Musk’s Starlink Network Hit With Global Outage

Service was restored after a downtime of two and a half hours, according to a Starlink representative.

An antenna of the Starlink satellite-based broadband system donated by the U.S. tech billionaire Elon Musk in Izyum, Kharkiv region on Sept. 25, 2022, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Yasuyoshi Chiba/AFP via Getty Images

SpaceX’s Starlink said on Thursday it had restored its satellite internet network after one of its largest global outages, which disrupted the service for tens of thousands of users.

“The network issue has been resolved, and Starlink service has been restored. We understand how important connectivity is and apologize for the disruption,” the company stated on X.