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Jim Cantrell

CEO and Co-founder of Phantom Space Corporation, an Arizona-based launch vehicle and satellite company. A founding team member and the first VP of Business Development at SpaceX, he served as Elon Musk's industry mentor in the company's early days. Previously founded Vector Launch in 2016, which filed for bankruptcy in 2019; he later acquired Vector's assets through Phantom Space.

American · 1 current role · 1 founding

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  • Phantom Spaceverified→
    Founder

    Tucson-based launch vehicle and satellite systems company building the Daytona rocket, a two-stage 500-kg launcher using Ursa Major Hadley engines.

    $50M raised1 model
  • SpaceXverified→
    Former VP of Business Development (founding team)

    SpaceX is Elon Musk's aerospace company developing reusable rockets (Falcon 9, [Starship](/companies/starship)), satellite internet (Starlink), and autonomous s

    IPO - Nasdaq: SPCX (June 2026) · $75B1 verified deployment · Dragon 2 at International Space Station →3 models

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Former / Previously (1)

  • SpaceX VP of Business Development (founding team)Secondary-verified

Sources (4)

  1. https://payloadspace.com/phantom-raises-a-bridge-round/
  2. Wikipedia · https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Cantrell
  3. Phantom Space · https://phantomspace.com/insights/
  4. Payload Space · https://payloadspace.com/phantom-space-acquires-vector-launch-assets/

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