Starlink, the outage and satellite internet service
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Starlink, owned by Elon Musk, has changed the game in terms of internet accessibility in rural and other underserved areas lacking high-speed broadband infrastructure. It has 2 million US subscribers, and more than 6 million globally.
Reports of service disruptions flooded outage tracker DownDetector, with users experiencing internet outages and, in some cases, total blackouts. Starlink and its founder, Elon Musk, confirmed the outage and said they were investigating the issue.
Elon Musk’s SpaceX launched 28 more satellites into low Earth orbit on July 26 from Cape Canaveral, Florida. According to the SpaceX official website, “This was the 22nd flight for
Tens of thousands of people across the world reported issues with Starlink on Thursday, according to Downdetector. Starlink confirmed it was experiencing a network outage and said it has "mostly recovered from the network outage."