Astrium and Paradigm Secure Communications
50km North of London, the site assembled Blue Streak missiles in the 1950s and now houses Astrium's spacecraft design and build facility and the headquarters of Paradigm Secure Communications.
Responsibilities for its 1,200 workforce include:
structure and subsystem design and build for all Eurostar communications satellites
prime contractor for science missions such as Beagle 2 Mars lander, Rosetta and Lisa Pathfinder
prime contractor for EO satellites like Aeolus
the management and operation of the UK MOD's Skynet 5 satellite system
From London
Take the A1M towards Peterborough. Take the exit 7 Stevenage/ A602. Follow Stevenage, then at the round-about take the first exist to the Industrial Area (then refer to the detail map).
From Peterborough
Take the A1M towards London. Take the exit 8 Hitchin/ Stevenage North. Follow Stevenage, then at 2nd round-about take the 2nd exit. Continue to Industrial Area (then refer to the detail map).
