-Although It Was Just the Size of a Basketball and Weighed

-Although it was just the size of a basketball and weighed 183 pounds, the Sputnik satellite

A) was the United States' first attempt to enter the "space race" against the Soviet Union
B) originally was intended to promote peaceful functions such as transmitting television images
C) symbolized Soviet technological superiority and fueled the USSR's arms race with the United States
D) had little impact on the development of American satellite technology