Astrium's population is 15,000.

Astrium was created in 2006-12.

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The cast of How to Build... - 2010 includes: Metin Afiya as Himself - Production Manager, McLaren Mick Atkinson as Himself - Team Leader, Astrium Miles Barnett as Himself - Rotary Wing Test Pilot Dave Benbow as Himself - Chief Development Engineer Colin Bridges as Himself - Welder Jenson Button as himself Billy Carver as Himself - Production Team, McLaren James Caveley as Himself - Prototype Technician, McLaren Roy Cosford as Himself - Engine Fitter Derek Croxall as Himself - Industrial Chemist, Astrium Samantha Dearman as Herself - Radar Impact Assessment, QinetiQ Carlo Dilena as Himself - Paint Team, McLaren Owen Draper as Himself - Castings Specialist Claude Fearon as Himself - Senior Paint Technician, McLaren Greg Fixter as Himself - Stealth Engineer, QinetiQ Gerard Fletcher as Himself - Narrator Gaz Fountain as himself Pascal Gaudin as Himself - Project Manager, Astrium Neil Glover as Himself - Head of Materials Research Ludwig Grandl as Himself - Production Manager, Astrium Solar Arrays Dave Hambly as Himself - Gallery Chef Lewis Hamilton as himself Carl Harley as Himself - Electrician Stuart Hazelwood as Himself - Landing Gear Testing Engineer Dave Jessup as Himself - Integration Technician, Astrium Si Jones as Himself - Reversion Team Leader, Chinook Four Ged Jones as Himself - Welder Ady Kay as Himself - Module Fitter Joanna Lumley as herself Paul MacKenzie as Himself - A380 Overseas Manager Peter MacLellan as Himself - Head of Manufacturing, Astrium Rich Maguire as Himself - Engine Fitter Tony Manzi as Himself - Welder Matt Maunder as Himself - Acoustic Technician Hollie McCreadie as Herself - Higher Engineering Apprentice, Airbus Neal McDonald as Himself - Paint Team, McLaren Lorraine McIlree as Herself - Fuel Systems Specialist Paul McKinlay as Himself - Head of the Airbus Broughton Plant Mark Muschamp as Himself - Mirror Bonding Team Leader, Astrium Andy Mylrea as Himself - Chief Design Engineer Nathan Newman as Himself - Body Shop Team Leader, McLaren Nigel Owen as Himself - UK Head of A380 Landing Gear Systems Jen Pagani as Herself - Robotics Engineer Derek Parker as Himself - Production Services Team Leader Alan Phizacklea as Himself - Tech Ops Support Project Leader Leo Quinn as Himself - CEO, QinetiQ Hughen Riley as Himself - Pub Landlord Phil Ruffles as Himself - Chief Engineer, RB211 Mark Sibley as Himself - RAF Chinook Project Team Leader Gary Stancombe as Himself - Test Engineer, Astrium Frank Stephenson as Himself - Design Director, McLaren Neeraj Sunger as Himself - Manufacturing Apprentice Cath Taylor as Herself - Module Supply Coordinator Rob Thornley as Himself - Robotics Engineer Neil Trundle as Himself - Manager, Marketing Operations and Historic Cars, McLaren Phil Tutton as Himself - Production Team, McLaren Graham Viney as Himself - Propulsion Systems Engineer, Astrium Bill Wainwright as Himself - Experimental Test Pilot, Boeing Shaun Ward as Himself - Forge Shop Team Leader, Capricorn Jade Watson as herself Lewis Welds as Himself - Integration Technician, Astrium Paul Willock as Himself - Production Team, McLaren Richard Yeo as Himself - Prototype Technician, McLaren

There are lots of satellite manufacturers all over the world. The most important ones (of geosynchronous satellites) are Thales Alenia Space (from Italy and France), JSC Information Satellite Systems (in Russia), Boeing (USA), Astrium (a European consortium in France, Germany, Spain, and UK), Lockheed Martin (USA), and Space Systems / Loral (USA).

Among satellite platform manufacturers (listing is far from complete) are Amsat (international consortium USA, Canada, etc.), Ball Aerospace (USA), British Aerospace (UK), Fairchild (USA), Fokker (Netherlands), General Electric (USA), Hawker Siddeley (UK), Hughes (USA), IHI (Japan), Khrunichev (Russia), Mitsubishi (Japan), Northrop (USA), Philco Ford (USA), Rockwell (USA), RKK Energiya (Russia), SPAR Aerospace (Canada), Surrey Satellite (UK), Yuzhnoye (Ukraine).

Launch vehicles (rockets in non-technical language; listing not complete) are from Arianespace (Europe), EADS (Europe), ISC Kosmotras (Russia) Space Quest (USA), Space X (USA), Starsem (Europe), United Launch Alliance (USA), Yuzhmash (Ukraine).

The satellites are owned by the various space agencies, international organizations (e.g. Eumetsat) or private operators (telecommuncation agencies).