XCAM Ltd is a UK-based company specializing in the design and manufacture of custom digital camera systems for challenging scientific, environmental, and space applications. They are known for their expertise in CCD and CMOS-based imaging solutions, particularly for vacuum-compatible and multi-detector systems. XCAM partners with organizations like NASA, ESA, the Open University, and various universities to provide camera systems for space missions and research projects. Key products include space cameras like the NuSCIS, C3D CubeSat Camera, and Space Particle Fall Out (PFO) Monitor.
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The C3D from XCAM LIMITED offers auto or fixed exposure, a wavelength range of 400–650 nm, has a mass of 0.085 kg, and measures 9.5 x 9.1 x 0.027 m.
The C3D from XCAM LIMITED is TRL 9 qualified and has flight heritage on the UK Space Agency’s UKube-1 and AlSat Nano missions.
The C3D from XCAM LIMITED is a 1U CubeSat camera system with a spatial resolution of 360 m GSD that uses a 1.3 MP CMOS image sensor and a 0.01 m F/3.0 standard COTS lens.
The University of Hertfordshire received £100,000 to increase the dynamic range of CMOS imaging sensors for astronomy in collaboration with XCAM and the Open University.
XCAM Ltd. secured more than £200,000 in grant funding from the UK Space Agency’s Centre for Earth Observation Instrumentation (CEOI) to develop and evaluate an ultra-low-light camera system for visible and near-infrared wavelengths.
XCAM will join a team led by Glasgow-based Craft Prospect to develop the next generation of the Forward-Looking Imager (FLI) technology under a separate CEOI-funded project.
XCAM Ltd. has been jointly awarded grant funding from the UK Space Agency via the agency’s International Bilateral Fund (IBF) – Phase 1.
XCAM Ltd. will support a separate IBF project led by the Open University to develop a Mars imager concept using the CIS125 detector manufactured by Teledyne e2v.
XCAM Ltd.’s Nuscis camera system is being adopted for multiple space missions including WindCube, a NASA-funded space weather mission due for launch in 2024.
XCAM Ltd. delivered an advanced digital Electron Multiplying CCD camera system to Pennsylvania State University for the OGRE mission.
XCAM worked with Pennsylvania State University through multiple changes in the camera design during the build and delivered the camera system on time.