Fi, signing deals with major carriers and pressing for business with trend-setting West Asian airlines as rivals retool to protect market share

Starlink, the satellite internet service provider by SpaceX, experienced a brief network outage in the United States on Monday, August 18, 2025.Downdetector, a service that tracks network

The service Down Detector reported a large spike in user error reports at this time, which peaked just before 2 p.m. The majority of these users reported either a "total blackout" of Starlink services or problems with their satellite internet. (Disclosure: Down Detector is owned by Ziff Davis, the same company that owns Mashable.)

Starlink outage affected more than 40,000 users in the United States, according to Downdetector. Netizens reported service interruptions and raised concerns online. The company has not issued an official statement.

The SpaceX spacecraft company successfully launched two dozen satellites into low-Earth orbit Monday on its latest Falcon 9 mission of the year.

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Over 40,800 US users experienced connectivity problems with Starlink satellite internet, according to Downdetector's report published on Monday.

Users of the Starlink satellite internet service reported massive connection problems on Monday evening. Downdetector recorded over 30,000 disruption reports in the USA and almost 1000 in Germany.

In testimony before a Senate committee in June, the top general in the US Space Force said it is "worrisome" that China is moving in this direction. Gen. Chance Saltzman, the Chief of Space Operations, used China's emergence as an argument for developing space weapons, euphemistically called "counter-space capabilities."