Vector Launch, formerly Vector Space Systems, was an American space technology company that aimed to launch suborbital and orbital payloads. The company declared bankruptcy in December 2019 and re-emerged in October 2020, before being reacquired by its original chief executive Jim Cantrell and folded into his new space company, Phantom Space.
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Agency TypePrivate space technology company (defunct, folded into Phantom Space) 1 Founded Year HeadquartersTucson, Arizona, United States 1 HeadJim Cantrell was the founding CEO; the company infobox lists John Garvey as CEO after the Phantom Space reorganization 1 Wikipedia infobox (checked 2026-09-12) lists John Garvey as current CEO and Jim Cantrell as former CEO; the cited History sentence names Cantrell as the founding CEO. In the Other Atlases
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1. Wikipedia: Vector Launch
WikipediaHistory section, first paragraph
Vector Launch, Inc. received $1 million in seed angel funding from entrepreneur Shaun Coleman soon after its foundation in 2016 and additionally $21 million from Sequoia Capital, Shasta Ventures and Lightspeed Venture Partners in June 2017.
History section, second paragraph
It had offices in Tucson, Arizona, and an engineering facility in Huntington Beach, California.
History section, first sentence
The company's first CEO was Jim Cantrell, who co-founded the company with John Garvey, Shaun Coleman, Ken Sunshine, and Eric Besnard.
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Vector Launch, Inc. was an American space technology company which aims to launch suborbital and orbital payloads. Vector Launch declared bankruptcy in December 2019 and re-emerged in October 2020, only to be re-acquired by the original CEO Jim Cantrell and his new space company, Phantom Space.
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