SpaceX currently operates close to 6,500 Starlink satellites in orbit and has plans to loft thousands more. The satellites have been used to provide vital communications to hard-hit areas following natural disasters such as Hurricane Helene or in the wake of conflicts such as Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

SpaceX has yet to confirm the timing of this mission, however a Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) advisory lists the Starlink 10-13 mission as occurring between 5:10-9:40 p.m. EDT f rom Cape Canaveral Space Launch Complex 40.

SpaceX scrubbed its Starlink satellite mission from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on Sunday evening. The Falcon 9 rocket was scheduled to launch at 4:57 p.m., with backup windows available until 8:27 p.