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 three stages on the Pegasus rocket, first flown in 1990.
Orion is available in several configurations for a variety of use scenarios.
All stages in this family use an ammonium perchlorate composite propellant called QDL-1, which includes HTPB binder and 19% aluminium, with the exception of the yet-unflown Orion 32, which uses QDL-2, containing HTPB binder and 20% aluminium.
[1] Orion stages are numbered to indicate their configuration.