Of course, while Amazon may have dominated the e-commerce world terrestrially, its satellite internet offering has a long way to go to catch up to Starlink, which operates a network of more than 6,700 satellites, the largest satellite constellation in the world.

Reports of service disruptions flooded outage tracker DownDetector, with users experiencing internet outages and, in some cases, total blackouts. Starlink and its founder, Elon Musk, confirmed the outage and said they were investigating the issue.

A rare global interruption in the Starlink satellite Internet network knocked subscribers offline for more than two hours on Thursday, the longest widespread outage since SpaceX opened the service to consumers nearly five years ago.

The issue concerns sunlight reflecting off the satellites’ surfaces. SpaceX has attempted to reduce the brightness of the reflected light by coating the satellites in a dark material, and also by adding reflective film to redirect the sunlight away from Earth.

SpaceX, which has long deployed its Starlink satellites from Florida, is increasingly launching the missions from California. There's a good reason.

The Starlink satellite internet network has resumed operation after a major outage that lasted about two and a half hours and affected connection stability, including in combat zones. Source: Starlink Vice President Michael Nicolls on X (Twitter);

The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will deploy a payload of Starlink internet satellites in low-Earth orbit after ascending along a southeasterly trajectory.