Because there could be weapons of mass destruction aboard it + they can use the satellites for surveillance.
In 2015, Elton Musk is launching one. The European Union is launching 4 this year. India is launching 6.
The two super powers in the space race were the United States and the Soviet Union. They were engaged in a competition to achieve significant milestones in space exploration, such as launching satellites, sending humans to space, and landing on the moon.
The Soviet Union
The satellites help provide buffer for the soviet union because they can track which invader is coming toward their border or see if any bombs are heading toward the nation of the soviet union
Launching of Sputnik
These countries had communist governments that were controlled by the Soviet Union.
The successful launch of Soviet satellites created panic across the US because it demonstrated that the Soviet Union had the capability to send nuclear weapons to the US. This heightened concerns about the US being vulnerable to attack and falling behind in the space race.
the world was concerned about:nothing
sputnik
The Satellites of the Soviet Union. :)
The Soviet Union and its satellites
T he Soviet union America CHINA