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 47Resurs-P No.2SpacecraftRosalind Franklin roverSpacecraftRosettaSpacecraftSalyut 4SpacecraftSalyut 6SpacecraftSalyut 7SpacecraftSentinel-2SpacecraftSentinel-5 PrecursorSpacecraftSentinel-6 Michael FreilichSpacecraftSkylabSpacecraftSkylab BSpacecraftSkynet 6ASpacecraftSolar OrbiterSpacecraftSoyuz 7K-L1SpacecraftSoyuz 7K-OKSpacecraftSoyuz 7K-TSpacecraftSoyuz MSSpacecraftSoyuz TSpacecraftSoyuz TMSpacecraftSoyuz TMASpacecraftSpace Shuttle DiscoverySpacecraftSpaceShipTwoSpacecraftSpaceX DragonSpacecraftSpaceX Dragon 1SpacecraftSpaceX Dragon 2SpacecraftSpaceX Red DragonSpacecraftSpaceX Starship (spacecraft)SpacecraftSpainsat NGSpacecraftSPOT 6 and SPOT 7SpacecraftStarship HLSSpacecraftSwarmSpacecraftTanDEM-XSpacecraftTerraSAR-XSpacecraftTerreStar-1SpacecraftTupolev OOSSpacecraftTürksat 6ASpacecraftVenus ExpressSpacecraftViking 1SpacecraftViking 2SpacecraftVoskhod (Spacecraft)SpacecraftWind (spacecraft)SpacecraftWorldView LegionSpacecraftYantar (satellite)SpacecraftYantar-2KSpacecraftYantar-4K1SpacecraftYantar-4K2MSpacecraftZenit (satellite)SpacecraftShowing 101 to 147 of 147, page 3 of 3.← Previous123Sources1. 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.