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Elon Musk ‘sorry’ after Starlink satellite internet suffers global outage

Visitors pass by the booth of Starlink by SpaceX during the opening day of the 100th IFA trade fair in Berlin, Germany, in 2024 [File: Clemens Bilan/EPA]

SpaceX’s Starlink satellite internet has suffered one of its biggest international outages, knocking tens of thousands of users offline, a rare disruption that prompted an apology from senior executives, including founder Elon Musk.

Starlink, which has more than six million users across roughly 140 countries and territories, suffered the disruption on Thursday that lasted for about two hours and 30 minutes, according to Michael Nicolls, Starlink’s vice president of Starlink Engineering, in a post on X.

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