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title: "When the Soviet Union launched the Sputnik I satellite in 1957, what did many Americans fear?"  
description: "When the Soviet Union launched the Sputnik I satellite in 1957, what did many Americans fear?"  
author: "Ward ryan"  
published: 2018-10-23  
canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/51062/when-the-soviet-union-launched-the-sputnik-i-satellite-in-1957-what-did-many-americans-fear  
category: "history, politics & society"  
tags: ["usa history"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# When the Soviet Union launched the Sputnik I satellite in 1957, what did many Americans fear?

When the Soviet [Union](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/1510/union-example-in-sql-server) launched the Sputnik I [satellite](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/333321/satellite-communication-enabling-global-connectivity-from-space) in 1957, what did many Americans fear?\
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