{"id":47500,"date":"2026-02-26T23:10:48","date_gmt":"2026-02-26T15:10:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/phantom-space-acquires-ip-from-defunct-vector-launch\/"},"modified":"2026-02-26T23:10:48","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T15:10:48","slug":"phantom-space-acquires-ip-from-defunct-vector-launch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/phantom-space-acquires-ip-from-defunct-vector-launch\/","title":{"rendered":"Phantom Space Acquires IP From Defunct Vector Launch"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n<p><strong>Phantom Space <\/strong>has acquired assets and intellectual property from <strong>Vector Launch, <\/strong>including design elements, engineering data, and proprietary technologies, the Tucson-based company announced today. The purchase will be used to speed development of Daytona, Phantom\u2019s launch vehicle.<\/p>\n<p>It marks a rebuy for Phantom Space Founder and CEO Jim Cantrell, who founded Vector in 2016. Vector paused operations and declared bankruptcy in 2019. That same year, Cantrell, also an early SpaceX executive, co-founded Phantom Space.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs the original architect of Vector\u2019s vision, it\u2019s deeply meaningful to bring these assets home to Phantom,\u201d Cantrell said. \u201cThis acquisition isn\u2019t just about technology, it\u2019s about momentum. We\u2019re accelerating Daytona, creating high-tech aerospace jobs in Tucson, and moving faster toward orbital capability.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Daytona system is a two-stage, modular rocket designed to launch small payloads at a low price point. Vector Launch developed the Vector-R launch vehicle, which was similarly designed for small satellites weighing fewer than 132 pounds.<\/p>\n<p>Phantom said the acquired assets will be integrated directly into the Daytona vehicle architecture and that Vector\u2019s intellectual property will reduce Daytona\u2019s development risk.<\/p>\n<p>Phantom reports it has conducted successful hot-fire tests of Daytona\u2019s propulsion assemblies. The company plans to begin integration and qualification activities, planning for stage-level testing and vehicle milestones in 2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Phantom Space has acquired assets and intellectual property from Vector Launch, including design elements, engineering data, and proprietary technologies, the Tucson-based company announced today. The purchase will be used to speed development of Daytona, Phantom\u2019s launch vehicle. It marks a rebuy for Phantom Space Founder and CEO Jim Cantrell, who founded Vector in 2016. Vector [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":47253,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-47500","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47500"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47500"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47500\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/47253"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47500"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47500"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47500"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}