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Founded by Jim Cantrell on Oct 31, 2019.1
Phantom Space Corporation was founded in 2019 by Jim Cantrell, Michael D'Angelo, and Michal Prywata. Chris Thompson, the second employee at SpaceX and ten-year veteran, joined Phantom Space in October of 2021 as Chief Technology Officer in charge of launch and satellite system development.
In May 2021, Phantom acquired StratSpace, a satellite program designer and manager founded by Cantrell in 2000. The acquisition made Phantom Space the first 100% U.S.-based satellite supply chain in its effort to mass produce rockets on a large scale.
In August 2021, the company acquired space systems developer Micro Aerospace Solutions (MAS) operating out of Melbourne, Florida.
In 2023, Phantom signed an agreement with Equatorial Launch Australia (ELA) to collaborate on missions at the Arnhem Space Centre in Arnhem Land, a remote location in the Northern Territory of Australia. Phantom has links to the US Department of Defense, and an ELA spokesperson said that the launch site could one day be used for missile testing and development. Phantom hoped to fire rockets from the ASC site by 2025. While the main focus is on commercial uses at the site, the potential for involvement in defense has raised concerns among the local community.
From Wikipedia’s article on Phantom Space Corporation, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.6