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{{Infobox magazine
|title        = Orbit Science Fiction
|image_file   = the Last Of The Masters By Philip Kindred Dick.pdf
|image_caption      = ''Orbit Science Fiction'' no.5<br/>"[[The Last of the Masters]]", and author [[Philip K. Dick]], are advertised on the front cover.<br/>Cover art by [[Ed Valigursky]].
|image_alt        = A cover image is bordered by yellow trim, which carries the magazine title "ORBIT Science Fiction" and an advertisement for "THE LAST OF THE MASTERS by Philp K. Dick". The image is of an astronaut strapped into a spinning gyro within a massive test dome. To the upper right corner is a list of authors who have contributed fiction for the issue, "James Causey, August Derleth, Gordon R. Dickson, Chad Oliver".
|publisher    = [[Hanro Corporation]]
|frequency    = No. 1 - No. 2 (Irregular)<br/>No. 3 - No. 5 (Bi-monthly)
|category     = Science fiction<br />[[Pulp magazine]]
|firstdate    = September [[1953 in comics|1953]]
|lastdate     = November [[1954 in comics|1954]]
|finalnumber  = 5 issues
}}
'''''Orbit Science Fiction''''' was an American  [[science fiction magazine]] anthology published in 1953 and 1954 by the [[Hanro Corporation]].  Only 5 issues were published, each of which were edited by [[Donald A. Wollheim]], although [[Jules Saltman]] was credited within the publication.  Several prominent science fiction writers published short stories within Orbit, including [[Philip K. Dick]], [[Donald A. Wollheim]], and [[Michael Shaara]].  Each issue was published as a [[Digest size|digest]], and originally sold for $0.35.

==List of issues==
*''Orbit Science Fiction'' No.1, September 1953, 132pp.
*''Orbit Science Fiction'' No.2, December 1953, 132pp.
*''Orbit Science Fiction'' No.3, July–August 1954, Jul 1954, 132pp.
*''Orbit Science Fiction'' No.4 September–October 1954, Sep 1954, 132pp.
*''Orbit Science Fiction'' No.5, November–December 1954, Nov 1954, 132pp.

==See also==
{{portal|Literature|Speculative fiction}}
* [[List of defunct American periodicals]]

==External links==
* {{ISFDB title|id=563829|title=Orbit 1953}}
* {{ISFDB title|id=563961|title=Orbit 1954}}

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