Gap Fill - Worldwide Internet - Level 5

HOW TO PLAY:

  • Choose the correct word from the drop-down menus below.
  • Click the button at the bottom to check your answers.
  • Press the "refresh" button on your browser to play again.

   accessible      affordable      board      coverage      currently      each      end      greatly      huge      intelligence      jammers      launch      millions      multi      network      orbit      security      space      successfully      supposedly  
A company has launched six satellites in a -billion-dollar project aimed at making "" Internet to every corner of Earth. The company is called OneWeb. Its six satellites were put into in a launch from French Guiana on a Russian Soyuz rocket. OneWeb said it is planning a network of 900 satellites. OneWeb will send more Internet satellites into space at the of this year. The company plans to launch several rockets every month, carrying 39 satellites. Only 648 satellites are needed to provide global Internet .

OneWeb's CEO was excited about the . He said it would transform the lives of of people. He told reporters: "We're going to connect lots of people who are not connected. We're going to start by focusing on connecting schools...boats...planes, and... swathes of the planet." Not everyone is happy with this network. China is testing to block the network. North Korea might fear the could damage its national . Russia is worried that the network could be used to gather .

Try the Worldwide Internet - Level 6 gap fill.

Back to the Internet lesson.

Share this lesson

More Free Sites by Sean Banville

Online Activities