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KP Labs LeopardISS

This project focuses on ISS orbital AI experimentation payload.

LeopardISS is KP Labs' remotely accessible AI experimentation DPU in the ISS Columbus ICE Cubes facility. KP Labs' November 2025 account reports orbital execution of Poznan navigation and mapping algorithms, with Space Applications Services supplying hosting infrastructure. This is an experimental payload, not a standalone satellite or a verified current commercial data center.

KP Labs · Operator-reported orbital experiments

Scope: Shared computing & storage · A shared computing or storage platform, or a program developing that infrastructure. Classification describes intended use, not operating capacity.

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Technical specifications not disclosed

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.

PROJECT RELATIONSHIPS

Suppliers & project partners

European Space Agency (ESA)

Research participant

Program organization: KP Labs

Partnership

ESA and ESA Phi-Lab Poland supported the IGNIS LeopardISS orbital experiment and planned further research.

Original publication date, not an invented signing date. Exact contracting terms and amounts are not disclosed.

Announced 27 Nov 2025 · Evidence checked 26 Oct 2026

LeopardISS: Six Months in Orbit

Politechnika Innowacje

Research participant

Program organization: KP Labs

Partnership

Politechnika Innowacje cooperated in the software research described for the first LeopardISS experiment phase.

Original publication date, not an invented signing date. Exact contracting terms and amounts are not disclosed.

Announced 27 Nov 2025 · Evidence checked 26 Oct 2026

LeopardISS: Six Months in Orbit

Poznan University of Technology

Research participant

Program organization: KP Labs

Partnership

Poznan University of Technology developed and ran navigation, SLAM and 3D-mapping software on LeopardISS.

Original publication date, not an invented signing date. Exact contracting terms and amounts are not disclosed.

Announced 27 Nov 2025 · Evidence checked 26 Oct 2026

LeopardISS: Six Months in Orbit

Space Applications Services

Host

Program organization: KP Labs

Partnership

Payload integration · Mission operations

Space Applications Services operates the ISS ICE Cubes facility providing power, communications and data handling to LeopardISS.

Original publication date, not an invented signing date. Exact contracting terms and amounts are not disclosed.

Announced 27 Nov 2025 · Evidence checked 26 Oct 2026

LeopardISS: Six Months in Orbit

NEXT MILESTONE

Check material official mission results or changed availability. No additional dated milestone is established.

Manual review 28 Oct 2026. Compared mission-specific architecture and generic product references. Saved Xilinx FPGA and Vitis AI identification and attributed inference efficiency, without assigning generic memory or power variants to the ISS unit. Current commercial capacity is not established. 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

WHAT REMAINS UNKNOWN

Operational availability in October 2026 is not confirmed.
Quantitative independent workload benchmarks, contracted users and service terms are not disclosed.
The operator reports launch on April 22, 2025. That date is retained as an attributed account, not a newly independently verified manifest.

Project updates

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27 Nov 2025

LeopardISS: Six Months in Orbit (opens in a new tab)

KP Labs reports LeopardISS operation in the ISS Columbus module's ICE Cubes facility and orbital execution of Poznan University of Technology's navigation and 3D-mapping software. The provider describes an April 22, 2025 launch and continuing operation as of the November report. Current 2026 availability and independent performance metrics are not established.