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Affordable Vehicle Avionics (AVA)

NASA TechPort describes AVA as a completed Game Changing Development project led by NASA Ames Research Center with Marshall Space Flight Center support. The low-cost, self-contained guidance, navigation, and control avionics system targets nanolaunch vehicles, combining commercial sensors, GPS, and error-correcting software to reduce launch costs while preserving flight-test performance and reliability.

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Aliases
AVAAdvanced Vehicle AvionicsAffordable Vehicle Avionics
Domains
spaceflight
Name
Affordable Vehicle Avionics (AVA)
Status
completed
Types
developmentresearch

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Description
NASA TechPort describes AVA as a completed Game Changing Development project led by NASA Ames Research Center with Marshall Space Flight Center support. The low-cost, self-contained guidance, navigation, and control avionics system targets nanolaunch vehicles, combining commercial sensors, GPS, and error-correcting software to reduce launch costs while preserving flight-test performance and reliability.
End Date
2018-10-30
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Participants
Start Date
2013-10-01

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Creation Time
August 14, 2026 at 06:28:07 UTC
Updated Time
August 14, 2026 at 06:28:07 UTC

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