The morning after a cold front tore through Central Florida, SpaceX was able to sneak in a launch despite high winds on the Space Coast.

A Falcon 9 on the Starlink 10-46 mission with 29 Starlink satellites launched from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station’s Space Launch Complex 40 at 9:27 a.m. on the back end of a four-hour launch window.

The launch came amid overcast skies and a weather forecast that was reduced to just a 75% chance for good conditions, according to Space Launch Delta 45’s weather squadron, which also noted a moderate risk for poor conditions at the booster landing site.

A strong wind warning was in effect for Cape Canaveral until 9 a.m., with gusts up to 40 mph.

Seas were slightly choppy downrange, but the skies were clear for the booster recovery. This was the 11th flight of the first-stage booster, which made a recovery landing on the droneship A Shortfall of Gravitas stationed in the Atlantic.

The launch marked the 19th on the Space Coast in 2026, with all but one from SpaceX. SpaceX has two more Florida launches lined up for Thursday and Sunday.

United Launch Alliance flew once with a Vulcan rocket launch in February, and could fly again at the end of the month with an Atlas V on an Amazon Leo mission.

NASA, meanwhile, has pushed the rollout of the Space Launch System rocket topped with the Orion spacecraft forward one day to Friday. But it said the April 1 date could still be in place for the launch of Artemis II.