before sputnik 1 launched in 1957Â most countries did not really care about satellites or space but then the soviet union began to work on a satellite to go in space and observe the earth's atmaspher. It connects revolution by revolutionizing how people looked at space it being the first ever satellite and satellites. The reaction was how the US began to put funds into NASA to start the space race with other countries. The impact of the topic was that it showed how advanced the USSR by making the first satellite.