A Falcon 9 rocket topped with the Starlink spacecraft is scheduled to lift off from Florida's Cape Canaveral Space Force Station tonight during a roughly three-hour window that opens at 8:53 p.m. EDT (0053 GMT on May 13). SpaceX will webcast the launch via its X account, beginning about five minutes before the window opens.

SpaceX is planning to launch a Falcon 9 rocket carrying nearly two dozen Starlink satellites to orbit from the Space Coast Sunday night.

BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. — Around 8:53 p.m., SpaceX will launch 23 Starlink satellites at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. The Falcon 9 rocket will launch the 23 Starlink satellites from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) to low-Earth orbit. Backup launch opportunities are available until Monday at 8:59 p.m. if needed.