Advanced Avionics Module

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The Advanced Avionics Module or AAM was a module launched on board PSLV-C8 along with the Italian satellite AGILE on 23 April 2007. It was designed by ISRO to test advanced launch vehicle avionics systems like mission computers, navigation and telemetry systems. At lift-off, it weighed 185 kg.{{cite web |url=https://www.isro.gov.in/launcher/pslv-c8 |title=PSLV-C8 |work=ISRO |date=23 April 2007 |access-date=27 July 2022 |archive-date=30 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220630022709/https://www.isro.gov.in/launcher/pslv-c8 |url-status=dead }}

It was mounted inside the Dual Launch Adapter, on top of which the AGILE was mounted.{{cite web |last=GN |first=Prashanth |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bengaluru/pslv-c8-blast-off-today/articleshow/1940364.cms |title=PSLV-C8 blast-off today |work=The Times of India |date=22 April 2007 |access-date=27 July 2022}}

The AAM reentered the Earth's atmosphere on 19 July 2022.{{cite web |url=https://www.n2yo.com/satellite/?s=31136 |title=AAM/PSLV |work=N2YO.com |date=19 July 2022 |access-date=27 July 2022}}

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