All the Space You Need

Portsmouth & Southsea Rotary Club, with a few friends, visited Astrium, the Portsmouth based space business which is world No 2 in satellite technology.

After an inspiring talk about Portsmouth's place in satellite construction, launching and maintenance, we toured the immaculate site to see communications satellite components being constructed, and then assembled onto the satellites, in ultra clean conditions.


We had to agree with our guide James Hinds, that this is one of Portsmouth's best kept secrets.