Starlink just faced one of its worst hiccups of 2025—a global outage that knocked out internet access for users, including Ukrainian military forces. The downtime lasted about 2.5 hours, caused by internal software service failures, according to Starlink’s engineering VP. Connectivity dropped to just 16% worldwide, with Ukraine’s frontline hit especially hard. Now that service is mostly back, it does make you wonder—can Starlink really handle the pressure as it rolls out new features like T-Mobile’s T-Satellite messaging? Outages this big are rare, but this one shows just how critical—and fragile—our reliance on satellite internet has become in both war zones and daily life.
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