SpaceX’s rapid iteration on Starship Version 3, highlighted by the successful July 2026 Flight 13 that achieved Starlink V3 deployment, in-space Raptor relight, controlled reentry, and an intact splashdown, forms the main driver behind trader sentiment. These milestones build confidence in the vehicle’s autonomous navigation, propulsion, and proximity operations required for rendezvous and docking. Elon Musk has noted that ship-to-ship docking will be simpler than Dragon-to-ISS operations, with orbital refueling demonstrations—requiring two V3 vehicles to launch, meet, and transfer propellant—targeted for 2026. Flight 14, now approaching a mid-September window and potentially featuring a tower catch attempt, plus ongoing pad and Florida site development, represent near-term catalysts that could accelerate or delay the first docking depending on regulatory approvals and test outcomes.
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This market will resolve to “Yes” if two SpaceX Starships successfully execute a docking maneuver in a stable Earth orbit between market creation and the listed date, 11:59 PM ET. Otherwise, this market will resolve to “No”.
A qualifying docking maneuver must physically join two vessels, matching in velocity, into a connected structure via mating hardware for at least 60 continuous seconds. The two vessels must be in stable Earth orbit with a perigee of at least 100 kilometers above the Earth’s surface.
The docking of any two SpaceX vessels which each serve as an integrated rocket-and-spacecraft and both equal or exceed Starship in scale will qualify regardless of their contents or variant (standard, tanker, depot, HLS, test article, etc.). The two vessels must be free-flying. Any capsule or payload carried to orbit exclusively atop a separate launch vehicle will not qualify. If either vessel is passively placed into the mating interface of the other vessel, that conjunction will not qualify.
The resolution source for this market will be a consensus of credible reporting.SpaceX’s rapid iteration on Starship Version 3, highlighted by the successful July 2026 Flight 13 that achieved Starlink V3 deployment, in-space Raptor relight, controlled reentry, and an intact splashdown, forms the main driver behind trader sentiment. These milestones build confidence in the vehicle’s autonomous navigation, propulsion, and proximity operations required for rendezvous and docking. Elon Musk has noted that ship-to-ship docking will be simpler than Dragon-to-ISS operations, with orbital refueling demonstrations—requiring two V3 vehicles to launch, meet, and transfer propellant—targeted for 2026. Flight 14, now approaching a mid-September window and potentially featuring a tower catch attempt, plus ongoing pad and Florida site development, represent near-term catalysts that could accelerate or delay the first docking depending on regulatory approvals and test outcomes.
This market will resolve to “Yes” if two SpaceX Starships successfully execute a docking maneuver in a stable Earth orbit between market creation and the listed date, 11:59 PM ET. Otherwise, this market will resolve to “No”.
A qualifying docking maneuver must physically join two vessels, matching in velocity, into a connected structure via mating hardware for at least 60 continuous seconds. The two vessels must be in stable Earth orbit with a perigee of at least 100 kilometers above the Earth’s surface.
The docking of any two SpaceX vessels which each serve as an integrated rocket-and-spacecraft and both equal or exceed Starship in scale will qualify regardless of their contents or variant (standard, tanker, depot, HLS, test article, etc.). The two vessels must be free-flying. Any capsule or payload carried to orbit exclusively atop a separate launch vehicle will not qualify. If either vessel is passively placed into the mating interface of the other vessel, that conjunction will not qualify.
The resolution source for this market will be a consensus of credible reporting.
A qualifying docking maneuver must physically join two vessels, matching in velocity, into a connected structure via mating hardware for at least 60 continuous seconds. The two vessels must be in stable Earth orbit with a perigee of at least 100 kilometers above the Earth’s surface.
The docking of any two SpaceX vessels which each serve as an integrated rocket-and-spacecraft and both equal or exceed Starship in scale will qualify regardless of their contents or variant (standard, tanker, depot, HLS, test article, etc.). The two vessels must be free-flying. Any capsule or payload carried to orbit exclusively atop a separate launch vehicle will not qualify. If either vessel is passively placed into the mating interface of the other vessel, that conjunction will not qualify.
The resolution source for this market will be a consensus of credible reporting.
Market Opened: Jun 11, 2026, 1:09 PM ET
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$66,976End Date
Jan 1, 2028Market Opened
Jun 11, 2026, 1:09 PM ETResolver
0x65070BE91...This market will resolve to “Yes” if two SpaceX Starships successfully execute a docking maneuver in a stable Earth orbit between market creation and the listed date, 11:59 PM ET. Otherwise, this market will resolve to “No”.
A qualifying docking maneuver must physically join two vessels, matching in velocity, into a connected structure via mating hardware for at least 60 continuous seconds. The two vessels must be in stable Earth orbit with a perigee of at least 100 kilometers above the Earth’s surface.
The docking of any two SpaceX vessels which each serve as an integrated rocket-and-spacecraft and both equal or exceed Starship in scale will qualify regardless of their contents or variant (standard, tanker, depot, HLS, test article, etc.). The two vessels must be free-flying. Any capsule or payload carried to orbit exclusively atop a separate launch vehicle will not qualify. If either vessel is passively placed into the mating interface of the other vessel, that conjunction will not qualify.
The resolution source for this market will be a consensus of credible reporting.SpaceX’s rapid iteration on Starship Version 3, highlighted by the successful July 2026 Flight 13 that achieved Starlink V3 deployment, in-space Raptor relight, controlled reentry, and an intact splashdown, forms the main driver behind trader sentiment. These milestones build confidence in the vehicle’s autonomous navigation, propulsion, and proximity operations required for rendezvous and docking. Elon Musk has noted that ship-to-ship docking will be simpler than Dragon-to-ISS operations, with orbital refueling demonstrations—requiring two V3 vehicles to launch, meet, and transfer propellant—targeted for 2026. Flight 14, now approaching a mid-September window and potentially featuring a tower catch attempt, plus ongoing pad and Florida site development, represent near-term catalysts that could accelerate or delay the first docking depending on regulatory approvals and test outcomes.
This market will resolve to “Yes” if two SpaceX Starships successfully execute a docking maneuver in a stable Earth orbit between market creation and the listed date, 11:59 PM ET. Otherwise, this market will resolve to “No”.
A qualifying docking maneuver must physically join two vessels, matching in velocity, into a connected structure via mating hardware for at least 60 continuous seconds. The two vessels must be in stable Earth orbit with a perigee of at least 100 kilometers above the Earth’s surface.
The docking of any two SpaceX vessels which each serve as an integrated rocket-and-spacecraft and both equal or exceed Starship in scale will qualify regardless of their contents or variant (standard, tanker, depot, HLS, test article, etc.). The two vessels must be free-flying. Any capsule or payload carried to orbit exclusively atop a separate launch vehicle will not qualify. If either vessel is passively placed into the mating interface of the other vessel, that conjunction will not qualify.
The resolution source for this market will be a consensus of credible reporting.
A qualifying docking maneuver must physically join two vessels, matching in velocity, into a connected structure via mating hardware for at least 60 continuous seconds. The two vessels must be in stable Earth orbit with a perigee of at least 100 kilometers above the Earth’s surface.
The docking of any two SpaceX vessels which each serve as an integrated rocket-and-spacecraft and both equal or exceed Starship in scale will qualify regardless of their contents or variant (standard, tanker, depot, HLS, test article, etc.). The two vessels must be free-flying. Any capsule or payload carried to orbit exclusively atop a separate launch vehicle will not qualify. If either vessel is passively placed into the mating interface of the other vessel, that conjunction will not qualify.
The resolution source for this market will be a consensus of credible reporting.
Volume
$66,976End Date
Jan 1, 2028Market Opened
Jun 11, 2026, 1:09 PM ETResolver
0x65070BE91...SpaceX’s rapid iteration on Starship Version 3, highlighted by the successful July 2026 Flight 13 that achieved Starlink V3 deployment, in-space Raptor relight, controlled reentry, and an intact splashdown, forms the main driver behind trader sentiment. These milestones build confidence in the vehicle’s autonomous navigation, propulsion, and proximity operations required for rendezvous and docking. Elon Musk has noted that ship-to-ship docking will be simpler than Dragon-to-ISS operations, with orbital refueling demonstrations—requiring two V3 vehicles to launch, meet, and transfer propellant—targeted for 2026. Flight 14, now approaching a mid-September window and potentially featuring a tower catch attempt, plus ongoing pad and Florida site development, represent near-term catalysts that could accelerate or delay the first docking depending on regulatory approvals and test outcomes.
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