Starlink Suffers Another Global Broadband Outage of Satellite Network

SpaceX’s popular Starlink service, which offers ultrafast low-latency broadband speed across the world via a mega constellation of compact satellites in Low Earth Orbit (LEO), suffered another global outage this morning that started at around 5am. But services now appear to be returning to normal for many, but not all, users.

Starlink currently has around 8,400 satellites in orbit (c.4,800 are v2 / V2 Mini) – mostly at altitudes of c.500-600km – and they’ll add thousands more by the end of 2027. Residential customers in the UK usually pay from £75 a month, plus £299 for hardware (currently free for most areas) on the ‘Standard’ unlimited data plan (kit price may vary due to different offers), which promises UK latency times of 26-33ms, downloads of 116-277Mbps and uploads of 17-32Mbps. Cheaper and more restrictive options also exist for roaming users.

The network operator’s last major global outage was in late July 2025 (here), although this one won’t have been quite as disruptive on this side of the world because it occurred outside the usual peak period. For example, most of the impact in the UK appears to have hit between just after 5am and then ended just before 6am (roughly 1 hour). But a few users still appear to be reporting problems.

Starlink itself acknowledged the outage by posting a brief message to their website: “Starlink is currently experiencing a service outage. Our team is investigating“. At the time of writing the cause of this latest wobble remains unclear, although we note that it coincided with a modest G1 solar storm. Starlink’s network can usually adjust for the impact of space weather, but disruptions may still occur.