Loral may refer to: Loral Corporation, contractor founded in 1948 in New York by William Lorenz and Leon Alpert as Loral Electronics Corporation Loral Space & Communications, satellite communications company Loral GZ-22, a non-rigid airship Loral 1300, a satellite bus 5225 Loral, minor planet Loral Langemeier, an American writer on finance Loral O'Hara, a NASA astronaut candidate of the class of 2017 the adjective form of Lore (anatomy) See also Laurel (plant), an evergreen shrub whose sap, leaves, and fruit are highly-poisonous to humans, livestock, dogs, and other animals.