A SpaceX rocket scheduled to launch on Saturday exploded on Thursday, in what CEO Elon Musk is describing as an "anomaly."

The rocket exploded at Cape Canaveral in Blevard County, Fla. Thursday morning at its launch pad. No injuries were sustained in the incident.

Musk tweeted about the shocking incident, noting that the explosion occurred during "propellant fill operation."

This particular rocket was a special one in that it contained a private satellite created in partnership with Facebook and France's Eutelsat Communications. The satellite was intended to help give internet access to parts of the Middle East, Asia and Europe.

Facebook Chairman and CEO Mark Zuckerberg expressed his disappointment over the rocket explosion in a new post on the social media site.

"As I'm here in Africa, I'm deeply disappointed to hear that SpaceX's launch failure destroyed our satellite that would have provided connectivity to so many entrepreneurs and everyone else across the continent," he wrote. "Fortunately, we have developed other technologies like Aquila that will connect people as well. We remain committed to our mission of connecting everyone, and we will keep working until everyone has the opportunities this satellite would have provided."

Watch the explosion here:

Kennedy Space Center spokeswoman Stephanie Martin noted to CNN that "it is too early to know what impacts there would be" regarding future manned flights, adding, "it would be inappropriate to speculate at this time."

Future planned flights have reportedly not been affected by the explosion, nor were any of NASA's facilities.

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