GMV is a private international technological business group founded in 1984 that operates in various sectors, including space, aeronautics, defense, and telecommunications. In the space industry, GMV provides products, services, and solutions to space agencies, satellite operators, and manufacturers, offering expertise in ground segment systems, flight dynamics, mission planning, and satellite navigation. They are a key player in the Galileo program, developing ground segment and operations and are a major supplier to ESA and CNES. GMV is also involved in space surveillance and tracking, working to monitor and prevent space debris.
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Emxys leads an industrial consortium for Don Quijote with GMV and Gomspace.
The European Space Agency has cofinanced GMV’s interference-analysis project through the Artes program.
GMV’s interference-analysis project is being developed in collaboration with the Polytechnic University of Madrid and satellite operator Hisdesat.
GMV was among the winners selected for the European Defence Fund’s LEO ISR initiative in April 2026.
The European Space Agency has assigned GMV responsibility for all future Copernicus missions over the next 15 years.
The European Space Agency entrusted GMV with the operational development of mission planning functions for Copernicus expansion missions.
Alia Space Systems will serve as a subcontractor to GMV on the Copernicus expansion mission planning contract.
The mission planning functions will be integrated with the Sentinels Mission Planning Framework developed by GMV and Alia Space Systems.
The ESA contract reinforces GMV’s responsibility for the Copernicus program’s planning architecture over the next 15 years.
GMV co-developed the Sentinels Mission Planning Framework with subcontractor Alia Space Systems.
The European Space Agency awarded GMV a contract to lead the development and operational maintenance of mission planning functions for the Copernicus expansion missions.
SATNUS is a Spanish consortium comprising GMV, Sener, and Tecnobit-Grupo Oesía.
ESA selected GMV to work on the Celeste program in 2024.
CanarySat is working with GMV and is discussing collaboration with Indra and Telefónica.
IOD-1 was assembled by GMV and Alén Space and arrived at Rocket Lab’s Mahia complex on February 23 after integration work in Germany.
GMV and Alén Space developed the IOD-1 satellite for the Celeste mission.
GMV is one of the two main ESA contractors for Celeste satellite development.
The Netherlands Space Operations Center will integrate GMV's EcosSSTM software into its operational architecture for Space Surveillance and Tracking (SST), Space Domain Awareness (SDA), and Space Traffic Management (STM).
The Royal Netherlands Air and Space Force will become a user of GMV's EcosSSTM technology.
Scientists from the Institute for Planetology at the University of Münster collaborated on the spacecraft development with Creotech Instruments, the Space Research Centre of the Polish Academy of Sciences, SATLANTIS, and GMV Innovating Solutions.