SpaceX's Starlink satellite network was back up and running on Friday as engineers hunted for the root cause of one of its biggest international outages the night before, a rare disruption for the powerful internet system set off by an internal software failure.

Complaints spiked on Downdetector.com around noon PT on Thursday. The satellite service now says it's 'mostly recovered,' though some people are still not connected.

SpaceX’s Starlink satellite internet service network has been restored after an hours-long outage, the Elon Musk-led unit said in a post on X.