Affordable Vehicle Avionics (AVA)

  • Magazine Article
  • TBMG-29038
Published June 01, 2018 by Tech Briefs Media Group in United States
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  • English

NASA Ames Research Center has developed a novel, low-cost, self-contained guidance system for small payload operators. Small satellites are becoming ever more capable of performing valuable missions for both government and commercial customers; however, currently these satellites can only be launched affordably as secondary payloads, which makes it difficult for the small satellite mission to launch when needed, to the desired orbit, and with acceptable risk.