How to build a Satellite (Video).

Following manufacturer Astrium as they build a state-of-the-art communication satellite.



The new BBC series of ‘How to Build’ will feature Astrium in a programme on the manufacture of a telecommunications satellite.  The hour long documentary was filmed in Stevenage, Portsmouth, Ottobrunn, Toulouse and Kourou and features many of the people involved in the design, manufacture, engineering, assembly and test of our spacecraft.

The programme will be screened this Sunday, 27 November, on BBC2 at 20.00.  The series began on 13 November with ‘How to build an A380 wing’, the second programme focused on a McLaren sports car.

Astrium Ltd CEO Colin Paynter is delighted: “To be featured in this high profile series is proof that our skills, expertise and manufacturing excellence are increasingly recognised by the media and public at large.  And I am sure it will further enhance awareness of the space activities in Astrium.  My thanks to all those throughout the company who contributed – and I look forward to seeing the programme.”

The programme wwas available to download on the BBC iPlayer for at least 7 days after the original broadcast.

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