GMV held the seventh edition of the "GMV Users Conference - GUC", in relation to the products and services of the ground segment of space missions which took place in the Parador de Alcalá de Henares (Madrid, Spain) from 28 to 30 November. The event was attended by over 80 representatives from more than 35 different organisations, including space agencies, satellite manufacturers and telecommunications operators.

For three days, participants had the opportunity to attend different technological presentations, including the description of the new functionalities of GMV’s products as well as the roadmap of their future developments.

Moreover, they could share their operational experiences and participate in debates and round tables on current subjects that affect the sector, namely the automation of operations, fleet management, new technologies applied to ground management systems both satellite and payload, space debris monitoring, online security and new challenges in the provision of orbital control systems, especially in the use of low-thrust electric propulsion systems.

The participants were also able to obtain information and attend demonstrations on the line of products that GMV currently offers in the market, including hifly for the control and monitoring of satellites, focussuite for orbital control, smart for payload management, magnet for the management of ground stations, autofly/autofocus for the automation of operations, flexplan for mission planning, flyplan for the complete programming and automation of mission operations, closeap/focusoc for space debris management and collision risk assessment and associated services, plus GMV’s online security solutions. In addition, those attending could find out about and discuss the new functionalities for these products and their future development.

The full list of organisations registered for the conference, which this year was an outstanding success in terms of attendance, included Airbus, Arabsat, Avanti, Brazilian Air Force, Brisat, CDTI, ChinaSat, CNES, CreoTech,ESA, Eumetsat, Eutelsat, GlobalIP, Globalstar, HellasSat, Hisdesat, Hispasat, JSAT, Measat, OHB, Oneweb, Optus, OrbitalATK(NGC), Sat-Biznet, SES, SSL, Starone, Thales Alenia Space, Telebras, Telenor, Turksat, UPM, Yahsat and Zodiac.