Updated: 10:34 AM EDT Mar 14, 2021 WXII12.com Web Staff Triad residents woke up to an unexpected bright light in the sky Sunday morning.Some thought it was a meteor. Others thought it was a UFO.But according to NBC affiliate WAVY in Portsmouth, Virginia, the bright light was a SpaceX satellite launch at 6:01 a.m. Sunday morning. This morning's launch was scheduled to be "a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket to launch approximately 60 satellites for SpaceX's Starlink broadband network in a mission designated Starlink 21," according to the Space Calendar on Space.com.The launch happened at the NASA Kennedy Space Center in Florida. It was originally scheduled for 5:44 a.m., NBC affiliate WRAL reported.Residents in Boonville, Yadkinville and Sparta contacted WXII 12 News to report the mysterious bright light. One person said the traffic on Highway 421 in Yadkin County came to a complete stop to see the bright light moving quickly across the sky.Another said the light was "so bright and huge, it looked like the moon moving across the sky."SpaceX has another satellite launch planned for March 21, according to the Space Calendar.