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This project focuses on orbital AI processing demonstrator.
KP Labs' 6U Intuition-1 satellite demonstrates onboard hyperspectral processing using the Leopard DPU. Its December 2024 account reports a November 11, 2023 launch and a year of cloud masking and other AI processing. AAC Clyde Space provided the platform bus. These historical results do not establish current shared commercial-compute capacity.
KP Labs · Operator-reported orbital demonstration
Scope: Mission-specific processing · Processing primarily serves the mission’s own sensing, navigation or data workload.
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Figures retain their disclosed units and scope. Launched hardware does not establish demonstrated performance; targets may change. Not disclosed means no figure in the reviewed sources.
AAC Clyde Space provided the platform bus and worked with KP Labs on Intuition-1 payload integration.
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Announced 17 Dec 2024 · Evidence checked 26 Oct 2026
Intuition-1: Integration of Leopard DPU and Optical Instrument with platform bus (opens in a new tab)ION Cosmic Wander mission accommodation, launch integration and orbital carriage of AAC Clyde Space's Intuition-1 onboard-AI hyperspectral satellite.
Carrier launch is reported, while payload deployment, validation and operational computing results remain prospective in this announcement. No procurement price, demonstrated processing throughput or allocation to D-Orbit Nebula is disclosed. The named Intuition-1 payload is linked to its tracked project profile. The profile’s later mission results do not change the evidentiary limits of this November 2023 carrier release.
Announced 11 Nov 2023 · Evidence checked 27 Oct 2026
D-Orbit Launches 12th Orbital Transportation Mission (opens in a new tab)Advanced hyperspectral instrument and Leopard neural-network data processing for AAC Clyde Space's Intuition-1 satellite on the Cosmic Wander mission.
Carrier launch is reported, while payload deployment, validation and operational computing results remain prospective in this announcement. No procurement price, demonstrated processing throughput or allocation to D-Orbit Nebula is disclosed.
Announced 11 Nov 2023 · Evidence checked 14 Oct 2026
D-Orbit Launches 12th Orbital Transportation Mission (opens in a new tab)Manual review 31 Oct 2026. Compared the mission, integration and year-one accounts. Added the 15 W nominal mission design estimate, separate 7 W optical load, internal 8 Gbps sensor stream, radiator architecture and component details. These remain qualified specifications, not measured current service. Primary body last observed 21 Oct, 18:12 UTC. Source monitoring: ongoing. Source collection and substantive profile review are separate checks. Plans and dates may change.
KP Labs official operator account (opens in a new tab)Verified announcements and milestones linked to this project, newest first.
KP Labs reports that its Intuition-1 6U satellite, launched on 11 November 2023, completed a year of orbital hyperspectral processing using its Leopard DPU. Reported tasks include cloud masking and classification. This is historical operator-reported demonstration evidence, not proof of current commercial computing capacity or a benchmarked shared data-center service.
