Home›Spacecraft and Launch Vehicles›Country of Origin›Soviet UnionBrowse BySoviet UnionFactsSoviet UnionSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsComparisonEra of EmergenceWell-attested1957 1Soviet UnionFilter Results32 entriesVehicle TypeAllCrewed Spacecraft (6)Orbital Launch Vehicles (11)Spacecraft (17)ManufacturerAllMyasishchev Design Bureau (1)Progress Rocket Space Centre (11)S.P. Korolev Rocket and Space Corporation Energia (19)Tupolev (1)MakeAllMyasishchev (1)Progress Rocket Space Centre (11)RKK Energia (19)Tupolev (1)YearAll1957 (1)1960 (1)1961 (1)1963 (1)1964 (1)1965 (1)1967 (2)1969 (1)1970 (1)1971 (2)1973 (2)1974 (3)1977 (1)1978 (1)1979 (2)1982 (1)1986 (2)1987 (2)1989 (1)2000 (1)Body StyleAllLaunch vehicle (10)Missile (2)Space station module (3)Spacecraft (18)PropulsionAllHydrogen (2)Kerosene (7)Syntin (1)UDMH and dinitrogen tetroxide (1)Engine ClassAllRamjet (1)Rocket (9)StatusAllCancelled (2)Design only (never built) (1)Destroyed (1)In service (2)Out of production (8)Retired from service (17)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 32Bion (satellite)Soviet UnionEnergia (Rocket)Soviet UnionMir (Space Station)Soviet UnionMolniya-MSoviet UnionMyasishchev RSS-40 BuranSoviet UnionN1 (Rocket)Soviet UnionOrletsSoviet UnionPolyus (Spacecraft)Soviet UnionProgress (Spacecraft)Soviet UnionR-7 SemyorkaSoviet UnionSalyut 1Soviet UnionSalyut 4Soviet UnionSalyut 6Soviet UnionSalyut 7Soviet UnionSoyuz 7K-L1Soviet UnionSoyuz 7K-OKSoviet UnionSoyuz 7K-TSoviet UnionSoyuz TSoviet UnionSoyuz TMSoviet UnionSoyuz-LSoviet UnionSoyuz-MSoviet UnionSoyuz-U2Soviet UnionTupolev OOSSoviet UnionVoskhod (Rocket)Soviet UnionVoskhod (Spacecraft)Soviet UnionVostok (Rocket Family)Soviet UnionVostok-KSoviet UnionYantar (satellite)Soviet UnionYantar-2KSoviet UnionYantar-4K1Soviet UnionZenit (satellite)Soviet UnionZvezda (ISS Module)Soviet UnionSources1. 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.