Established in 1984, GMV has been providing high-quality, innovative solutions for the Space market, in the areas of global navigation satellite systems and applications, flight dynamics, satellite control centres, mission analysis, mission planning and scheduling, payload data segments, science  operations centres, user segments and space applications, satellite communications,  simulation, systems engineering and GNC, and on-board and embedded software. Throughout these years, GMV has had the opportunity to work with and supply systems, products and support services to Space Agencies, satellite operators and satellite manufacturers worldwide. As part of the GMV group, the Remote Sensing and  Geospatial Analysis (RSGA) Division from GMV NSL and GMV AD contribute to this activity.

London Economics (LE) are a leading independent economics and policy consultancy with a dedicated team of economists specialised in the space sector. Since 2008 and over more than 125 projects, LE has pioneered innovative techniques to provide honest and trusted economic advice to decision-makers across the space industry, space agencies (UK Space Agency, European Space Agency, European Union Agency for the Space Programme) and international governments. LE applies the economist’s toolkit to the space industry and economy and offers expertise in market quantification; business cases; return on investment; cost-benefit analysis; evaluation, and commercial due diligence. LE’s work covers the full space value chain from manufacturing and launch to applications within Navigation, Earth Observation, Telecommunications, and Science.

London Economics has assessed the economic costs and benefits of Earth Observation (EO) across all application domains, including the identification of the value of EO for civil government compared to next best alternatives, and assessment of the cost-effectiveness of EO solutions for development objectives across dozens of projects in over 40 countries

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