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) April 8, 2023
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
🇳🇿 Live map and analysis
👉 https://t.co/u6UiazyyUHRetweet if down for you too#Starlinkdown #Starlinkoutage #nointernet #Aotearoa #LateMorning pic.twitter.com/6G3uZmXP4X
— Fing Internet Alert (@outagedetect) April 8, 2023
⚡ Critical Internet #outage detected: #Starlink in #England since 01:15, impacting #London
🇬🇧 Live map and analysis
👉 https://t.co/8RlQH5aAh7Retweet if down for you too#Starlinkdown #Starlinkoutage #nointernet #night pic.twitter.com/LjGQLhoalj
— Fing Internet Alert (@outagedetect) April 8, 2023
⚡ Critical Internet #outage detected: #Starlink in #NewSouthWales #Australia since 10:15 AM, impacting #Sydney
🇦🇺 Live map and analysis
👉 https://t.co/F7pOMf8TaaRetweet if down for you too#Starlinkdown #Starlinkoutage #nointernet pic.twitter.com/uHsejZGTMs
— Fing Internet Alert (@outagedetect) April 8, 2023
The outage is now trending on Twitter.
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Tyler Durden
Fri, 04/07/2023 – 20:34
