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Starlink is currently experiencing a service outage
- radicaldreamer 1y agoLooks like it's down worldwide...
- woutifier 1y agoA service outage meaning starlink is down globally. Anecdotally my starlink is using more power currently than usual. And when I first looked at the app it mentioned having gotten a new public IP address.
- indigodaddy 1y agoI get new public IPs fairly frequently (maybe once every two weeks or so?)
- woutifier 1y agoIndeed but in this case it coincided with starlink going down. Could be a coincidence though!
- indigodaddy 1y agoYeah, that's interesting actually, I guess one could speculate that the fact that you got a new IP might mean they rolled out/restarted something at the application layer and then things went south from there perhaps
- silverquiet 1y ago> Anecdotally my starlink is using more power currently That is interesting info - don't phones typically use a lot of power when they're trying to find a tower?
- tiernano 1y agoYea. Mine is down and listed as heating. And getting a public up, not a cgnatted 100.x.x.x I usually get. Weird...
- Scoundreller 1y agoSo in AWS-speak, this is a yellow/orange status outage ?
- kokorikooo 1y ago[flagged]
- eYrKEC2 1y agoYes. Just like Twitter is having fail whales all the time after his massive headcount cut.
- kokorikooo 1y agoThere is no headcount cut here but everything is looking bad for Elon. Tesla stock is down too
- rvz 1y ago> Tesla stock is down too Hope it sinks further. Time to buy.
- ben_w 1y ago> Time to buy. Not even shifting the decimal point left one place would be enough to make the price sensible.
- bena 1y agoToday, sure, but I've heard this a lot. Starting when it was around $100. It's currently just above $300. It's a lot like bitcoin/crypto-in-general in that aspect. It's constantly in danger of collapsing, but line keeps going up on average. It's why I can't bring myself to touch either of those things. They kind of defy common sense.
- boringg 1y agoThoughtful take.
- matwood 1y agoBeen using Starlink for awhile and can’t remember the last time there was an outage like this.
- bri3d 1y agoThey were pretty common for the first few years of Starlink, but it looks like the last global coordinated outage was on May 28, 2024.
- gdubs 1y agoYea it's funny because I was JUST thinking about how important StarLink has been for us here in rural Oregon. When it goes out, it's even more stark — but it hasn't happened in a very long time here.
- teeray 1y agoIs this possibly related to the service outages being experienced by telecom operators in the UK?
- RIMR 1y ago[flagged]
- nsxwolf 1y agoWhat's the failure mode that would lead to an unrecoverable loss of such a large mesh network?
- markasoftware 1y agoif you could somehow put something into persistent storage on the satellites that causes it to crash every time it tries to start up before it gets to the point where it's able to update the software, then they'd be bricked. see also: https://arstechnica.com/cars/2022/02/radio-station-snafu-in-seattle-bricks-some-mazda-infotainment-systems/ https://arstechnica.com/cars/2022/02/radio-station-snafu-in-...
- 0xffff2 1y agoI don't know how Starlink's satellites are architected, but the spacecraft I am familiar with has several different boot images with automatic failover. For that system, you would have to replace/corrupt multiple of the actual boot images to brick the system completely.
- markasoftware 1y agowhat if the boot image itself isn't corrupted but rather there's other persistent data which causes the firmware to get stuck / bootloop? This is more or less what happened to the Mazda head unit firmware in the link I posted.
- 0xffff2 1y agoThere are failsafe images that are fully self contained. I would hope that even Starlink satellites are engineered to a higher standard than an automotive head unit.
- bogzz 1y agoWell my boss is in a cabin in the wilderness somewhere and his only access to the internet is via Starling, so that's great news!
- delichon 1y agoI've heard of IP over pigeons, but using starlings is innovative.
- bogzz 1y agoFalcon-related packet loss is a recurring issue.
- RamRodification 1y agoQuid pro quo, Clarice
- ronsor 1y agoStarling is just the product name. It's still IPoAC under the hood.
- arm32 1y agoWrong. His actual name is Jimbob, and he's a pretty bird.
- cardamomo 1y agoWe've got a family of nuthatches that set up an extensive neighborhood mesh network. Quite impressive!
- boringg 1y agoHopefully back up soon. Its a pretty spectacular product.
- Rooster61 1y agoCurious as to what could cause a global outage like that. The system consists of birds in the air and individual ground stations. There's no big choke point that I'm aware of that could cause the whole shebang to go dark. Am I missing something here?
- rhcom2 1y agoSoftware?
- 0xffff2 1y agoI'm hardly an expert, but it seems like usually stuff like this happens to major backbones because of a bad configuration being rolled out too fast. Maybe the pushed a bad DNS/BGP/<insert networking acronym here> update to every satellite and/or ground station near simultaneously.
- chrisstanchak 1y agoIt just takes one
- sekh60 1y ago/s not-/s BGP?
- erulastiel 1y agoA bad configuration pushed to network
- chasd00 1y agothat's going to be a lot of crew dragon trips to go hold the power button down for 5 seconds on all those satellites to reset to factory default.
- AdamJacobMuller 1y agoI volunteer.
- taeric 1y agoThis happened as I was taking a brief dive on my networking stack. Been seeing "iwlwifi 0000:05:00.0: Unhandled alg: 0x71b " in my syslog spamming heavily. Thought I somehow really screwed things up to have internet flat out not working. :D
- neverrroot 1y agoRecently, I’ve noticed that nothing hits the top spot as quickly as anything negative about Elon.
- adamfeldman 1y agoIs it DNS or BGP?
- AdamJacobMuller 1y agohttps://snapshots.raintank.io/dashboard/snapshot/LsBt0QQemE6useh7Jo99VTy0zFd9TeRs https://snapshots.raintank.io/dashboard/snapshot/LsBt0QQemE6...
- ReptileMan 1y agoWonder what will be the cost in lives in Ukraine. Communications outage could create a disorder in the worst possible time.
- imoverclocked 1y agoRussian aerial assets also use Starlink so it could similarly save lives.
- edganiukov 1y agoNot as much as Ukrainians. The whole frontline is powered by Starlinks.
- ReptileMan 1y agoHow do they bypass the sanctions?
- abrahms 1y agoInterestingly, this webpage doesn't load due to "no healthy upstream" and there's no status.starlink.com . That's.. quite the outage! Interested to hear what went wrong.
- piker 1y agoProbably their web servers are getting hugged to death by all of their worldwide users grabbing the phone to check who to call.
- bdavbdav 1y agoFair bit of their website down too. Hug of death or related issue?
- Rooster61 1y agoProbably hugged. It was working a short time ago
- 2OEH8eoCRo0 1y ago[flagged]
- indigodaddy 1y agoExcept it's not. It's a historically consistent and reliable service that has been revolutionary for millions of people who otherwise would not have internet
- mattrighetti 1y agoThought it was the thunderstorm and the clouds but then I saw this :) it’s been down for more than 30m now in Italy
- rossdavidh 1y agoSo, if (just spitballing here) Russia were to have wanted to take out Starlink in order to handicap Ukrainian operations, and they didn't want to do something as visible as actually taking out the satellites, what would be the most likely way for them to have done it? And how would we be able to check if that's what happened? No idea if this is plausible at all, just raising the question for anyone who knows more about this system than I do.
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- modeless 1y agoIt's essentially impossible for anyone to disable the Starlink network by "taking out satellites" through physical means. There aren't enough anti satellite missiles in the world to make a dent, it would cost trillions to manufacture enough, and SpaceX can launch satellites faster than anyone could manufacture interceptors anyway. And Kessler syndrome is impossible at the altitudes Starlink uses. Cyberattack is the only plausible way to take down Starlink.
- ponector 1y ago>>There aren't enough anti satellite missiles in the world to make a dent, it would cost trillions to manufacture enough Few big nukes are enough to take out all satellites.
- modeless 1y agoI don't believe this is true. And of course detonating nukes in space would be an act of war against the whole world.
- baq 1y agonukes optimized for EMP may be able to do this just fine. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_electromagnetic_pulse https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_electromagnetic_pulse
- jcadam 1y agoYea, my house is on Starlink... so at the moment I'm working in the back room of my wife's restaurant (she has cable internet). At least I get free coffee here.
- zaik 1y agoCan't wait to watch Kevin Fang's report on this.
- draconicdev 1y agoEveryone on this thread is so smart. I don’t have anything to add except a funny story. My Starlink went out right when I was scheduled to join a meeting today at 2:15 CST.
- dredzepplein 1y ago[flagged]
- NerdUno 1y ago[dead]
- andrewinardeer 1y agohttps://x.com/Starlink/status/1948474586699571518?t=WBrSAA5Qs6htAYNG6NU1Hw&s=19 https://x.com/Starlink/status/1948474586699571518?t=WBrSAA5Q...
- LeoPanthera 1y agoFor those who refuse to use X, as we all should, this is a post from Starlink that says simply: "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."
- basfo 1y agoDon't worry, just press and hold the power button on the satellites until they turn off, then release and press it again to power them back on. Should be fine.
- ColoradoJoe 1y agoI'm in Colorado. Starlink has worked flawlessly since I installed it 2 years ago. This is ominous.
- esseph 1y agoOne outage is not ominous.
- ta1243 1y agoMy global roaming unit in Afghanistan dropped off at 1914 GMT
- ethagnawl 1y agoI'm not saying there's a connection to the UK telco outage but the timing is rather coincidental.
- tobyjsullivan 1y agoGiven the ongoing expansion of cellular Starlink, it could make sense. https://www.theverge.com/news/712546/starlink-powered-t-satellite-service-is-now-live-on-t-mobile https://www.theverge.com/news/712546/starlink-powered-t-sate...
- ColoradoJoe 1y agoIam in Colorado. Lost service around 2pm mountain.
- mttpgn 1y agoDitto
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- EMILIYAN 1y ago[flagged]
- christkv 1y agoSeems back now
- system2 1y agoStarlink.com is also experiencing an outage. Tesla.com works, so it makes me believe they are on different servers. EDIT: Weird to get downvoted for a random observation. Are you guys full gray beard serious hackers?
- micronova2 1y agoOr earth directed CME and SATs put in safe mode? https://youtu.be/UvKqGnHQ_1Q?si=Mfu2zIlZ7Ira5RFe https://youtu.be/UvKqGnHQ_1Q?si=Mfu2zIlZ7Ira5RFe
- MKais 1y ago(Not necessarily related, but interesting nonetheless) Russian Nuclear Sabotage In Space Could Blast U.S., SpaceX Satellites https://www.forbes.com/sites/kevinholdenplatt/2025/07/23/russian-nuclear-sabotage-in-space-could-decimate-western-satellites/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/kevinholdenplatt/2025/07/23/rus...
- micronova2 1y agoCME pointed at earth, satilites in safe mode? https://youtu.be/UvKqGnHQ_1Q?si=Mfu2zIlZ7Ira5RFe https://youtu.be/UvKqGnHQ_1Q?si=Mfu2zIlZ7Ira5RFe
- bamboozled 1y agoThose YouTube channels are lies.
- birdman1979 1y agoAnother lawsuit, first Colbert, now our Internet
- Bell-47 1y agoWisconsin here, Before it went down, I got a notice that my IP had just been changed. It didn't say who sent the message. Im wondering if changing my IP address was part of a hack or a fix?
- csours 1y agoin-band notice or out-of-band?
- stepupmakeup 1y agoMine intentionally faced a obstructed area, which it has never done before (installed in the same spot for multiple years)
- Bell-47 1y agoJust before it went down, I got an unidentified message saying my IP address was just changed. I wonder if this was part of the issue or part of the fix???
- tbeseda 1y agoI wonder if it correlates to the rollout of T-Mobile satellite services. They just exited their trial phase, so a global config update might make sense.
- dz0ny 1y agohttps://radar.cloudflare.com/as14593?dateRange=1d https://radar.cloudflare.com/as14593?dateRange=1d shows a sharp drop in traffic, but no BGP changes before the drop. We can see BGP changes after the drop, so maybe some datacenter/control plane thing.
- ge96 1y agoThat is a neat tool
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- southernplaces7 1y agoThis happening on the same day as this https://www.the-independent.com/tech/ee-bt-three-vodafone-o2-down-phone-networks-outage-latest-b2795260.html https://www.the-independent.com/tech/ee-bt-three-vodafone-o2... Could almost make one paranoid about some large level state-backed action being coordinated towards an attack of some kind.
- gitfan86 1y agoConfig error, being rolled back now
- ozten 1y agoPro-tip: Don't host your status / outage page on your own infrastructure. We learned this lesson the hard way at AWS with S3.
- dmix 1y agoHow would you host a status page on Starlink? Are there web servers that are only connected to a satellite connection in house or something? Or is this just speculation that's how their marketing website works.
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- geoffeg 1y agoStarlink still has infrastructure outside the satellites to run normal company stuff. If they screwed up something in their core routing system, or DNS, etc it could affect everything.
- dmix 1y agoAh good point
- ianburrell 1y agoStarlink has servers for the website and subscriber sites. Importantly, they have servers for controlling the satellite network. They also have multiple gateways for satellites to connect to the network. A problem in their network would take down the sites, and maybe the control plane for satellites.
- sneak 1y agoStarlink runs a terrestrial network to support the vehicles obviously. They have to do peering at POPs in cages on the ground like any other ISP.
- chrisstanchak 1y agoTrue, but nothing tells the story quite like a "no healthy upstream" status page
- tossedsalad 1y agoSoftware update currently being pulled down. If not routing and terminals weren't connecting could be a terminal registration issue
- tossedsalad 1y agoMy terminal is pulling an update. Slowly... I would guess outage was in terminals associating with satellites properly
- asadotzler 1y agoYeah. Mine did a couple of reboots automatically in the last hour and now it seems solid again.
- throwmeaway222 1y agoAmazon missed a huge pre-sale opportunity for their future sat net.
- wmf 1y agoNegative marketing is risky because some day Kuiper will have an outage.
- almostdigital 1y agoI'm posting this from my Starlink connection, been working fine here. I'm close to the arctic circle so maybe the polar orbiting satellites are not affected
- munchler 1y agoWhat a great writing prompt! Would love to read read the rest of this as a short story. Any takers? Edit: Wow, that’s the fastest any of my HN posts have ever been buried. Still, as an old guy, I have to say it’s pretty awesome to be living in a future where polar satellites can keep someone in touch with the rest of civilization.
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- guy2345 1y agowhy would there be a rest to this
- gmiller123456 1y agoThey're all the same satellites. It's actually impossible to have a satellite just orbit at the poles.
- almostdigital 1y agohttps://www.starlinkmap.org https://www.starlinkmap.org
- ash_091 1y agoSeems to prove GPs point? There are satellites on a polar orbit, which will cover connections at the poles, but those satellites still cover a lot of non-polar ground. If polar orbiting satellites are still working we'd expect to see intermittent or degraded connectivity away from the poles rather than complete outage?
- benzible 1y agoGlad that Musk torched his relationship with Trump so that the FAA / Starling contract is no longer on the table.
- nabla9 1y agoI bet it's configuration error, failed SW upgrade, or Russian sabotage in that order.
- Guest71022 1y agoI updated my Starlink app, dish downloaded an update (while still ‘offline’), clicked install now via app, installed, rebooted, and now online. Take that Putin!
- skeledrew 1y agoWell this is something new. Was wondering if my dish was broken, now seeing it's a global issue. Just over 24 hours ago the router reset (had to setup the network name and password again) and I have no idea why that happened. Somehow related?
- exiguus 1y agoIs this because they have now more then 50 user per square mile [1]? [1] https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2025/07/18/starlink-internet-satellite-speed-elon-musk/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2025/07/18/starlin... https://www.ookla.com/articles/starlink-hughesnet-viasat-performance-q2-2022 https://www.ookla.com/articles/starlink-hughesnet-viasat-per... (PDF) https://thexlab.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Starlink_Analysis_Working_Paper_v0.2.pdf https://thexlab.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Starlink_Anal...
- wmoxam 1y agoOutages suck but for me this service has been rock solid. Much better uptime and more capable than the cellular broadband service that it replaced (Bell Canada) at a similar cost
- sneak 1y agoWhat’s crazy to me is how fast Starlink went from not being possible to being possible to existing to being critical infrastructure for so many people in so many places. All because of reusable rockets and cheap(er) access to orbit.
- zoid_ 1y agoStarlink is back up in the UK
- thallium205 1y agoBusiness tier customers get a 20% discount this month for the SLA violation!
- indigodaddy 1y agoI just checked my Starlink app and it looks like it's stuck at about 3/4 progress in "Software update". Just checked so not sure for how long it's been stuck that way, and not sure if that would be a software update for the modem or for the dish..
- vondur 1y agoI brought my Starlink on a three week RV trip through the western U.S., and it was pretty impressive. I was surprised it worked well even in some wooded areas. I would’ve been pretty frustrated if it had stopped working.
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- ta1243 1y agoMine returned 2132G
- kemals 1y agoThousandEyes observed the outage from multiple vantage points deployed behind Starlink: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/thousandeyes_thousandeyes-data-indicates-that-starlink-activity-7354253703727472640-VKUe?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop&rcm=ACoAAAEsbnoBzcfuX7yEAuiUGGJIgBliE9RMZEw https://www.linkedin.com/posts/thousandeyes_thousandeyes-dat...
- NerdUno 1y ago[dead]