Home›Spacecraft and Launch Vehicles›Body Style›Launch vehicleBrowse ByLaunch vehicleFactsLaunch vehicleSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsComparisonEra of EmergenceWell-attested1957 1Launch vehicleFilter Results92 entriesVehicle TypeAllOrbital Launch Vehicles (82)Spacecraft (82)ManufacturerAllAirbus Defence and Space (1)ArianeGroup (4)Aérospatiale (2)British Aircraft Corporation (1)Douglas Aircraft Company (2)Firefly Aerospace (3)Glenn L. Martin Company (2)Israel Aerospace Industries Ltd (1)Lockheed Martin Corporation (2)Martin Marietta (9)McDonnell Douglas (1)Myasishchev Design Bureau (1)North American Aviation (1)Northrop Grumman Corporation (9)Progress Rocket Space Centre (15)S.P. Korolev Rocket and Space Corporation Energia (6)Saunders-Roe (1)SEREB (2)SpaceX (11)The Boeing Company (2)United Launch Alliance (1)Virgin Orbit (1)MakeAllAirbus Defence and Space (1)ArianeGroup (4)Aérospatiale (3)Boeing (3)British Aircraft Corporation (1)Douglas Aircraft Company (3)Firefly Aerospace (2)Glenn L. Martin Company (2)Israel Aerospace Industries (1)Lockheed Martin (2)McDonnell Douglas (1)Myasishchev (1)North American Aviation (1)Northrop Grumman (9)Progress Rocket Space Centre (15)RKK Energia (6)Saunders-Roe (1)SEREB (1)SpaceX (11)United Launch Alliance (1)Virgin Orbit (1)ModelAllDelta IV (1)Diamant (rocket) (3)Falcon 9 (4)YearAll1957 (2)1958 (2)1959 (2)1960 (5)1961 (2)1962 (4)1963 (2)1964 (1)1965 (3)1966 (1)1967 (2)1969 (2)1970 (2)1971 (2)1973 (1)1975 (1)1982 (1)1986 (1)1987 (1)1988 (3)1989 (1)1990 (2)1994 (2)1996 (1)2001 (1)2004 (3)2006 (2)2010 (4)2011 (1)2013 (3)2015 (1)2016 (1)2018 (2)2021 (2)2023 (2)2024 (1)2026 (1)Country of OriginAllFrance (8)Israel (1)Japan (1)Russia (9)Soviet Union (10)United Kingdom (2)United States (49)PropulsionAllAerozine 50 and nitrogen tetroxide (1)Ethanol (1)Hydrazine (2)Hydrogen (4)Hydrogen peroxide (1)Kerosene (12)Liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen (3)Liquid Methane (6)RP-1 and liquid oxygen (11)Solid propellant (16)Syntin (1)Engine ClassAllRocket (50)StatusAllAbandoned (1)Cancelled (7)Design only (never built) (9)In service (6)Out of production (10)Prototype (1)Retired from service (35)Under development (4)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 50Adeline (rocket stage)Launch vehicleAriane 2Launch vehicleAriane 4Launch vehicleAriane 5Launch vehicleAriane 6Launch vehicleAriane NextLaunch vehicleBAC MustardLaunch vehicleBlack ArrowLaunch vehicleCommercial Titan IIILaunch vehicleCosmopolis XXILaunch vehicleDelta IV HeavyLaunch vehicleDiamant (rocket)Launch vehicleDiamant ALaunch vehicleDiamant BLaunch vehicleDiamant BP4Launch vehicleEclipse (rocket)Launch vehicleEnergia (Rocket)Launch vehicleFalcon 1Launch vehicleFalcon 9Launch vehicleFalcon 9 Block 5Launch vehicleFalcon 9 Full ThrustLaunch vehicleFalcon 9 v1.0Launch vehicleFalcon 9 v1.1Launch vehicleFalcon HeavyLaunch vehicleFalcon XLaunch vehicleFirefly AlphaLaunch vehicleFirefly GammaLaunch vehicleH-IILaunch vehicleIAI ShavitLaunch vehicleITS launch vehicleLaunch vehicleLauncherOneLaunch vehicleLGM-25C Titan IILaunch vehicleLittle Joe (rocket)Launch vehicleMaia (rocket)Launch vehicleMartin Marietta SpacemasterLaunch vehicleMercury-Redstone Launch VehicleLaunch vehicleMolniya (rocket)Launch vehicleMolniya-MLaunch vehicleN1 (Rocket)Launch vehicleNorthrop Grumman AntaresLaunch vehicleNorthrop Grumman Minotaur ILaunch vehicleNorthrop Grumman Minotaur IIILaunch vehicleNorthrop Grumman Minotaur IVLaunch vehicleNorthrop Grumman Minotaur VLaunch vehicleNorthrop Grumman Minotaur-CLaunch vehicleNorthrop Grumman OmegALaunch vehicleNorthrop Grumman PegasusLaunch vehiclePayload Assist ModuleLaunch vehicleR-7 SemyorkaLaunch vehicleRM-90 Blue Scout IILaunch vehicleShowing 1 to 50 of 92, page 1 of 2.12Next →Sources1. Wikipedia: Sputnik 1tier 2WikipediaSputnik 1, lead section, launch date sentenceQuote, Sputnik 1, lead section, launch date sentenceIt was launched into an elliptical low Earth orbit by the Soviet Union on 4 October 1957 as part of the Soviet space program.View the SourceComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.