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Completed TRL 6 (started at 4, targeting 6)
Public and private "nanolaunch" developers are reducing the cost of propulsion, but conventional high-performance, high-reliability avionics remain the disproportionately high cost driver for launch. AVA technology performs as well or better than conventional GNCs, but with a fraction of the recurring costs. AVA enables nanolaunch providers to offer affordable rides to LEO as primary payloads - meaning, nano-sat payloads can afford to specify their own launch and orbit parameters.
AVA can reduce launch costs for small payloads and provide post separation attitude control for suborbital payloads. Provides a low cost avionics solution that can reduce the lounch cost of small launch vehicles
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