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Overview
Tucson-based launch vehicle and satellite systems company building the Daytona rocket, a two-stage 500-kg launcher using Ursa Major Hadley engines. Founded in 2019 by former Spacex VP Jim Cantrell and Michael D'Angelo. Raised USD 37M total. Has a USD 79M commercial launch backlog and a NASA launch services task order worth up to USD 300M. Planning first Daytona launch from Vandenberg.
Reality check
Vector Launch assets (company-claimed)
Acquired Vector Launch assets and IP (design elements, engineering data, proprietary tech) for Daytona. Cantrell founded Vector in 2016.
Daytona status (company-claimed)
Feb 2026: A two-stage modular rocket for small payloads; propulsion hot-fire tests done, with stage-level testing and vehicle milestones planned for 2026.
Verified record
- Verified deployments
- None on file
- Active incidents
- None on file
Key facts
Launch price
First launch (target)
Data & sources
Web sources
1
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Models (1)
View all models →Phantom Space on the deployment map
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Relationships
Current leadership (1)
- Jim Cantrell CEO & Foundersecondary-verified
Founders (1)
- Jim Cantrellcofounderfounded 2019-01-01
Safety record
No incidents on record for Phantom Space.
Only active incidents are counted. Retracted incidents are excluded from this summary but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.
Full safety record: incidents, sourcing, and exposure data →
Recent coverage
Phantom Space in third-party press
Peers
56 peers across 1 segment. Every Phantom Space competitor derived from shared form-factor and application-domain edges.
space(56)
36 companies in this segment · low_concentration (HHI 1188.742650389188) · leader K2 Space at 2172%
- Stoke Spacedirect competitor(inferred)strong
- Aetherfluxdirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- Agile Space Industriesdirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- Airbusdirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- Albedo Spacedirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- Astrobotic Technologydirect competitor(inferred)moderate
Mentioned on (2)
Registry pages whose text names Phantom Space.
Robots and products (1)
People (1)
Financial state
- Total funding
- $50.0M
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Funding rounds (1)
- Other2024-03-01
Investors: Balerion Space Ventures (lead), Reaser Family Office (lead), KOLH Capital (lead)
Timeline
Every recorded move in Phantom Space’s history, most recent first: funding rounds, partnerships, acquisitions, supply-chain starts, key hires, and press.
Funding roundOther funding round
2024-03-01Other
Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Record createdAug 8, 2026
Added to the verified registry
Sources (1)
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Methodology: Verified · 1 source (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-10-13
Verification posture
Verified
Low confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-10-13
Sources by quality tier
- 1
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for Phantom Space.Peer companies
- Impulse Space6 models
- AstroForge3 models
- Astrobotic Technology3 models
- Blackswan Space3 models
- China National Space Administration3 models
- NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory3 models
In the press
Recent coverage mentioning Phantom Space from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
Phantom Space Names Worth Wray as COO
Phantom Space has appointed Worth Wray as chief operating officer with responsibility for day-to-day operations, operational efficiency, capital formation, and scaling business…
Phantom Space Acquires IP From Defunct Vector Launch
Phantom Space acquired intellectual property from defunct Vector Launch, marking a rebuy for founder Jim Cantrell who originally founded Vector in 2016.
Phantom Raises a Bridge Round
Phantom Space raised a bridge round led by Balerion Space Ventures, bringing total fundraising to USD 37M. The company has a USD 79M launch backlog and NASA task order worth up to…
Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /companies/phantom-space.md
- RSS feed: /companies/phantom-space/feed.xml
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/companies/3e3dd132-a30e-46f5-b942-22179f6f5284
- Revision history: /companies/phantom-space/history
- Data documentation: /data
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP
Peer companies
- Impulse Space6 models
- AstroForge3 models
- Astrobotic Technology3 models
- Blackswan Space3 models
- China National Space Administration3 models
- NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory3 models
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Heat Index
Category contender75/100
A composite of competitive footprint, funding, press velocity, active partnerships, and supply-chain edges. Different from the Intelligence score below (which is per-form-factor productization). Non-robotics companies cap at 25.
Reality vs attention
Phantom Space draws attention at the 72nd percentile but verifies reality at the insufficient-data level among space robots.
6-month trend
Analysis
Funding runway warrants monitoring: last known round 33 months ago.
Signal flags
Dimension breakdown
Verified signal
Attention (reach, not merit)
DEPLOY Intelligence scores are computed from verified registry data: confirmed deployments, disclosed funding rounds, regulatory filings, active job listings, video viewership, and press coverage. Confidence ratings reflect data availability. Scores update nightly.
DEPLOY Indices — verified vs claimed
Last computed: Nov 7, 2026