Starlink’s satellite internet is back online after a massive outage

Starlink, SpaceX's satellite internet service, experienced a widespread outage on Thursday afternoon, lasting around 2.5 hours. The outage began around 3:15 PM ET, with users reporting they could not connect to the service and receiving error messages. Starlink acknowledged the issue on X, stating they were actively implementing a solution. The outage affected Ukrainian troops who rely on Starlink terminals, with the military reporting a connection loss across the entire front. However, the military later confirmed that the connections were back online after around 150 minutes, the longest outage during the war. According to NetBlocks, a global connectivity tracker, Starlink's connectivity dropped to 16% of its ordinary levels during the outage. Starlink's engineering VP, Michael Nicolls, later stated that the outage was due to a failure of key internal software services that operate the core network. The service has now mostly recovered from the outage, and Starlink has apologized for the temporary disruption, reaffirming their commitment to providing reliable satellite internet.