Down to Business English

Crowded Skies: The Commercial Satellite Boom


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You’ve seen them streak across the sky — tiny points of light that are not stars. Satellites are now so numerous, they are changing the night sky and creating new challenges.

Skip Montreux and Samantha Vega look at the booming business of commercial satellites. From SpaceX’s Starlink to Amazon’s Project Kuiper, they examine how private companies are transforming space into the next frontier of global internet infrastructure.

Their conversation is a great learning resource if you want to build your English listening comprehension skills and expand your business vocabulary. Key points of their discussion include:

  1. The history of satellite development.
  2. Who the major players are in the commercial satellite space.
  3. How satellite light pollution impacts astronomy.
  4. The dangers of space debris.


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