SpaceX’s Starlink Hit by Major Outage

SpaceX’s Starlink appears to be suffering a major outage that’s shut off satellite internet access for consumers across the globe. 

Users on Facebook, Reddit, and X.com have all reported losing access to the satellite internet system, which serves over 6 million users worldwide. Users in the US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and Europe have all reported service disruptions.

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“Starlink is currently in a network outage and we are actively implementing a solution,” the company posted on X. “We appreciate your patience, we’ll share an update once this issue is resolved.”

Outage complaints are surging on Downdetector.com, spiking at around noon PT with 55,000 reports. It seems to have taken down Starlink.com, too. As recently as 30 minutes ago, it displayed a banner that said “Starlink is currently experiencing a service outage. Our team is investigating,” but Starlink.com is not loading at the moment, nor is its Availability Map.

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Jianping Pan, a computer science professor at the University of Victoria in Canada who researches satellite internet systems, says he’s facing connection problems. “We have access to about 20 Starlink dishes around the world—all down at this moment of the time,” he tells us.

So far, SpaceX hasn’t responded to a request for comment. We’ll update this story as it evolves.

Over 2 million Americans subscribe to Starlink. Yesterday, T-Mobile launched its cellular Starlink service, which provides messaging access in cellular dead zones.

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Disclosure: PCMag parent company Ziff Davis owns Downdetector.

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