Archive · 25 Jul 2025
Starlink Suffers Hours-Long Outage Due to Software Glitch
Starlink, the internet service from Elon Musk's SpaceX, had a problem on Thursday.
The internet went down for about 2.5 hours because of a software glitch.
People in the US and Europe noticed the issue and reported it.
Musk apologized and said they'd fix the problem.
Starlink uses thousands of satellites to provide internet, and it's a leader in this type of technology.
Starlink, Elon Musk's satellite internet service, experienced a global outage on Thursday.
The outage was attributed to a software issue within the core network.
The service interruption was announced on X at approximately 4:00 pm ET.
The outage lasted around 2.5 hours, with reports starting before the official announcement.
Starlink has over 6,000 low-orbit satellites providing high-speed internet.
- Who
- Starlink users; Elon Musk, CEO of SpaceX, and Starlink's Vice President of Engineering Michael Nicolls.
- What
- A global outage of the Starlink satellite internet service.
- When
- Thursday, with the outage lasting approximately 2.5 hours.
- Where
- Globally, affecting users in the United States and Europe.
- Why
- Due to a failure of key internal software services.
- Service
- Starlink
- CEO
- Elon Musk
- Duration of Outage
- Approximately 2.5 hours
- Cause
- Key internal software issue
- Satellites Deployed
- Over 6,000