RAF Oakhanger

RAF Oakhanger was a Royal Air Force station in Hampshire split over three operational sites; with accommodation in nearby Bordon.

1001 Signal Unit,[4] responsible for supporting satellite communications services for the British Armed Forces worldwide.

Command and Control of the system was conducted from Oakhanger, with a planning unit based at Rudloe Manor, co-located with No.

[5] Support to British military satellite communications was outsourced to EADS Astrium's subsidiary company—Paradigm Secure Communications—in 2003, as a Private Finance Initiative.

RAF Oakhanger is now used to support the Skynet 5 constellation and the United States Space Force's Satellite Control Network.