Update (2112ET):
Elon Musk tweeted that the widespread Starlink outage was caused by an "expired ground station cert." He said, "We’re scrubbing the system for other single-point vulnerabilities."
Musk said Starlink is "coming back online now.
Caused by expired ground station cert. We’re scrubbing the system for other single-point vulnerabilities.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk)
Here's the outage timeline for the US East Coast.
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On Friday evening, Starlink customers throughout the US complained that Elon Musk's satellite-based internet service was down.
Starlink users were greeted with a message when logging into their account that read:
"Your area is currently experiencing a service outage. Our team is investigating."
Downdetector, which tracks websites, showed Starlink users started reporting outages around 1945 ET.
People are reporting outages in multiple states. Here's what some are saying on Downdetector:
Outages are also being reported in other countries.
⚡ Major Internet #outage detected: #Starlink in #NewZealand since 12:15 PM, impacting #Auckland
— Fing Internet Alert (@outagedetect)
Live map and analysis
https://t.co/u6UiazyyUH
Retweet if down for you too#Starlinkdown #Starlinkoutage #nointernet #Aotearoa #LateMorning pic.twitter.com/6G3uZmXP4X
⚡ Critical Internet #outage detected: #Starlink in #England since 01:15, impacting #London
— Fing Internet Alert (@outagedetect)
Live map and analysis
https://t.co/8RlQH5aAh7
Retweet if down for you too#Starlinkdown #Starlinkoutage #nointernet #night pic.twitter.com/LjGQLhoalj
⚡ Critical Internet #outage detected: #Starlink in #NewSouthWales #Australia since 10:15 AM, impacting #Sydney
— Fing Internet Alert (@outagedetect)
Live map and analysis
https://t.co/F7pOMf8Taa
Retweet if down for you too#Starlinkdown #Starlinkoutage #nointernet pic.twitter.com/uHsejZGTMs
The outage is now trending on Twitter.
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