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Tasmanians hit by global Starlink internet outage

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Tasmanian SpaceX Starlink satellite users were left without internet for over an hour this morning after a global outage.

According to users, the service disconnected around 9:40am AEST.

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In an update on X at 10:30am, formerly known as Twitter, Starlink acknowledged they were facing a “network outage” and were “actively implementing a solution”.

By 11:40am AEST, Starlink confirmed that the network issue had been “fully resolved”, but did not specify the cause of the outage.

Starlink stands as the world’s first and largest satellite constellation, utilising a low Earth orbit to deliver broadband internet capable of supporting streaming, online gaming, video calls and more.

The services is popular in rural areas of Tasmania where traditional or high-speed internet is unavailable.