company

Food and beverage

Orion Breweries is the fifth-largest beer brewery in Japan, headquartered in Urasoe, Okinawa Prefecture. The company commands approximately 1% of the Japanese beer market, and controls 60% of the beer market on Okinawa. History Founded in 1957 in Nago, Okin ...

, the fifth-largest beer brewery in Japan *

Orion Confectionery Orion Corporation (, ) is a South Korean confectionery company, headquartered in Munbae-dong, Yongsan District, Seoul. The company is one of the three largest food companies in South Korea, and was established in 1956 as Tongyang Confectionery Co ...

, a South Korean confectionery company

Transportation and vehicles

Transport carriers

Orion Airways Orion Airways (known simply as 'Orion') was an airline based in the United Kingdom with its head office on the grounds of East Midlands Airport in Castle Donington, North West Leicestershire."World Airline Directory." ''Flight International''. ...

, a UK airline that operated from 1979 to 1989 *

Orion Air Orion Air was an airline based in Seychelles. The airline ceased operations in 2008. References External links {{Airlines of Seychelles Defunct airlines of Seychelles Airlines established in 2004 Airlines disestablished in 2008 ...

, a Seychelles airline *

Orion Expedition Cruises Orion Expedition Cruises (OEC) is a former Australian-based luxury expedition cruise line that operated the German-built 103 m, 4000 gross tonne in Australasian and Antarctic waters. History Founded by Australian businesswoman Sarina Bratto ...

, an Australian cruise line * Orionair, a Spanish charter airline * Orionair, name used by Luxembourg airline Lionair when operating flights to the United States

Vehicle manufacturers

Orion Bus Industries Orion Bus Industries, also known as Bus Industries of America in the United States, was a private bus manufacturer based in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada. The company had its main manufacturing plant in Mississauga and sent bus body shells to t ...

, a Canadian bus manufacturer * Orion Space, a Nepalese company producing the

Nepal PQ-1 Nepal-PQ1 also known as SanoSat-1 is Nepal's first PocketQube picosatellite developed by ORION Space that was launched on January 13, 2022, from Falcon 9. The primary function of the satellite is to collect wind, temperature, and humidity data a ...

picosatellite *

Orionette Orionette is a historic German motorcycle brand. The ''Orionette AG für Motorfahrzeuge'' (also: ''Orion AG für Motorfahrzeuge'') was a German motorcycle manufacturer. The company was founded in 1921. The company's headquarters was the ''Indust ...

, also known as Orion AG für Motorfahrzeuge, a German motorcycle manufacturer

Other companies

* Orion Telescopes & Binoculars, an American company * Orion Corporation, a Finnish pharmaceutical company

People

Orion (name) Orion is both a surname and a male given name usually derived from the Orion (mythology), character from Greek mythology or the Orion (constellation), constellation named for the character. The name has increased in usage in recent years along with ...

* Orion, industry name of record producer

Darren Tate Darren Tate (born 22 October 1972, in London) is a British record producer, film composer and club DJ. Biography As a classically trained musician, Tate has worked with international artists and songwriters with whom he collaborates regularly. ...

(born 1972) * Orion, stage name of

Tomasz Wróblewski Tomasz Wróblewski (born 2 June 1980), stage name Orion, is a Polish extreme metal musician, best known as the bassist and backing vocalist for black-death metal band Behemoth. Since 1997, he also is a member of symphonic black metal band Vesan ...

(born 1980), Polish musician * Jimmy "Orion" Ellis (1945–1998), American rockabilly singer

Places

United States

Orion, Alabama Orion, also known as Prospect Ridge, is an unincorporated community in Pike County, Alabama, United States, located north of Troy. History Originally called Prospect Ridge, the name was changed to Orion in honor of the constellation. Orion was ...

, an unincorporated community *

Orion, Illinois Orion ( ) is a village in Henry County, Illinois, United States. The population was 1,861 at the 2010 census. It is the site for transmitters for many of the Quad Cities' radio and television stations, including KLJB, KWQC-TV, WMWC-TV, WQAD-TV, W ...

, a village ** Orion Township, Fulton County, Illinois **

Orion High School Orion High School, or OHS, is a public four-year high school located at 1103 13th St. in Orion, Illinois, a village in Western Township of Henry County, Illinois, in the Midwestern United States. OHS is part of Orion Community Unit School Distr ...

, in Orion, Illinois *

Orion, Wisconsin Orion is a town in Richland County, Wisconsin, Richland County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 628 at the 2000 census. The unincorporated communities of Orion and Twin Bluffs are located in the town. Geography According to the United ...

, a town **

Orion (community), Wisconsin Orion is a town in Richland County, Wisconsin, Richland County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 628 at the 2000 census. The unincorporated communities of Orion and Twin Bluffs are located in the town. Geography According to the United ...

, an unincorporated community * Orion Township, Michigan *

Orion Township, Minnesota Orion Township is a township in Olmsted County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 614 at the 2000 census. Orion Township was organized in 1858, and named after Orion, Wisconsin. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, ...

Elsewhere

* Orion, Alberta, Canada, a hamlet * Orion, Bataan, the Philippines, a municipality *

Orion, Pyrénées-Atlantiques Orion () is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in south-western France. See also *Communes of the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department The following is a list of the 546 communes of the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department of Fra ...

, France, a commune *

Orion, Queensland Orion is a locality in the Central Highlands Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Orion had a population of 87 people. Geography The Dawson Highway The Dawson Highway is a state highway in Queensland, Australia. It runs for between Gl ...

, Australia, a village in the Central Highlands Region *

Orion Passage Dee Island is the ice-free island lying between Greenwich Island and Aitcho Islands in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica and is separated from Greenwich Island to the south by the wide Orión Passage () and from Aitcho Islands to the north ...

, a narrow sailing route on the northwestern tip of Antarctica

Science and technology

Astronomy

, named after the mythical hunter *

Orion Arm The Orion Arm is a minor spiral arm of the Milky Way Galaxy that is across and approximately in length, containing the Solar System, including Earth. It is also referred to by its full name, the Orion–Cygnus Arm, as well as Local Arm, Orion ...

, a galactic spiral arm with apparent location near the constellation *

Orion Nebula The Orion Nebula (also known as Messier 42, M42, or NGC 1976) is a diffuse nebula situated in the Milky Way, being south of Orion's Belt in the constellation of Orion. It is one of the brightest nebulae and is visible to the naked eye in the nig ...

, in the constellation

Biology

* ''Orion'' (beetle), a genus of beetles *

Orion (grape) Orion is a white wine grape variety of German origin. It was created by Dr. Gerhardt Alleweldt (1927-2005) at the Geilweilerhof Institute for Grape Breeding in Siebeldingen in 1964, by crossing the ''Vitis vinifera'' variety Optima with the hybr ...

, a white wine grape variety * ''

Historis odius ''Historis odius'', the orion cecropian, is a species of crescents, checkerspots, anglewings, etc. in the butterfly family Nymphalidae. Distribution This species can be found in North America.The MONA or Hodges number for ''Historis odius'' ...

'', the Orion, a butterfly in the genus ''Historis''

Computing

ORION (research and education network) The Ontario Research and Innovation Optical Network (ORION) is a high-speed optical research and education network in Ontario, Canada. It connects virtually all of Ontario's research and education institutions including every university, most col ...

, the provincial research network of Ontario, Canada *

Orion (system-on-a-chip) Orion is a system-on-a-chip manufactured by Marvell Technology Group and used in network-attached storage. Based on the ARMv5TE architecture, it has on-chip support for Ethernet, SATA and USB, and is used in hardware made by Hewlett-Packard and D- ...

, used in network-attached storage *

Ferranti Orion The Orion was a mid-range mainframe computer introduced by Ferranti in 1959 and installed for the first time in 1961. Ferranti positioned Orion to be their primary offering during the early 1960s, complementing their high-end Atlas and smaller syst ...

, a mid-range mainframe computer introduced in 1959 * HLH Orion, a series of minicomputers produced in the 1980s *

Orion Application Server Orion Application Server is a Java EE application server developed by Swedish company IronFlare AB, founded by Magnus Stenman and Karl Avedal. First released in 1999, Orion claims to be the first commercially available application server with full ...

, a Java EE application server * Orion quantum computing system, developed by D-Wave Systems * Orion, a browser-based IDE and open tool integration platform from Eclipse * Orion, IT admin software by SolarWinds

Other technologies

Orion (laser) The Orion Laser Facility (also known as the Orion Laser) is a high power laser facility based at the Atomic Weapons Establishment (AWE) on the former RAF Aldermaston site in the United Kingdom. Construction to build Orion began in 2006 and its fir ...

, a large laser installation in the UK *

Orion (space telescope) The Orion space telescopes were a series of two instruments flown aboard Soviet spacecraft during the 1970s to conduct ultraviolet spectroscopy of stars. Orion 1 The Orion 1 space astrophysical observatory was installed in the orbital station ...

, two research instruments on crewed 1970s Soviet spacecraft

Sports

Football (soccer)

A.D. Orión Asociación Deportiva Orión is a Panamanian football team playing at the Liga Nacional de Ascenso. It is based in San Miguelito and it was founded in 1987. History ''Las aguilas naranjas'' played in ANAPROF around mids 1990's, but they were d ...

, a Panamanian football club *

Orión F.C. Orión F.C. is a Costa Rican football club, based in Desamparados. It was founded in 1926 and has most recently played in Costa Rica's First Division in 2012. They were crowned national league champions twice. History The Orion F.C. football clu ...

, a Costa Rican football club *

Orion F.C. Orion Football Club was a Scottish football team who played in the city of Aberdeen between 1885 and 1903. History The club's first known match was a 2-0 defeat to Bon Accord F.C., in which the Orion club was said to have been "very good for ...

, a Scottish football club

Other sports

* Goyang Orion Orions, a South Korean basketball team * Orions, former name of the Chiba Lotte Marines, a Japanese baseball team

Transportation and military

Air

Lockheed P-3 Orion The Lockheed P-3 Orion is a four-engined, turboprop anti-submarine and maritime surveillance aircraft developed for the United States Navy and introduced in the 1960s. Lockheed based it on the L-188 Electra commercial airliner.

, Russian UCAV drone

Land

* Ford Orion, a car * ''Orion'', a South Devon Railway Comet-class steam locomotive * ''Orion'', a GWR 3300-class steam locomotive * Mitsubishi Orion engine, a series of internal combustion engines produced by Mitsubishi Motors

Sea

Military vessels

* , several U.S. Navy vessels * , several Royal Navy vessels * , a series of super-dreadnoughts of the Royal Navy * , an ''Oberon''-class of the Royal Australian Navy * , a Swedish ELINT vessel * , a ''Téméraire''-class of the French Navy * , World War II merchant raider * BAE ''Orion'' (H-101), Ecuadorian Navy ship, originally * NRP ''Oríon'' (P1156), a Portuguese Navy

Other vessels

* , a ship which sank off Portpatrick, Scotland in 1850 * , a cruise ship * , an ocean liner of the Orient Steam Navigation Company * , a Swedish steel steamship decommissioned in 1979, now a museum ship *

Orion 50 The Orion 50 is a sailboat designed by American Gary Mull and first built in 1983. The design is out of production. Production The boat was built by Ta Shing Yacht Building in Taiwan, which completed seven examples between 1983 and 1987. D ...

, an American sailboat design * ''Orion'' (ship, 1904), built as a whale-catcher, she later served as a fireboat in Vancouver

Space

Rockets

* Orion (rocket), a US sounding rocket *

Orión (rocket) Orión was the designation of a sounding rocket of Argentina, which was started between 1965 and 1971 at CELPA, Mar Chiquita, Tartagal and Wallops Island Wallops Island is a island in Accomack County, Virginia, part of the Virginia Barr ...

, an Argentine sounding rocket *

Orion (rocket stage) Orion is a series of American solid-fuel rocket stages, developed and manufactured by a joint venture between Hercules Aerospace and Alliant Techsystems (now Northrop Grumman Innovation Systems). They were originally developed for use as all t ...

, a series of rocket motors used in the Pegasus rockets *

Project Orion (nuclear propulsion) Project Orion was a study conducted between the 1950s and 1960s by the United States Air Force, DARPA, and NASA for the purpose of identifying the efficacy of a starship directly propelled by a series of explosions of atomic bombs behind the ...

, a 1958 US nuclear pulse propulsion study project

Space vehicles

, NASA crew vehicle first flown in 2022 *

, two instruments flown aboard Soviet spacecraft * ''Orion'', the Lunar Module used in the

Apollo 16 Apollo 16 (April 1627, 1972) was the tenth crewed mission in the United States Apollo space program, administered by NASA, and the fifth and penultimate to land on the Moon. It was the second of Apollo's " J missions", with an extended sta ...

mission *

Orion (satellite) Orion, also known as Mentor or Advanced Orion, is a class of United States spy satellites that collect signals intelligence (SIGINT) from space. Operated by the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) and developed with input from the Centra ...

, a series of reconnaissance satellites * A series of satellites operated by Orion Network Systems, now part of Telesat *

Orion 3 Orion 3 was an American spacecraft which was intended for use by Orion Network Systems, as a geostationary communications satellite. It was to have been positioned in geostationary orbit at a longitude of 139° East, from where it was to have pr ...

, an off-course communication satellite (1999)

Other uses

Orion (dog) The Vargas tragedy was a natural disaster that occurred in Vargas State, Venezuela on 14–16 December 1999, when torrential rains caused flash floods and debris flows that killed tens of thousands of people, destroyed thousands of homes, and le ...

, a rescue dog *

Orion (roller coaster) Orion is a steel roller coaster located at Kings Island amusement park in Mason, Ohio. Manufactured by Bolliger & Mabillard, Orion became the seventh giga coaster in the world when it opened to the public on July 2, 2020. It is the largest in ...

, a steel roller coaster at Kings Island, in Mason, Ohio, US * Orion, the flagship wine of American winemaker

Sean Thackrey Sean Haley Thackrey (July 9, 1942May 30, 2022) was an American winemaker based in the town of Bolinas in Marin County, California. Prior to winemaking, he was a director of an art gallery.Fisher, Lawrence M. (November 7, 1993)"Tiny Wineries Wi ...

* Our Race is Our Nation, a slogan used by the

Ku Klux Klan The Ku Klux Klan (), commonly shortened to the KKK or the Klan, is an American white supremacist, right-wing terrorist, and hate group whose primary targets are African Americans, Jews, Latinos, Asian Americans, Native Americans, and ...

and other white nationalists