Twiggs Space Lab

What Twiggs Space Lab does

Twiggs Space Lab, LLC is a privately held STEAM education company founded in 2016 that designs, manufactures, and sells hands-on educational satellite and electronics kits targeted at middle school, high school, and college students as well as the institutions that teach them. The company is led by Professor Robert Twiggs — co-developer of the CubeSat concept at Stanford in 1999 and originator of the CricketSat, CanSat, and PocketQube educational satellite concepts — alongside business co-founder Matt Craft. Its core product portfolio spans six hardware SKUs: the entry-level Jiggy ($16.95) and Electronic Badges ($29.95) soldering kits, the Cricket Sat ($24.95) for high-altitude atmospheric data collection at 433 MHz, the CanSat Kit ($524.00) and TSL FlatSat Kit ($624.95) project-based satellite engineering systems each paired with a TSL Mini Ground Station supporting HC-05 Bluetooth, LoRa RF98, and LoRa E5 communications, and the flagship QB2 PocketQube System ($2,495.00), a 5cm-cube pico-satellite engineering model.

Underlying the catalog is a miniature-satellite hardware platform architecture built around standardized subsystems (EPS, C&DH, ADS, COM/TDS, PLD, PRT) with an auxiliary connector for custom payloads and support for BLE, WiFi, LoRa, and 433 MHz RF communications. The FlatSat platform integrates seven subsystems with software libraries, a USB flash drive, jumper wires, and detailed user manuals, while the QB2 PocketQube system bundles Arduino Uno and FlatSat adapters inside a Pelican case. CricketSat signals are decoded using free software-defined radio tools (HDSDR, Spectrum Lab), indicating a deliberate strategy to keep total cost of ownership low for educational buyers.

The business model is straightforward transactional e-commerce: all products are sold as one-time purchases with no subscriptions, volume tiers, or enterprise pricing, distributed exclusively through a Shopify storefront at twiggs-space-lab.myshopify.com with global reach. The company supplements hardware revenue with a launch and integration services offering for small satellite and high-altitude balloon missions. Marketing is limited to organic social channels (Twitter, Facebook, Pinterest, Google+) and a newsletter signup, with demand generation partly driven by Professor Twiggs' academic reputation and an unnamed network of STEAM partner companies. The company is structured as a Kentucky-area LLC with two named key personnel, no disclosed external funding, and no parent company.

Name

Twiggs Space Lab

Legal name

Twiggs Space Lab, LLC

Website

https://twiggs-space-lab.myshopify.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2016

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Twiggs Space Lab, LLC designs and sells hands-on STEAM educational satellite and electronics kits — including CricketSat, CanSat, PocketQube, and FlatSat systems — to middle school, high school, and college students and institutions via a direct Shopify storefront.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

STEAM Educational Satellite Kits

akta.pro primary industry

Robotics Kits, Parts & Lab Equipment Providers (Education-Focused) (EDAMADAN)

akta.pro secondary industries

Science & STEM Lab Equipment & Supplies (Chemistry, Biology, Physics, Makerspaces) (EDAEAIAC), Instructional Equipment & Classroom Tools (Whiteboards, Lab Kits, Manipulatives) (EDAEAIAB)

Keywords

• Educational satellite kits
• STEAM education products
• Picosatellite engineering
• CubeSat educational hardware
• Hands-on electronics kits

Headquarters

HQ city

Lexington

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. STEAM Educational Hardware Products: One-time sale of physical satellite kit products (FlatSat Kit, CanSat Kit, QB2 PocketQube System, CricketSat, Jiggy, Electronic Badges) priced from $16.95 to $2,495.00. Revenue is transactional, driven by direct e-commerce sales to educators, students, and institutions.
2. Launch and Integration Services: Launch and integration services for small satellite and high altitude balloon launches. Revenue from service-based engagements with educational institutions and organizations requiring launch support for satellite hardware products.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Twiggs Space Lab designs, manufactures, and sells hands-on STEAM educational kits that teach satellite engineering, electronics, and soldering. The core product line includes the TSL FlatSat Kit, CanSat Kit, QB2 PocketQube System, CricketSat atmospheric sensor, Jiggy electronics kit, and Electronic Badges soldering set, all priced from $16.95 to $2,495.00 and sold direct-to-customer through a Shopify storefront. The company also provides launch and integration services for small satellite and high-altitude balloon missions for educational institutions.

Product overview

Twiggs Space Lab offers a portfolio of STEAM-based educational products focused on satellite and aerospace technology for middle school, high school, and college students. The core product line centers on hands-on satellite development kits: the TSL FlatSat Kit and TSL Mini Ground Station ($624.95) provides a comprehensive nanosatellite platform with modular subsystems and ground communications; the CanSat Kit and TSL Mini Ground Station ($524.00) offers an entry-level satellite development system with five subsystems for project-based learning; and the QB2 PocketQube System ($2,495.00) provides a compact 5cm cube pico-satellite engineering model. Supporting products include the Cricket Sat ($24.95) for atmospheric data collection via balloon launch, and educational soldering kits—Electronic Badges ($29.95) and Jiggy ($16.95)—for introductory electronics training. The company also provides launch and integration services for small satellite and high altitude balloon missions.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Quantifiable outcome

• Students gain hands-on experience in satellite subsystem assembly, testing, and integration across 5-7 subsystems per kit
• +1 more outcomes

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration6 records

Feature7 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Partner Companies (unnamed)minorOthersThe company maintains a network of unnamed partner companies that share and promote the company's vision to inspire space innovation through STEAM programming. Specific partner company names were not disclosed on the website. The partners are referenced in the 'OurPartners' section as companies collaborating to advance STEAM-based space education initiatives.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Market position

Competitive moat2 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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