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Starlink Suffers Brief Global Outage, Disrupting Ukraine's Frontline Communications
The outage disrupted internet for over 50,000 users globally, including Ukrainian forces relying on Starlink for battlefield communications, with service restored within hours.
- Starlink, the satellite internet service owned by Elon Musk, experienced a global outage on September 15, impacting users worldwide, including military units in Ukraine and hospitals.
- The company is investigating the outage, which has affected vital services across various sectors in Ukraine.
- Robert "Madyar" Brovdi stated on Telegram that "Starlink is once again down across the entire front line," illustrating the urgency of the situation for military operations.
- Since 2022, Kyiv has received over 50,000 Starlink terminals, largely supported by Poland’s contribution of nearly 30,000 terminals.
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Musk’s Starlink back after brief outage affecting thousands
Elon Musk's satellite internet service Starlink was back online for most users after a brief outage on Monday, according to tracking website Downdetector.com. The number of US users reporting issues fell below 1,000 as of 1:15am ET (0515 GMT), down from a peak of more than 43,000, Downdetector said. The platform tracks outages by collating status reports from multiple sources. Starlink's website reported an outage early on Monday, without provid…
Ukrainian military personnel experienced disruptions on Monday due to a global outage affecting Starlink. The network outage further underscores Ukraine's heavy reliance on tech billionaire Elon Musk's internet service. To what extent can Kyiv change this?
Ukraine's military regains Starlink internet after a brief global outage that paused some drone flights
Ukraine's military uses Starlink to gather intelligence andCLODAGH KILCOYNE/REUTERSUkrainian soldiers lost access to Starlink on Monday as part of a brief global outage.A drone unit section commander told Business Insider that his unit had to suspend some flights.Ukraine's military relies on the satellite internet service, but has faced some issues.Starlink internet satellite services that are key for Ukraine's military went down across front li…
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