SpaceX is set to launch Starship Flight 13 tonight from Starbase, Texas, in what may be the most consequential test yet for Elon Musk's rocket company. The 90-minute launch window opens at 6:45 PM ET, with Starship's Super Heavy booster igniting all 33 Raptor engines at liftoff. The flight will carry the first functional Starlink V3 satellites, each weighing up to 2,000 kilograms and delivering roughly ten times the bandwidth of the current generation. Because the V3 satellites are physically too large for a Falcon 9 fairing, Starship is the only vehicle capable of deploying them, making it central to the growth story SpaceX pitched investors in its IPO prospectus. Raymond James analyst Brian Gesuale called Starship becoming operational the critical path to the SpaceX investment thesis. Meanwhile, SpaceX stock has slid roughly 20 percent in July, briefly dipping below its 135 dollar IPO price for the first time. According to CNBC and S3 Partners, short sellers have rapidly increased th...