PION Labs
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| Company type | Private company |
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| Industry | Space industry |
| Founded | 2019 |
| Headquarters | São Paulo, Brazil |
Area served | Latin American |
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| Website | www |
PION Labs is a Brazilian NewSpace startup company founded in 2019 in São Paulo, Brazil. The company was established with the objective of reducing barriers to space access for emerging economies, particularly Brazil.[1][2]
In late 2019, PION Labs conducted its first rocket test with the Quark sounding rocket, which utilized a hybrid-propellant motor. The test flight represented an early milestone in the company's research and development program.[3]
By 2021, PION Labs had entered into a partnership with Alba Orbital, a United Kingdom–based launch broker, to obtain a rideshare opportunity on a SpaceX Falcon 9 mission.[4] The collaboration enabled the deployment of the company's flagship satellite, PION-BR1, as part of the Alba Cluster 4 mission.[5]
In 2025, PION Labs developed the PION-BR2 - Cientistas de Alcântara, a nanosatellite designed for telecommunications experiments and technology demonstrations, in partnership with the Federal University of Maranhão (UFMA), the Brazilian Space Agency (AEB), and the United Nations Development Programme (PNUD). As one of the payloads for the Spaceward Operation, it is planned to be launched aboard the South Korean Innospace HANBIT-NANO launch vehicle from the Alcântara Launch Center in Maranhão.[6]