"Starlink internet satellite services that are key for Ukraine's military went down across front lines on Monday during a short global outage. Tens of thousands of users reported issues with Starlink across multiple countries, including the US and Ukraine, on Down Detector from around 1.15 a.m. ET. Reports fell to a much smaller number around an hour later, with some users still logging issues at around 6.30 a.m."
"At its peak, about 37,000 US users reported issues on Down Detector, which tracks outages by gathering user-submitted reports, while 161 users reported issues in Ukraine. Robert "Madyar" Brovdi, the commander of Ukraine's Unmanned Systems Forces, wrote on Telegram on Monday morning that Starlink was down across the entire front line. Just over half an hour later, he wrote that it was gradually recovering."
"Alex Eine, the section commander of a drone unit in Ukraine's Separate Presidential Brigade, told Business Insider that he relies on a Starlink connection because there is no cellular service in the area he is operating in, and having a stable internet connection is crucial for conducting operations. Eine said that Starlink had been searching and failing to connect for hours, and his unit was forced to postpone some scheduled drone flights and return to its base."
Starlink satellite internet services that support Ukraine's military experienced a short global outage on Monday, interrupting connectivity across front lines. Tens of thousands of users reported issues, peaking around 1:15 a.m. ET with about 37,000 US reports and 161 in Ukraine on Down Detector. Some reports persisted into the morning before numbers fell. A commander of Ukraine's Unmanned Systems Forces reported outages across the entire front line before gradual recovery. A drone unit commander said inability to connect forced postponement of scheduled flights and return to base. Some units used radios or other communications, and SpaceX did not immediately comment; the cause remained unclear.
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