BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. – SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket from the Space Coast on Sunday afternoon carrying supplies for the International Space Station.
The launch of Northrop Grumman’s next Cygnus mission (NG-23) to the ISS launched from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station at 6:11 p.m.
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According to NASA, the Cygnus XL spacecraft is set to deliver more than 11,000 pounds of “science, research, and supplies* to the orbital complex, including materials to produce semiconductor crystals in space and equipment to develop improvements for cryogenic fuel tanks."
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SpaceX said this will be the fourth flight of the first stage booster supporting this mission, which previously launched Ax-4, Crew-11, and a Starlink mission.
Following stage separation, Falcon 9 will land on Landing Zone 2 (LZ-2) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.
On Thursday, SpaceX finally launched a telecommunications satellite from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station after several delays.