Launch of Northrop Grumman CRS-12 Mission: Cygnus Delivers Cargo to International Space Station
On Sat., Nov. 2 at 9:59 a.m. EDT, Northrop Grumman’s Antares rocket and Cygnus spacecraft launched from Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia on a cargo resupply mission to the International Space Station. Cygnus delivered around 8,200 pounds of research, supplies, and hardware to the orbiting laboratory, including supplies for upcoming spacewalks and student CubeSats.
Read more about the mission: https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-science-cargo-heads-to-space-station-on-northrop-grumman-mission/
NASA likes to spread its launch functions around, hence Virginia. But being closer to the equator makes Cape Kennedy a better site.