Musk's Starlink satellite system hit by network outage, company says

Source: The Guardian

Thu 24 Jul 2025 16.45 EDT
Last modified on Thu 24 Jul 2025 17.34 EDT


Starlink was experiencing a network outage, Elon Musk’s SpaceX-owned satellite internet company said on Thursday, with Downdetector showing that the service was down for thousands of users. “Starlink is currently in a network outage and we are actively implementing a solution,” it said in a post on X.

Musk added on X: “Service will be restored shortly. Sorry for the outage. SpaceX will remedy root cause to ensure it doesn’t happen again.”

The service appeared to have experienced a “total outage” beginning around 3.13pm ET, according to Doug Madory, an expert at the internet analysis firm Kentik.

The outage is global and Starlink is not carrying any traffic right now, Madory told Reuters. He said such a sweeping interruption in service was unusual: “They haven’t had one like this in a long time.”

Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/jul/24/starlink-internet-down-musk