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KP Labs is a Polish New Space company based in Gliwice that develops hardware, software and AI algorithms for on-board data processing on satellites. It was founded in 2016 by a group of engineers and scientists from the Silesian University of Technology, and it focuses on autonomous spacecraft operations and robotic technologies. Its product line includes the Leopard, Lion and Antelope data processing units for small satellites, the Smart Mission Lab remote testing platform that gives customers access to its data processing units, and a set of AI algorithms for satellite data selection and analysis.

The company offers end-to-end services covering on-board data processing, software development for bare-metal, RTOS and Linux systems, FPGA engineering, electronics design, thermal and mechanical engineering, and system engineering and mission analysis. Its Gliwice R&D centre has ISO 7 cleanrooms, thermal vacuum chambers and climatic chambers. Its Intuition-1 Earth observation satellite was launched in 2023 and operated until 2026, and its Leopard unit was flown on the International Space Station as part of Poland's IGNIS mission and on NASA's IMAP mission through the GLOWS instrument.

KP Labs works with the European Space Agency, NASA, Airbus Defence and Space, OHB Hellas, Thales Alenia Space and Dragonfly Aerospace, and it has signed collaboration agreements with companies such as Scanway, Parsimoni, NaviGate, Simera Sense and Frontgrade Gaisler. The company has reported roughly 30% annual sales growth and passed PLN 18 million in sales in 2025. In October 2026 Momentum Capital Partners, a growth equity fund, invested PLN 19.4 million, which was reported as the first investment fund to take a stake in the company. The company plans to move from research projects to commercial products and serial hardware production.

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