Starlink Outage Affects Over 140 Countries

On July 24, 2025, Starlink, SpaceX's satellite internet service, experienced a rare global outage lasting about 2.5 hours, impacting tens of thousands of users across more than 140 countries, including the US, Europe, and Australia. Over 60,000 outage reports were recorded at the peak of the disruption, which was ultimately attributed to a failure in Starlink's internal software services running the core network. While industry experts speculated about a software glitch, botched update, or possible cyberattack, Starlink executives—including CEO Elon Musk and VP of Engineering Michael Nicolls—publicly apologized and maintained it was an internal software issue. The outage underscored Starlink's increasing importance for rural, remote, and critical users such as the Ukrainian military. The incident occurred just after Starlink announced new direct-to-cell services in partnership with T-Mobile. Service was mostly restored within hours, and the company reaffirmed its commitment to network reliability.