Archive · 25 Jul 2025
Starlink Internet Outage Resolved; Service Restored
Starlink, a company that provides internet from space, had a problem.
The internet went down for about 2.5 hours for people all over the world.
The problem was caused by a mistake in the software that runs the network.
The company fixed the issue and said they were sorry for the interruption.
Starlink is owned by Elon Musk and is available in many countries.
They also received approval to operate in India for five years.
Starlink's internet service experienced a global outage on Thursday night.
The outage affected users across multiple continents.
The issue lasted approximately 2.5 hours due to a software failure.
Service has been restored, and apologies were issued by Starlink and Elon Musk.
IN-SPACe approved Starlink for five years in India earlier this month.
- Who
- Starlink, a SpaceX company, and its users.
- What
- A global outage of Starlink's satellite internet service.
- When
- The outage occurred on Thursday night and was resolved by Friday.
- Where
- Worldwide, affecting users across multiple continents.
- Why
- Due to the failure of key internal software services.
Affected Users
Starlink/SpaceX
Outage Impact
Affected Users
Inconvenience caused by the outage. The service was down for a significant amount of time.
Starlink/SpaceX
Company's proactive and immediate responses to the outage. The speed of the response shows the company cares about its customers and is trying its best to resolve the outage.
- Service
- Satellite Internet
- Owner
- SpaceX (Elon Musk)
- Outage Duration
- Approximately 2.5 hours
- Cause
- Failure of internal software
- Satellites in Orbit
- More than 6,750
- Approved in India
- For 5 years