SpaceX is scheduled to launch its CRS-35 cargo mission to the International Space Station from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station at 6:33 a.m. Tuesday.
The Falcon 9 rocket is set to lift off from Space Launch Complex 40 carrying a cargo Dragon spacecraft. Space Launch Delta 45 forecast better than a 95% chance of favorable weather at the launch site, though it noted a low to moderate concern for dangerous solar activity.
About eight minutes after liftoff, the mission’s first-stage booster is expected to attempt a landing at Landing Zone 40, near the launch pad. SpaceX said the returning booster could create sonic booms, or an overpressure event.
Residents in Brevard, Orange, Osceola, Indian River, Seminole, Volusia, Polk, St. Lucie and Okeechobee counties could hear one or more booms, according to SpaceX. Whether the sound is heard in any particular area will depend on weather and other conditions.
The booster is making its eighth trip to space. CRS-35 is SpaceX’s 35th resupply mission under NASA’s Commercial Resupply Services contract and is carrying about 6,300 pounds of supplies, science experiments and technology experiments to the station.
The cargo Dragon on the flight is making its fourth trip to space. It is expected to take about 52 hours to reach the orbiting laboratory, with docking targeted for Thursday at 11 a.m. The launch would be the 59th Space Coast launch of 2026 from all providers.
