L-CAM (Lunar-based Camera)
Space-based imaging instrumentA commercial camera system designed to operate aboard lunar landers and cislunar orbiters, providing cost-effective observational data from space to researchers and government agencies.
- Operates aboard lunar landers and cislunar orbiters as a hosted payload
- Astrophysics observations including stellar activity, exoplanet transits, and transient sources
- Earth science observations including polar ice monitoring and sea-level tracking
- Planetary defense: asteroid threat detection and solar system monitoring