SPCX — Starship Flight 13 Splash Down Success · Very Soft Landing
Published · Updated · By Investus editorial desk (SUNRYU Partners)
Per Jesus Watters: Starship 13th-flight rocket splashed down extremely softly · massive win for Elon and SpaceX program. Combines with yesterday's heat-shield stress test success.
Observation Overview
Today from Jesus Watters:
- **Flight**: Starship 13th flight (V3's second)
- **Landing**: Extremely soft splash down
- **Assessment**: MASSIVE WIN for Elon Musk and SpaceX Program
- **Sentiment**: 'USA USA' moment
Combined With Recent Flow
Recent Starship flow:
- **7/24**: Starship V3 second test flight (5:45 PM ET · Starbase)
- **7/25**: All-in Starship decision · Falcon 9 2028+ commercial ends
- **7/27**: SpaceX official learning frame
- **7/28**: Flight 13 heat-shield stress test success
- **Today**: Flight 13 landing success · soft splash
Sequential validation → landing success progression.
Why Soft Splash Matters
1. **Reuse reliability**: Soft splash = minimal rocket damage = reuse feasibility validated
2. **Next flight prep**: Intact recovery accelerates next flight prep
3. **Commercial prep**: Reliability accumulation for commercial payload deployment
4. **Flight 14 ship catch**: Reinforces prep for full-reuse milestone catching upper vehicle
Contrast With Today's SPCX Price
Same day SPCX price:
- Record-low close (Barchart)
- -50% from ATH (Kalshi)
- Red in 13 of 16 days
Extreme divergence between technical achievement and price action. Bull views (Wood/Baron/NASA Admin) + tech success (Flight 13) vs macro/sentiment pressure.
Flight 14 Prep Reinforced
Flight 13's (1) heat-shield stress test success + (2) soft splash both strengthen physical basis for Flight 14 ship catch plan. Flight 14 is symbolic milestone for full reuse.
Watch Next
(1) Flight 14 ship catch attempt timing, (2) V4/V5 development roadmap official reveal, (3) first commercial Starship payload contract, (4) SPCX Starship role expansion in NASA Artemis program.
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