Jeremy Quin MP, the UK’s Minister for Defence Procurement, visited Airbus in Stevenage yesterday and pushed the button to start production of the first panel skin for the UK MOD’s next generation military communications satellite Skynet 6A.
The minister started the high precision cutting machine to profile the first aluminium panels of the near six ton Skynet 6A satellite which is based on Airbus’ Eurostar Neo telecommunications spacecraft and visited the extensive cleanroom facilities on site. Airbus was awarded the more than £500m contract to design and build Skynet 6A in July…
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