Starlink is currently experiencing a service outage

Post by dmonitor » Thu, Jul 24, 2025, 9:39 PM UTC

modeless wrote: post #75

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…

It's essentially impossible for anyone to disable the Starlink network by "taking out satellites" through physical means. There aren't enough anti satellite missiles in the world to make a dent, it would cost trillions to manufacture enough, and SpaceX can launch satellites faster than anyone could manufacture interceptors anyway. And Kessler syndrome is impossible at the altitudes Starlink uses. Cyberattack is the o…

Post by almostdigital » Thu, Jul 24, 2025, 9:41 PM UTC

gmiller123456 wrote: post #217

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

They're all the same satellites. It's actually impossible to have a satellite just orbit at the poles.

Post by holoduke » Thu, Jul 24, 2025, 9:42 PM UTC

oblio wrote: post #78

modeless wrote: post #58

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Cyberattack. Given the usage in active wars, it's a big juicy target. There's precedent too; Russia hacked Viasat at the start of the Ukraine war. They actually bricked user terminals in that attack.

FYI, Vodafone and other major European mobile networks were down during the last few days. This is hybrid warfare, not a coincidence. Russia needs to learn some manners, the hard way.

Post by ta1243 » Thu, Jul 24, 2025, 9:42 PM UTC

Post by EB-Barrington » Thu, Jul 24, 2025, 9:46 PM UTC

whizzter wrote: post #141

Zigurd wrote: post #117

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I would still bet against the Russians taking down all of Starlink. If they had a zero day that could do that, they'd save it for just before a big war. But Russian low-intensity hybrid warfare, including infiltration and sabotage, is very real. Particularly in Europe and especially so in eastern Europe. There's a lot of nasty things going on in border areas that isn't widely reported.

Things get patched over time, Nato has their own comms systems whilst Ukraine relies on this third party, and the US just accepted the EU funded weapons sale so their Trump advantage seems to have disappeared with his patience in P's promises. Thus using the weakness to launch a coordinated summer offensive now for a decisive breakthrough before US weapons supplies reaches full speed again seems like a reasonably goo…