XO-VAC
Exobotics
The XO-VAC is a low-cost, desktop thermal vacuum chamber designed for CubeSats, nanosatellites, and small payloads, simulating space environmental conditions through high vacuum and a wide temperature range.
Key figurescomparable across the catalogue
- Power
- 400 W
- Largest dimension
- 1,260 mm
Normalised to common units so this product can be compared with others in its category. The supplier's own wording is below.
As published by the supplier
- Price
- From £48,000 (base model)
- Overall dimensions
- 1260 mm x 750 mm x 600 mm
- Working volume
- 8.4L / 3U CubeSat
- Operating temperature
- -25 C to 125 C
- Thermal
- radiation via shroud and/or conduction via tray
- Δt across payload tray
- < 1 C at equilibrium
- Vacuum range
- 1E-7 mbar to 1 atm
- Time to each 1e-5 mbar
- < 15 min
- Time to vent
- < 10 min, automated
- Feedthroughs
- signal and power included
- Power
- via conventional mains plug, 400 W typical
- Control
- via USB, software included for Windows OS
About
The XO-VAC is a low-cost, desktop thermal vacuum chamber developed by Exobotics to simulate the extreme environmental conditions of space. It exposes payloads to high vacuum across a wide temperature range, making it suitable for TVAC testing, which is considered crucial for hardware designers and users in the space industry. This all-in-one solution aims to address customer problems by offering a significantly cheaper alternative to external TVAC facility rentals or larger, more widely available systems. By eliminating lead times and high testing costs, Exobotics intends to increase engineers’ confidence in their systems. The XO-VAC is marketed as the only low-cost, portable, compact, low-maintenance solution on the market, providing a personal test facility for rapid iterations through the product lifecycle. Customization is offered as standard. It is engineered with aerospace-grade materials and ultra-high vacuum rated components, with maintenance, service, and support readily available. Applications include component verification, failure mode analysis, temperature drift compensation, thermal management system performance analysis, subsystem and platform level testing, RT vacuum applications, outgassing/contamination assessment, load balancing of processing units, quality control of manufactured products, nanosatellite bake-out, qualification, and acceptance testing, and thermal vacuum cycling of payloads and satellites. The system offers seamless plug-and-play operation, supporting increased productivity.
Documentation
Need the full ICD, test reports or a specific revision? Ask the supplier directly.