What was Sputnik? the first man-made satellite to orbit Earth

the first rocket to land on the moon

the first man-made satellite to orbit the moon

the first Russian dog to go into space

Sputnik was the first man-made satellite to orbit Earth, launched by 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.

monopolies  came to the united states with the colonial administration. the large-scale public works needed to make the new world hospitable to old world immigrants required large companies to carry them out. these companies were granted exclusive contracts for these works by the colonial administrators. even after the american revolution, many of these colonial holdovers still functioned due to the contracts and land

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