Home›Spacecraft and Launch Vehicles›Body Style›SpacecraftBrowse BySpacecraftFactsSpacecraftSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsComparisonEra of EmergenceWell-attested1957 1SpacecraftFilter Results147 entriesVehicle TypeAllCrewed Spacecraft (20)Orbital Launch Vehicles (3)Spacecraft (23)ManufacturerAllAirbus Defence and Space (39)Aérospatiale (1)British Aerospace (4)Firefly Aerospace (6)Goodyear Aerospace (1)Israel Aerospace Industries Ltd (28)Lockheed Martin Corporation (1)Lockheed Missiles and Space Company (1)Martin Marietta (4)Maxar Technologies (7)McDonnell Aircraft Corporation (2)McDonnell Douglas (4)Northrop Grumman Corporation (2)Progress Rocket Space Centre (18)Rockwell International (1)S.P. Korolev Rocket and Space Corporation Energia (16)SpaceX (6)Tupolev (1)Turkish Aerospace Industries (3)MakeAllAirbus Defence and Space (39)Aérospatiale (1)British Aerospace (4)Firefly Aerospace (6)Goodyear Aerospace (1)Israel Aerospace Industries (28)Lanteris Space Systems (7)Lockheed Corporation (1)Lockheed Martin (1)McDonnell Aircraft (2)McDonnell Douglas (4)Northrop Grumman (2)Progress Rocket Space Centre (18)RKK Energia (16)Rockwell International (1)Scaled Composites (1)SpaceX (6)Tupolev (1)Turkish Aerospace Industries (3)ModelAllFirefly Elytra (3)YearAll1954 (1)1960 (1)1961 (1)1963 (1)1964 (1)1967 (2)1970 (1)1971 (1)1973 (3)1974 (3)1975 (2)1977 (1)1978 (2)1979 (2)1982 (1)1984 (1)1985 (2)1986 (1)1987 (1)1988 (2)1989 (3)1990 (2)1994 (1)1995 (1)1996 (2)1997 (1)1998 (1)2000 (1)2001 (1)2002 (4)2003 (2)2004 (3)2005 (2)2006 (2)2007 (2)2008 (4)2009 (2)2010 (4)2011 (2)2012 (3)2013 (6)2014 (4)2015 (3)2016 (3)2017 (4)2018 (2)2019 (4)2020 (3)2021 (4)2022 (1)2023 (6)2024 (3)2025 (6)Country of OriginAllFrance (6)Germany (7)Israel (28)Russia (17)Soviet Union (18)Spain (2)Turkey (3)United Kingdom (8)United States (35)PropulsionAllElectric (5)Hydrazine (8)Hydrogen (2)Liquid Methane (1)MMH and MON-3 (hypergolic) (4)Monomethylhydrazine and mixed oxides of nitrogen (1)Monomethylhydrazine and MON-1 (1)Nitrous oxide and rubber hybrid (1)Solar (1)Solid propellant (1)UDMH and dinitrogen tetroxide (1)Xenon (1)Engine ClassAllIon thruster (4)Jet (1)Rocket (18)StatusAllCancelled (5)Decayed from orbit (4)Design only (never built) (5)Destroyed (6)In Production (3)In service (30)Lost (2)Out of production (4)Retired from service (42)Surviving (1)Under development (9)Upcoming (3)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 50AeolusSpacecraftAirbus Defence and Space SpaceplaneSpacecraftAlphabusSpacecraftASSET (spacecraft)SpacecraftAutomated Transfer VehicleSpacecraftBepiColomboSpacecraftBig GeminiSpacecraftBiomassSpacecraftBion (satellite)SpacecraftBion-M No.1SpacecraftBion-M No.2SpacecraftBritish Aerospace HOTOLSpacecraftCHEOPSSpacecraftCryoSat-2SpacecraftDouble Asteroid Redirection TestSpacecraftEarthCARESpacecraftEchoStar XVISpacecraftEnvisatSpacecraftEuropean Data Relay SystemSpacecraftEuropean Service ModuleSpacecraftEurostar (satellite bus)SpacecraftEurostar E3000SpacecraftEutelsat QuantumSpacecraftFirefly Blue GhostSpacecraftFirefly ElytraSpacecraftFirefly Elytra DarkSpacecraftFirefly Elytra DawnSpacecraftFirefly Elytra DuskSpacecraftFirefly GenesisSpacecraftFoton (satellite)SpacecraftFoton-M No.1SpacecraftFoton-M No.2SpacecraftFoton-M No.4SpacecraftGaiaSpacecraftGiottoSpacecraftGöktürk-2SpacecraftGöktürk-3SpacecraftGoodyear Meteor JuniorSpacecraftGravity Recovery and Climate ExperimentSpacecraftHuygens (spacecraft)SpacecraftIAI AMOSSpacecraftIAI AMOS-1SpacecraftIAI AMOS-2SpacecraftIAI AMOS-3SpacecraftIAI AMOS-4SpacecraftIAI AMOS-6SpacecraftIAI BeresheetSpacecraftIAI BGUSATSpacecraftIAI EROS ASpacecraftIAI EROS BSpacecraftShowing 1 to 50 of 147, page 1 of 3.123Next →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.