JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Early risers got a glimpse of a celestial treat over the First Coast Saturday morning around 6:17 a.m.

A satellite re-entered Earth's atmosphere, broke into many pieces, and burned up upon entry.

This is called space junk. Satellites are designed to break apart and burn up in the atmosphere when they're done orbiting the Earth.

Many online thought what they saw was a rocket launch or meteor. That was not the case.

A rocket launch was scheduled for this morning, but the launch was scrubbed due to poor weather in the booster recovery area.

The Taurids meteor shower is currently ongoing, but it was too bright and scattered into too many pieces to be a meteor.

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