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Space satellites made in Stevenage

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Building a satellite requires a highly-skilled workforce, otherwise it might explode. Thankfully, Stevenage has just such a workforce.

Working Lunch reporter Rachel Burden went there to watch the launch of a rocket carrying British-built kit, live on screen from French Guiana.

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