"Space Patrol" was the first West Coast morning network program broadcast to the East Coast, via a massive network of cable and electronic interchanges. The program was televised from the original soundstage where the Lon Chaney motion picture, "Phantom of the Opera" had been filmed. The "Phantom Stage" was one of the largest TV stages in Hollywood, and made a great home for "Space Patrol". While other televised science fiction programs such as "Captain Video" and "Tom Corbett, Space Cadet" used smaller sound stages, "Space Patrol" sets grew larger and larger. The studio had catwalks high above the stage that were utilized for many of the scenes, especially those requiring large castle-like sets. Likewise, cast members could be suspended in "space" outside their spacecraft without the problems of studio cramping.