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.

Tens of thousands of people across the globe have been impacted by the Starlink outage, which has prevented users in multiple countries from accessing the internet

On September 30, 2022, the Ukrainian army was poised to score a massive military victory against Russia, but reportedly fearing a Russian nuclear retaliation, Elon Musk decided to determine

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) October 15, 2022 The effort began in late February, just days after Russia invaded Ukraine. Musk said Starlink terminals were “on the way” but provided little detail.

China’s biggest networks have deployed less than 1 percent of their planned satellites, falling far behind SpaceX for dominance in space communications.

Canada and the European Union are both reconsidering reliance on Starlink, with Ontario cancelling a $100 million deal over such concerns.