Orbital Sciences is all set to launch an Antares rocket on supply mission to the International Space Station on Saturday afternoon. The launch will take place from the Wallops Island Flight Facility. The launch was originally planned to take place earlier this week, but was postponed to Saturday due to weather conditions.

If the weather permits, the launch will take place at 1:14 pm on Saturday. Nearly 3,300 pounds of supplies will be carried by the cargo shift to the ISS. The supplies include science experiments, experiment hardware, spare parts and crew provisions.

If everything goes as per the plan, the Cygnus cargo spacecraft will reach the ISS sometime on Tuesday. Once it arrives at the ISS, the station's robotic arms will grab it and unload it.

The launch for the resupply mission to the ISS will mark the third of its kind by Orbital Sciences from Wallops. The first launch took place on September 19, 2013, whereas the second Antares was sent on a resupply mission to the ISS in January.

In recent years, the frequency and size of the launches from Wallops have sought a significant rise. This improvement is attributable to NASA's space program, which kept its focus on the Lower Shore facility after the dismantling of the old space shuttle program happened.

July 12 is the date fixed for the launch of Orbital's Antares rocket from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport's Pad 0A at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in eastern Virginia. The Cygnus spacecraft will be delivered by Antares to the space station on July 15.