Starlink “fell” for 2.5 hours worldwide – sorry Ilon Musk asked

SpaceX’s Starlink Satellite Internet System faced one of the biggest blackouts in its history, leaving tens of thousands of connection users, with top company executives and Ilon Musk apologizing for the damage.

Starlink, with over 6 million users worldwide, ‘Fell’ on Thursday for about 2.5 hoursaccording to a post by Starlink Engineering Vice President Michael Nichols. The cause of the interruption was attributed to the damage to basic internal software services operating the basic network.

The Network Issue has been resolved, and Starlink Service has been restored. We Understand How Important Connectivity is and Apologize for the Disruption.

– Starlink (@starlink) July 25, 2025

“We apologize for the interruption. We remain committed to providing a credible network and will proceed with the complete investigation of the incident so that it does not repeat. “ Nikols noted.

Starlink has now most recovered from the network outage, which last approximately 2.5 hours. The Outage was due to the Failure of Key Internal Software Services that Operate the Core Network. We apologize for the temporary disruption in our service; We are Deeply Committed to… https://t.co/FFFFYM1Z7TD

– Michael Nicolls (@Michaelnicollsx) July 24, 2025

And the Masculine apologized for interruption through X.

“Sorry for the interruption. SpaceX will identify and correct the reason to ensure that it does not happen again. ”

Service will be restored shortly.

Sorry for the outage.

Spacex Will Remedy Root Cause to Ensure It does not happen again. https://t.co/q1bstvtmz7

– Elon Musk (@elonmusk) July 24, 2025

It is noted that there were more than 60,000 problem reports on the Down Detector website, with the majority of users declaring that there was a “total break”.

Starlink users on X reported problems from Europe, the US, Africa, Asia and Australia, while the blackout hit the Ukrainian military communicationsaccording to Reuters.