GMV in ngEO, the new access gate to ESA data

As part of the ngEO project (Next Generation User Services for Earth Observation) of the European Space Agency (ESA) a GMV-led consortium has won the contract for the implementation phase of the generic ngEO system. This project involves the development of an integrated system designed for easy deployment, configuration and administration in several operational contexts in parallel (GMES Sentinel PDGS, CDS, ESA’s Multi-mission infrastructure and EarthCare). 

It will provide a set of generic services: product metadata catalogue, browsing images, data access, shopcart management, dataset/authorization/data access service management, etc. The ngEO system is a strategic project for ESA’s user services, designed to replace the current access system to ESA products (EOLi), used by the whole industry to apply for and acquire the products of practically all the agency’s missions. As well as project coordinator GMV will also be acting as system integrator.