Orion may refer to:
Common meanings Orion (constellation), named after the mythical hunter Orion (mythology), a hunter in Greek mythology Orion Arm, the Milky Way's galactic arm which contains the Solar System Orion Nebula, in the constellation
Arts and media
Fictional entities Characters and species Orion (character), a DC Comics character Orion (Star Trek), a sentient alien species Orion, code name of Stephen J. Bartowski on the television show Chuck Orion, in the fighting game Brawlhalla 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 Orion Pax, the former name of Optimus Prime Orion Black, the father of Sirius Black and Regulus Black, in the Harry Potter Series Orion Mendelson, the boy from Orion and the Dark
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 Orion, a 1978 novel by Gail Brewer-Giorgio Orion and King Arthur, a 2012 novel series by Ben Bova The Orion (book), 1893, 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 (Vivier), a 1979 orchestral work by Claude Vivier Orion (Lacoste), an opera by the French composer Louis Lacoste Orion (composition), 2002, by Kaija Saariaho Orion, a 2004 Philip Glass composition Orion, an album by the band she Orion & Pleiades (1984), a symphonic work by Toru Takemitsu
Songs "Orion" (Girl Next Door song) "Orion" (Mika Nakashima song) "Orion" (Metallica song), an instrumental piece on the album Master of Puppets "Orion" (Yoasobi song) "Orion", by 12012 "Orion", in the boxed set Dead Can Dance (1981–1998) by Dead Can Dance "Orion", on the album Stormwatch by Jethro Tull "Orion", a 2017 non-album single by Kenshi Yonezu
Other uses in music Orion Records (1960s–'80s), a classical record label Orion (singer) (Jimmy Ellis, 1945–1998), American singer Youth (musician) (Martin Glover, born 1960), British musician also known as Orion Orion The Hunter, a 1980’s American rock band; also the title of their eponymous 1985 debut (and only) album.
Periodicals Orion (manga), by Masamune Shirow Orion (online magazine), focused on nature, environment and culture Orion (1840s magazine), an American literary magazine that ran from 1842 to 1844 ORiON, the journal of the Operations Research Society of South Africa 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 (1925–42), a theatrical troupe active in the Dutch East Indies "Orion" (The Night Agent), a 2026 television episode
Buildings The Orion (skyscraper) in New York City Orion Assembly, a General Motors assembly plant in Orion Township, Michigan Orion Building, a residential building in Birmingham, England Orion, the movie theater of Finland's National Audiovisual Archive Orion Theatre, largest avant-garde theatrical/artist stage in Stockholm, Sweden Orion Mall, Bangalore, India; a shopping mall
Companies Arts and media Orion Pictures, an American film production company, now a subsidiary of MGM Orion Publishing Group, a UK-based book publisher Orion Records (1960s–1980s), a classical record label Orion Broadcasting, a broadcasting company in Louisville, Kentucky
Electrical power and electronics Orion Electric, a Japanese electronics company Orion Electronics, a Hungarian company Orion Energy Systems, an American power technology company Orion New Zealand Limited, a New Zealand electricity distribution company
Food and beverage Orion Breweries, the fifth-largest beer brewery in Japan Orion Corporation (South Korean company), a South Korean confectionery company Orion, a Czech chocolate confectionery, subsidiary of Nestlé since 1999
Transportation and vehicles
Transport carriers Orion Airways, a UK airline that operated from 1979 to 1989 Orion Air, a Seychelles airline Orion Air (United States), a US contract freight airline that operated 1981–1989 Orion Expedition Cruises, an Australian cruise line Orionair, a Spanish charter airline Orionair, name used by Luxembourg airline Lionair when operating flights to the US
Vehicle manufacturers Orion Bus Industries, a Canadian bus manufacturer Orion Space, a Nepalese company producing the Nepal PQ-1 picosatellite Orionette, also known as Orion AG für Motorfahrzeuge, a German motorcycle manufacturer
Other companies Orion Telescopes & Binoculars, an American company Orion Corporation (pharmaceutical company), a Finnish pharmaceutical company Orion Group (Bangladesh), a Bangladeshi industrial conglomerates Orion Pharma (Bangladesh), a Bangladeshi pharmaceutical company
People Orion (name) Orion, industry name of record producer Darren Tate (born 1972) Tomasz Wróblewski (born 1980), Polish musician (stage name "Orion") Jimmy "Orion" Ellis (1945–1998), American rockabilly singer
Places
United States Orion, Alabama, an unincorporated community Orion, Illinois, a village Orion Township, Fulton County, Illinois Orion High School, in Orion, Illinois Orion, Wisconsin, a town Orion (community), Wisconsin, an unincorporated community Orion Township, Michigan Orion Township, Minnesota
Elsewhere Orion, Alberta, Canada, a hamlet Orion, Bataan, the Philippines, a municipality Orion, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, France, a commune Orion, Queensland, Australia, a village in the Central Highlands Region Orion Passage, a narrow sailing route on the northwestern tip of Antarctica
Science and technology
Astronomy Orion (constellation), named after the mythical hunter Orion Arm, a galactic spiral arm which contains Earth Orion Nebula, in the constellation Orion's Belt, the three prominent astronomical objects in the constellation
Biology Orion (beetle), a genus of beetles Orion (grape), a white wine grape variety Historis odius, the Orion, a butterfly in the genus Historis
Computing ORION (research and education network), the provincial research network of Ontario, Canada Orion (system-on-a-chip), used in network-attached storage Ferranti Orion, a mid-range mainframe computer introduced in 1959 HLH Orion, a series of minicomputers produced in the 1980s Orion Application Server, a Java EE application server Orion Browser, a web browser from Kagi Inc. 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 GPT-4.5, a 2025 large language model developed by OpenAI
Other technologies Orion (laser), a large laser installation in the UK Orion (space telescope), two research instruments on a 1970s Soviet spacecraft
Sports Football (soccer) A.D. Orión, a Panamanian football club Orión F.C., a Costa Rican football club Orion F.C., 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, a maritime patrol aircraft Lockheed Model 9 Orion, a passenger aircraft introduced in 1931 Aurora Flight Sciences Orion, an American drone Bristol Orion, a cancelled aero engine developed by Bristol Siddeley Kronshtadt Orion, a 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 submarine 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, 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), an Argentine sounding rocket Orion (rocket stage), a series of rocket motors used in the Pegasus rockets Project Orion (nuclear propulsion), a 1958 US nuclear pulse propulsion study project
Space vehicles Orion (spacecraft), NASA crew vehicle first flown in 2022 Orion (space telescope), two instruments flown aboard Soviet spacecraft Orion, the Lunar Module used in the Apollo 16 mission Orion (satellite), a series of reconnaissance satellites A series of satellites operated by Orion Network Systems, now part of Telesat Orion 3, an off-course communication satellite (1999) Blok DM-03, a variant of the Russian upper stage rocket
Other uses Orion (mythology), a hunter in Greek mythology Orion (dog), a rescue dog Orion (roller coaster), a steel roller coaster at Kings Island, in Mason, Ohio, US Orion, the flagship wine of American winemaker Sean Thackrey "Our Race is Our Nation", a slogan used by the Ku Klux Klan and other white nationalists
See also Arion (disambiguation) EURion constellation, anti-counterfeiting patterns integrated into various kinds of currency Exercise Orion (disambiguation) Orione (opera) (1653), by Francesco Cavalli O'Ryan Orion 1 (disambiguation) Orion 2 (disambiguation) Orion the Hunter (disambiguation) Project Orion (disambiguation)