---------------------------- OMB APPROVAL ---------------------------- OMB Number: 3235-0104 Expires: September 30, 1998 Estimated average burden hours per response......0.5 ---------------------------- UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 - --------- FORM 3 - --------- INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(f) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 (Print or Type Responses) - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* Lockheed Martin Corporation (See also Attachment A) - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Last) (First) (Middle) 6801 Rockledge Drive - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Street) Bethesda Maryland 20817 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (City) (State) (Zip) 2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year) January 31, 1997 ------------------------ 3. IRS or Social Security Number of Reporting Person (Voluntary) ---------------- 4. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol Orion Network Systems, Inc. -- ONSI ----------------------------------- 5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) _____Director __X__10% Owner _____Officer (give title below) _____Other (specify below) 6. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Day/Year) ----------------------------- 7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) ___ Form filed by One Reporting Person _X_ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person Table I -- Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned - -------------------- --------------- ------------------ --------------------- 1. Title of Security 2. Amount of 3. Ownership Form: 4. Nature of Indirect (Instr. 4) Securities Direct (D) or Beneficial Beneficially Indirect (I) Ownership Owned (Instr. 5) (Instr. 5) (Instr. 4) - -------------------- --------------- ------------------ --------------------- Common Stock, 239,769 I By Lockheed Martin $.01 par value Commercial Launch per share Services, a subsidiary of the Reporting Person Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly. * If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 5(b)(v).TABLE II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities) - ------------ -------------- ------------- ----------- ----------- ------------ 1.Title of 2.Date 3.Title and 4.Conver- 5.Ownership 6.Nature of Derivative Exercisable Amount of sion or Form of Indirect Security and Securities Exercise Derivative Beneficial (Instr. 4) Expiration Underlying Price of Security: Ownership Date Derivative Derivative Direct (Instr. 5) (MM/DD/YY) Security Security (D) or (Instr. 4) Indirect ------ ------- ----- ------ (I) Date Expir- Title Amount (Instr. 5) Exer- ation or cis- Date Number able of Shares - ------------ ------- ------ ------ -------- ----------- ----------- ------------ Series C 6% Any N/A Common 1,128,571* $17,50*** I **** Cumulative time Stock, Redeemable $.01 Convertible par Preferred value Stock Explanation of Responses: * Subject to Adjustment. Excludes shares issuable in payment of accrued but unpaid dividends on Series C 6% Cumulative Redeemable Convertible Preferred Stock. ***Subject to adjustment. ****By Lockheed Martin Commercial Launch Services, Inc., a subsidiary of the Reporting Person. Note: File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually signed. If space is insufficient, See Instruction 6 for procedure. Potential persons who are to respond to the collection of information contained in this form are not required to respond unless the form displays a currently valid OMB Number. LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION By /s/ Raymond S. Colladay 2/10/97 - ---------------------------------- ----------------------- Raymond S. Colladay Date Title: President-Astronautics **Signature of Reporting Person LOCKHEED MARTIN COMMERCIAL LAUNCH SERVICES, INC. By /s/ Jeffrey D. MacLauchlan 2/10/97 - ---------------------------------- ----------------------- Jeffrey D. MacLauchlan Date Title: Vice President and Asst. Treasurer **Signature of Reporting Person **Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a). Attachment A of Form 3 Issuer Name (Item 4 of Form 3): Orion Network Systems, Inc. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Item 2 of Form 3): January 31, 1997 Designated Filer (Item 1 of Form 3): Lockheed Martin Corporation Additional Reporting Person: Lockheed Martin Commercial Launch Services, Inc. 12999 Deer Creek Canyon Road Littleton, Colorado 80127 Form of Ownership of Additional Reporting Person (Item 3 of Table I and Item 5 of Table II): Direct