Quantum Space, founded in 2022, is a space infrastructure company focused on developing spacecraft for geosynchronous and cislunar operations. Their Ranger spacecraft are designed for extended life, in-space mobility, on-orbit servicing, and data collection, particularly space domain awareness. Quantum Space aims to establish a "space superhighway" by providing infrastructure for travel and operations in deep space. Key partners include GEOST, Blue Canyon Technologies, and Beyond Gravity, and they have received investment from Sporos Capital Partners.
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In May, Quantum Space appointed Richard Matlock, a former Missile Defense Agency executive, to lead its defense business.
Quantum Space's Ranger spacecraft is designed to support various payload types, including sensors and interceptors.
Quantum Space has acquired Phase Four’s integration and test facility in Hawthorne, California, capable of producing up to 100 engines per year.
Quantum Space is using its $40 million Series A extension round to acquire Phase Four’s multi-modal propulsion technology.
Quantum Space intends to integrate Phase Four’s propulsion capabilities to support its Golden Dome project ambitions.
Quantum Space aims to secure missile defense contracts related to the Golden Dome project.
Quantum Space states that Ranger is designed for long-life operations exceeding 15 years and has the ability to refuel in orbit.
Quantum Space has outlined its vision for the Golden Dome architecture in a whitepaper led by Richard Matlock.
Quantum Space proposed using a version of its Ranger spacecraft to transport samples returned to cislunar space back to Earth and stated that the approach could be ready as soon as 2033 while reducing the complexity and mass of the ESA Earth Return Orbiter.
Quantum Space launched its first spacecraft, Sentry, on Transporter-10 to test technologies for tracking space objects.
Quantum Space announced plans in 2022 to develop robotic platforms in cislunar space.
Steve Jurczyk led Quantum Space until June 2023.
Scout-1 is the first in Quantum Space’s family of sensing vehicles and is scheduled to launch on the SpaceX Transporter 10 mission from Cape Canaveral, Florida no earlier than March 2024.
Quantum Space aims to open GEO and cislunar space to their full potential to support deep space commerce, national security, and scientific exploration.
Quantum Space is creating QuantumNet, a modern high-speed connectivity network to deliver always-on connectivity across deep space, including GEO, cislunar space, and the far side of the moon.
Quantum Space raised $15,000,000 in a Series A investment round in late 2022.
The Scout-1 Sentry mission is intended to demonstrate operational capabilities and to show Quantum Space investors that the company can achieve a key milestone in its business plan.
Scout-1 will test a sensor that Quantum Space plans to send to deep space as part of the QuantumNet constellation.
Scout-1 is designed to operate with future Scout satellites and with Ranger, a Quantum Space spacecraft designed for deep space operational capabilities.
Quantum Space plans to launch its first satellite, Scout-1, no earlier than March 2024 on a SpaceX Transporter rideshare flight.