Orion
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Orion is a proper name used in many different ways:
- Orion the hunter, from Greek mythology
- Orion the constellation
- Orion the spiral arm in the Milky Way
- Orion Nebula also known as M42
- Orion, a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques département in France
- Orion the communications satellite
- Project Orion, a proposed nuclear pulse propulsion system
- The ORION Network - The Ontario Research and Innovation Optical Network in Canada
- Orion- The student newspaper of California State University, Chico
- Orion Irvine is the National Youth Issues Representative at the Canadian Labour Congress
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In literature and popular culture
- Orion the comic book character, the son of Darkseid
- Orion the manga by Masamune Shirow
- Orion the song from the Master of Puppets album by Metallica
- Master of Orion, the computer game
- Orions, an alien race in the Star Trek fictional universe
- Orion's belt is a plot point in the first Men In Black movie
As a brand name or designator
- Orion brand beer, from Japan
- Orion brand of television sets, from Japan
- The Ford Orion, an automobile model of the Ford Motor Company
- Lockheed P-3 Orion, an anti-submarine warfare aircraft
- Orion former manufacturer of radio and television sets, from Hungary
- Orion Application Server, a J2EE server
Companies
- Orion Bus Industries, a subsidiary of DaimlerChrysler, based in Oriskany, New York
- Orion Pictures Corporation, a defunct movie company
- Orion Publishing Group, owned by Hachette livre
- Orion Group, from South Korea
Orion, car audio company until bought by Directed Electronics.
Rockets
- An American sounding rocket, Orion (US-rocket)
- A sounding rocket of Argentinia, Orion (Rocket of Argentinia)