Satellites and subsystems > Satellite payloads > Satellite cameras > C3D CubeSat Camera
Key highlights
The XCAM C3D is a CubeSat camera system with proven flight-heritage having flown on both the UK Space Agency’s UKube-1 and AlSat Nano missions. The camera configuration is flexible with the ability to operate up to three camera heads per imager board. Imaging options include near- and far-field imaging, in RGB colour or black & white. C3D is customisable to cater for customers’ individual requirements.
Key features
- Wide-field imager (WFI) camera optics
- Lossless image compression
- Compatible with 1U+ format cubesatellites
- Available as both engineering and flight models
- Applications include earth observation and spacecraft deployment monitoring
Flight heritage
The system has achieved flight heritage since 2014.
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Last updated: 2024-09-02
Downloads
- CAD model(559.56 KB)
- Datasheet(794.66 KB)
- ICD(1.36 MB)
- Option sheetRequest
- User manual(690.25 KB)
Technical specs
mass
85 g (board + 1x WFI)
length
9.5 cm
width
9.1 cm
height
2.7 cm
power consumption
845 mW peak
ground sample distance
360 m @ 650 km (other lens variants available)
image sensor resolution
1.3 MP
pixel size
5.3 µm
spectral band
400 to 650 nm
data interface
I2C
SPI
SPI
operating temperature
-25 to 65 C
survival temperature
-35 to 75 C
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