SpaceX is lending a hand to fellow commercial cargo company Northrop Grumman once again with a planned launch Sunday evening on the Space Coast to send supplies to the International Space Station that could also bring a sonic boom to parts of Central Florida.

A Falcon 9 rocket is slated to lift off on the NG-23 resupply mission to the ISS with the largest Cygnus spacecraft yet from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station’s Space Launch Complex 40 at 6:11 p.m.

Space Launch Delta 45’s weather squadron forecasts a 75% chance for good launch conditions, which improves to 85% if delayed 24 hours. Backup options for the launch fall to Monday at 5:49 p.m. or Tuesday at 5:23 p.m.

The first-stage booster on the mission if making its fourth trip to space and SpaceX plans to return it back for a land r

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