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 42Rus-MLaunch vehicleSaturn C-5NLaunch vehicleSaturn ILaunch vehicleSaturn INT-21Launch vehicleSaturn VLaunch vehicleScout XLaunch vehicleScout X-1Launch vehicleScout X-2Launch vehicleScout X-2BLaunch vehicleScout X-2MLaunch vehicleSea Dragon (rocket)Launch vehicleS-ICLaunch vehicleSoyuz-2Launch vehicleSoyuz-2.1aLaunch vehicleSoyuz-2.1bLaunch vehicleSoyuz-2.1vLaunch vehicleSoyuz-5 (rocket)Launch vehicleSoyuz-7Launch vehicleSoyuz-FGLaunch vehicleSoyuz-LLaunch vehicleSoyuz-MLaunch vehicleSoyuz-STLaunch vehicleSoyuz-ULaunch vehicleSoyuz-U2Launch vehicleSpaceX StarshipLaunch vehicleSpaceX Super HeavyLaunch vehicleThor (rocket family)Launch vehicleThor-AbleLaunch vehicleThor-AgenaLaunch vehicleThor-DeltaLaunch vehicleTitan 23GLaunch vehicleTitan 34DLaunch vehicleTitan IIIALaunch vehicleTitan IIIBLaunch vehicleTitan IIIDLaunch vehicleTitan IIIMLaunch vehicleTitan IVLaunch vehicleVanguard (rocket)Launch vehicleVentureStarLaunch vehicleVoskhod (Rocket)Launch vehicleVostok (Rocket Family)Launch vehicleVostok-KLaunch vehicleShowing 51 to 92 of 92, page 2 of 2.← Previous12Sources1. 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.