Satellite internet provider Starlink is down (Update: now 'mostly recovered')

A Starlink antenna and router in Kyiv, Ukraine in 2025.
A Starlink antenna and router in Kyiv, Ukraine in 2025. (Image credit: Andrew Kravchenko/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
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Update (4 pm PT): Starlink has "mostly recovered" from the outage. The incident lasted "approximately 2.5 hours," and was caused by "failure of key internal software services that operate the core network," according to the SpaceX subsidiary's VP of engineering.

Starlink, the satellite internet service provider operated by Elon Musk's SpaceX, has reported a "network outage."

"Starlink is currently in a network outage and we are actively implementing a solution," reads a statement from the ISP. "We appreciate your patience, we'll share an update once this issue is resolved."

Starlink operates globally, providing internet service with thousands of low-orbit satellites, and has notably been used by Ukraine's military.

Down Detector shows that users began reporting the outage at around 12:20 pm Pacific time.

We'll update this article as we learn more.

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