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Headline: UNCAPTIONED: Starlink Hit by Rare Global Outage, Musk Apologizes
Caption: Starlink Hit by Rare Global Outage, Musk Apologizes. Elon Musk’s Starlink satellite internet network experienced a rare and major global outage on Thursday, leaving tens of thousands of users offline across the U.S. and Europe. The issue began around 3 p.m. Eastern and lasted about two and a half hours. According to SpaceX, it was caused by a failure in key internal software that powers Starlink’s core network - According to Reuters. Both Musk and Starlink executives apologized for the disruption, promising to fix the root cause. With over 6 million users in 140 countries, Starlink is a key part of SpaceX’s business. Experts say this may have been the network’s longest outage yet — possibly due to a bad software update or even a cyberattack. Starlink is currently expanding its service to include direct-to-phone messaging through a partnership with T-Mobile. Instructions: THIS VIDEO MUST NOT BE EDITED FOR LENGTH TO COMBINE WITH OTHER CONTENT
Keywords: Current Affairs & Politics,Starlink,outage,global,Elon Musk,internet,SpaceX,software failure,network,apology,disruption,users,satellite,connectivity,cyberattack,T-Mobile,direct-to-phone,technology,communication,Europe,U.S.
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