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Re: Starlink is currently experiencing a service outage

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Post by _joel »

rossdavidh wrote: post #61

So, if (just spitballing here) Russia were to have wanted to take out Starlink in order to handicap Ukrainian operations, and they didn't want to do something as visible as actually taking out the satellites, what would be the most likely way for them to have done it? And how would we be able to check if that's what happened? No idea if this is plausible at all, just raising the question for anyone who knows more abo…

The Russians use Starlink too, saw a video on Kiev Independent that had a Ukranian drone team take out a Starlink dish atop a Russian bunker.

Re: Starlink is currently experiencing a service outage

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munchler wrote: post #179
almostdigital wrote: post #172

I'm posting this from my Starlink connection, been working fine here. I'm close to the arctic circle so maybe the polar orbiting satellites are not affected

What a great writing prompt! Would love to read read the rest of this as a short story. Any takers? Edit: Wow, that’s the fastest any of my HN posts have ever been buried. Still, as an old guy, I have to say it’s pretty awesome to be living in a future where polar satellites can keep someone in touch with the rest of civilization.

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Re: Starlink is currently experiencing a service outage

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newsclues wrote: post #173
viraptor wrote: post #95

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> what would be the most likely way for them to have done it? Ensure Starlink hires an agent. Establish skills / access permissions. Push an update which bricks both the update system and the running system, so the satellites become useless.

They would exfiltrate any secret technology first, then do their best to burn the whole network. Potentially you could burn the constellation with reentry.

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Re: Starlink is currently experiencing a service outage

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Post by JumpCrisscross »

newsclues wrote: post #173
viraptor wrote: post #95

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> what would be the most likely way for them to have done it? Ensure Starlink hires an agent. Establish skills / access permissions. Push an update which bricks both the update system and the running system, so the satellites become useless.

They would exfiltrate any secret technology first, then do their best to burn the whole network. Potentially you could burn the constellation with reentry.

> Potentially you could burn the constellation with reentry

Just put them into a spin with a strong propellant burn while compromising ground stations. Even if the fleet recovers, its lifespan will have been significantly reduced by the propellant expenditure.

Re: Starlink is currently experiencing a service outage

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Post by hdgvhicv »

chasd00 wrote: post #77
dave_universetf wrote: post #50

Earlier quoted context omitted.

BGP is the canonical way to take your entire global network offline within seconds. Glancing at BGP looking glasses, Starlink's prefixes seem to still be announced, but there could still be an accidental blackhole or routing loop within their AS, or something broken in one of their transit providers. No idea if that's what's going on, but routing protocols are one of a few effectively global control planes that can g…

it's pretty amazing the amount of damage a BGP oopsie can do. Also, you can fit pretty much all the BGP admins for the entire Internet in one large room.

If by “room” you mean “Wembley stadium”, maybe.

Re: Starlink is currently experiencing a service outage

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Post by rchard2scout »

whiteboardr wrote: post #175
bogzz wrote: post #10

Well my boss is in a cabin in the wilderness somewhere and his only access to the internet is via Starling, so that's great news!

Hasn’t he heard of ravens? Much more reliable.

Yeah, but all they say is "nevermore".

Re: Starlink is currently experiencing a service outage

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Post by sakopov »

asadotzler wrote: post #152
bogzz wrote: post #10

Well my boss is in a cabin in the wilderness somewhere and his only access to the internet is via Starling, so that's great news!

I too am in the wilderness and Starlink is my only broadband, but I was smart enough to keep my 1.5Mbps WISP connection (radio mounted 170' up one of my redwoods) so I'm still in good shape for basic communication, even some streaming and videoconferencing, though those aren't great this morning. Also, after my Starlink terminal rebooted a few times on its own over the last hour or so, things are looking good again.

Are you using something like a CradlePoint for your WISP?

Re: Starlink is currently experiencing a service outage

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Post by yahoozoo »

LeoPanthera wrote: post #83
andrewinardeer wrote: post #70

https://x.com/Starlink/status/1948474586699571518?t=WBrSAA5Q...

For those who refuse to use X, as we all should, this is a post from Starlink that says simply: "Starlink is currently in a network outage and we are actively implementing a solution. We appreciate your patience, we'll share an update once this issue is resolved."

Or just replace x.com with xcancel.com
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