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Richard Peckham's biography

Richard Peckham

Richard Peckham is Business Development Director for Astrium Limited in the UK, and Chairman UKspace.

Astrium is a wholly owned subsidiary of EADS – the European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company. Astrium is Europe’s leading space company with activities covering satellites, space transportation, and space services. In the UK, Astrium designs and manufactures complete civil and military satellite systems covering telecommunications, Earth observation, science and navigation.

Richard joined Astrium in 2000 having worked in the defence and aerospace sector for the last 30 years, specialising in radar, meteorology, air traffic management and navigation, across a broad range of roles in design engineering, system engineering, project management, departmental management and business unit management. Richard managed the Astrium navigation strategy and business development activities across Europe until appointment to the current post in 2007.

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