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Elon Musk’s Starlink network is experiencing an outage, leaving thousands without internet connection.
The company posted on social media: “Starlink is currently in a network outage and we are actively implementing a solution. We appreciate your patience, we’ll share an update once this issue is resolved.”
Thousands of reports flooded the Down Detector website on Tuesday before 9pm, with 65 per cent citing a “total blackout”. The company’s website appears to be down with a “no healthy upstream” error message showing to viewers.
Starlink is a satellite internet constellation that works as an international telecommunication provider, part of the American aerospace company SpaceX, founded by controversial billionaire Musk. The network provides coverage to around 130 countries and territories, aiming to provide global mobile broadband.
People on social media have complained about what appears to be a global outage, with citizens from Colorado, Germany and Zimbabwe reporting access issues.
A customer on X said that they were lucky to have 5G on their phone, observing: “the only downfall to Starlink is when it goes down, your only alternative is your phone network”.
Elon Musk, who has yet to comment on the Starlink outage, posted on X around 6pm local time that Starlink’s Direct to Cell service was “growing fast” as he shared a graph that tracked growing data usage from May to July this year.
The service is supposed to enable certain phones to connect via satellite for text, voice and data in areas without terrestrial coverage.
Bryony Gooch24 July 2025 21:48
Starlink is a satellite internet constellation that works as an international telecommunication provider, part of the American aerospace company SpaceX, founded by controversial billionaire Elon Musk.
The network provides coverage to around 130 countries and territories, aiming to provide global mobile broadband.
As of May 2025, the constellation consists of over 7,600 mass-produced small satellites in low Earth orbit.
Nearly 12,000 satellites are planned, with a possible later extension to 34,400.
Bryony Gooch24 July 2025 21:46
As Starlink’s network experiences an outage, netizens have taken to social media to complain.
One person commented on Reddit: “Did Elon forget to pay his electric bill?
Another said: “Looks like Elon’s got an issue on his hands…We’ve had it for 9 months and never a single hiccup until now…”
A customer on X said that they were lucky to have 5G on their phone, observing: “the only downfall to Starlink is when it goes down, your only alternative is your phone network, might be something @elonmusk needs to look fixing into the future?”
Bryony Gooch24 July 2025 21:44
Thousands have taken to Down Detector to report the Starlink outage, with reports streaming in from just before 9pm.
Around 65 per cent of reports cite a “total blackout” while others just state there are problems accessing the internet.
(Down Detector)
Bryony Gooch24 July 2025 21:42
Starlink has released a statement confirming a network outage.
The statement reads: “Starlink is currently in a network outage and we are actively implementing a solution.
“We appreciate your patience, we’ll share an update once this issue is resolved.”
Bryony Gooch24 July 2025 21:38
Elon Musk’s Starlink network is experiencing an outage, the company run by SpaceX has confirmed.
We’ll be bringing you the latest as it unfolds.
Bryony Gooch24 July 2025 21:37
