Elon Musk’s satellite internet service, Starlink, experienced a brief outage on Monday but has since been restored for most users, according to the outage-tracking website Downdetector.com. The service disruption, which affected thousands of users, was resolved within hours, with reported issues dropping significantly by early Tuesday.
At the peak of the outage, more than 43,000 users in the U.S. reported problems accessing the service. However, by 1:15 a.m. ET (0515 GMT), the number of affected users had fallen below 1,000. Downdetector compiles outage data by aggregating status reports from a variety of sources, providing a real-time snapshot of service disruptions.
Starlink’s official website initially acknowledged the outage early on Monday, displaying a message that read, “Starlink is currently experiencing a service outage. Our team is investigating.” No further details were provided at the time. The message has since been removed, indicating that the issue has been resolved.
Operated by Musk’s SpaceX, Starlink provides high-speed internet access through a constellation of low-Earth orbit satellites. It is widely used in remote areas and conflict zones where traditional internet infrastructure is unavailable or unreliable. SpaceX did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Reuters regarding the cause or extent of the outage.
