Musk's Starlink suffers apparent outage as SpaceX launches more satellites

Jakub Porzycki | Nurphoto | Getty ImagesSatellite internet service Starlink, which is owned and operated by Elon Musk's SpaceX, appeared to suffer a brief network outage on Monday, with thousands of reports of service interruptions on Downdetector, a site that logs issues.The outage marked the second in two weeks for Starlink

SpaceX did not immediately respond to a request for .The network's July 24 outage lasted for several hours, with SpaceX Vice President of Starlink Engineering Michael Nicolls blaming the matter on "failure of key internal software services that operate the core network" behind Starlink.That outage ed the launch of T-Mobile's Starlink-powered satellite service, a direct-to-cell-phone service created to keep smartphone users connected "in places no carrier towers can reach," according to T-Mobile's website.SpaceX vides Starlink internet service to more than six million users across 140 countries, according to the company's website, though churn and r rates are not publicly reported by the company.Read more CNBC newsBill Gates meets Willy Wonka: How Epic's 82-year-old billionaire CEO built her software factorySamsung taking market from Apple in U.S. as foldable phones gain momentumOpenAI in talks to sell around $6 billion in stock at roughly $500 billion valuation IPOs are roaring after 'years of hibition' — it may be too goodThe SpaceX Starlink constellation is far larger than any competitor

It currently features over 7,000 operational broadband satellites, according to re by astronomer Jonathan McDowell.On Monday, Musk's SpaceX successfully launched another group of satellites to add to its Starlink constellation from the Vandenberg Space Force Base in Southern California.SpaceX is currently aiming to increase the number of launches and landings from Vandenberg from 50 to 100 annually.On Thursday last week, the California Coastal Commission voted unanimously to oppose the U.S

Space Force application to conduct that higher volume of SpaceX launches there.The Commission has said that SpaceX and Space Force officials have failed to perly evaluate and report on potential impacts of increased launches on neighboring towns, and local wildlife, among other issues.President Donald Trump recently signed an executive order seeking to ease environmental regulations seen by Musk, and others, as hampering commercial space operations.