Reuters reported that a global Starlink outage in August 2025 halted a U.S. Navy test, leaving operators unable to control 24 autonomous surface vehicles off the coast of California for almost an hour.
SpaceX’s Starlink constellation has more than 10,000 satellites in orbit, compared with just under 240 Kuiper satellites in service for Amazon, and the U.S. Navy also experienced separate connectivity issues during April 2025 tests.
Kirsten Davies, the Pentagon’s chief information officer, told Reuters the Department of Defense “leverages multiple, robust, resilient systems for its broad network.” Reuters also reported that in 2022 Elon Musk, SpaceX CEO, ordered engineers to geofence Starlink coverage in parts of Ukraine.
The incidents underscore concerns about military dependence on a privately operated satellite system and the implications for resilience in contested operations.
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