Aerospace Engineering

AVUM provides a variety of engineering and scientific solutions to meet our clients' need for highly skilled specialty services in support of spacecraft design, test, and operations. Our professional team focuses on a wide range of areas, from spacecraft data handling systems to thermal engineering. In addition, our experience and technical expertise enables us to provide engineering products to support concurrent engineering and demanding schedules within the customer facility. Our engineering services encompass the whole development process, from proposal to launch, providing you with cost-effective solutions to help you reach your goals.

AVUM Aerospace Engineers played integral roles in launching the Spitzer Space Telescope, the largest infrared telescope ever launched into space, and Gravity Probe - B, designed to test two parts of Albert Einstein's general theory of relativity by assessing how the presence of the Earth warps space and time, which it did successfully following its launch on April 20, 2004.

For a more detailed listing of our Aerospace Engineering capabilities, please refer to the chart below, or contact us.

Astrophysics & Mission Operations Planning	Orbital Mechanics and Modeling
	Mission Analysis, Planning, Scheduling
	Spacecraft Systems Operations
	Payload/Spacecraft Simulation
	Graphical Timelines of Science and Orbital Operations
Spacecraft and Ground Systems Electronic Hardware Design	Electronics Packaging and Spacecraft Cabling
	Manufacturing Planning and Liaison
Space Environment Effects, Materials Applications	Analysis Techniques Development
	Fluid Dynamics, and Hypersonic Flow Phenomenology
Power Distribution System and Electrical Harness	Architecture, Design
	Grounding and Shielding
Systems Engineering	Proposal Support Services
	Integration, Test and Launch Operations (ATLO) Planning, Scheduling, and Test Plans
	Pre-launch and Initial Orbit Checkout Performance Verification Planning
Thermal Analysis and Thermal Control System Design	Thermal Modeling
	Trade Studies To Identify Spacecraft Thermal Requirements
	Assess Performance Characteristics and Instrumentation
	Test Planning and Analysis Utilizing Radiation, Heat Pipe and Conduction Models
	Spacecraft Laser Survivability and Hardening
Command & Data Handling Electronics Integration and Test
Data System Architecture	Failure Mode Effects Analysis
	Data System Integration and Simulation
	Cryogenic Temperature Instrumentation
	Small Signal Measurement
	Actuator Control and Position Detection
	Acceptance Testing, System Integration and Launch Operations