COLD WAR ERA
IMPACT OF COLD WAR
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Question
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Which country launched the satellite Sputnik during the Cold War?
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Soviet Union
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United States
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Canada
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China
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Sputnik, any of a series of three artificial Earth satellites, the first of whose launch by the Soviet Union on October 4, 1957, inaugurated the space age. Sputnik 1, the first artificial satellite launched, was a 83.6-kg (184-pound) capsule.
Detailed explanation-2: -Image courtesy of National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). On October 4, 1957, the Soviet Union successfully launched Sputnik-1, the world’s first artificial satellite.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Soviet satellite states were Poland, Romania, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Bulgaria, East Germany, Yugoslavia, and Albania (Yugoslavia and Albania were satellite states until they broke off from the Soviet in 1948 and 1960, respectively).
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