Although SpaceX gets a lot of attention for its rocket ships, the company's Starlink operation may be the real prize for investors.

Since Thursday's outage, a few Starlink users have reported faster speeds, raising speculation that the outage happened while SpaceX was trying to upgrade its network.

Starlink, Elon Musk's potent satellite internet system experienced a rare hiccup on Thursday, July 24, 2025, when tens of thousands of users were taken offline due to an internal software malfunction, causing one of SpaceX undertaking's largest worldwide outages.

Those waiting for the next rocket launch are in luck, as SpaceX plans to launch a Falcon 9 as soon as late Tuesday night. SpaceX has confirmed it plans to launch the Starlink 10-29 mission July 29 from Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. Liftoff is set for 11:30 p.m., yet could move for factors such as weather.

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 Starlink has been on a satellite launch spree lately. Last week, the Elon Musk-owned company successfully sent 24 Starlink satellites on a Falcon 9 rocket from the Vandenbueg Space Force base, and now it is planning to add 28 more satellites to its constellation.