Home›Spacecraft and Launch Vehicles›Country of Origin›United StatesBrowse ByUnited StatesFactsUnited StatesSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsComparisonEra of EmergenceWell-attested1957 1United StatesFilter Results132 entriesVehicle TypeAllCrewed Spacecraft (15)Orbital Launch Vehicles (63)Spacecraft (78)ManufacturerAllChrysler Corporation (1)Convair (12)Douglas Aircraft Company (1)Firefly Aerospace (8)Glenn L. Martin Company (4)Goodyear Aerospace (2)Lockheed Martin Corporation (3)Lockheed Missiles and Space Company (1)Martin Marietta (23)Maxar Technologies (7)McDonnell Aircraft Corporation (2)McDonnell Douglas (7)North American Aviation (1)Northrop Grumman Corporation (12)Rockwell International (6)Scaled Composites (1)SpaceX (12)The Boeing Company (8)United Launch Alliance (3)Virgin Orbit (1)Vought (2)MakeAllBoeing (8)Convair (12)Douglas Aircraft Company (2)Firefly Aerospace (8)Glenn L. Martin Company (4)Goodyear Aerospace (2)Lanteris Space Systems (7)Lockheed Corporation (1)Lockheed Martin (3)McDonnell Aircraft (2)McDonnell Douglas (7)North American Aviation (1)Northrop Grumman (12)Rockwell International (6)Scaled Composites (1)SpaceX (12)United Launch Alliance (3)Virgin Orbit (1)ModelAllFalcon 9 (1)Firefly Elytra (3)YearAll1947 (1)1949 (1)1953 (1)1954 (1)1957 (2)1958 (3)1959 (4)1960 (6)1961 (3)1962 (7)1963 (2)1964 (4)1965 (1)1966 (2)1967 (3)1970 (1)1971 (2)1972 (1)1973 (1)1975 (3)1976 (1)1979 (2)1981 (2)1982 (1)1983 (2)1984 (3)1985 (1)1986 (1)1988 (1)1989 (3)1990 (2)1992 (1)1994 (2)2002 (2)2003 (1)2006 (2)2009 (1)2010 (5)2011 (1)2012 (2)2013 (3)2014 (1)2015 (1)2016 (1)2018 (2)2019 (5)2021 (3)2023 (4)2024 (2)2025 (1)Body StyleAllAircraft (no road body style) (1)Astronaut propulsion unit (1)External propellant tank (1)Glide bomb (1)Guided projectile (1)Launch vehicle (46)Missile (10)Research rocket (1)Sounding rocket (6)Space station module (1)Spacecraft (35)Target rocket (1)Upper stage (1)PropulsionAllAerozine 50 and nitrogen tetroxide (2)Electric (1)Ethanol (2)Hydrazine (6)Hydrogen (8)Kerosene (5)Liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen (3)Liquid Methane (3)MMH and MON-3 (hypergolic) (3)Nitrogen gas (1)Nitrous oxide and rubber hybrid (1)Nuclear (1)RP-1 and liquid oxygen (7)Solar (1)Solid propellant (23)Engine ClassAllIon thruster (3)Ramjet (2)Rocket (67)StatusAllAbandoned (1)Cancelled (13)Design only (never built) (11)Destroyed (4)In Production (1)In service (15)Out of production (3)Prototype (1)Retired from service (51)Surviving (2)Under development (7)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 50AGM-12 BullpupUnited StatesAGM-62 WalleyeUnited StatesASALMUnited StatesASSET (spacecraft)United StatesAtlas E/FUnited StatesAtlas GUnited StatesAtlas HUnited StatesAtlas LV-3BUnited StatesAtlas SLV-3United StatesAtlas VUnited StatesAtlas-AbleUnited StatesAtlas-AgenaUnited StatesAtlas-CentaurUnited StatesBig GeminiUnited StatesBoeing Lunar LanderUnited StatesBoeing Small Launch VehicleUnited StatesBoeing StarlinerUnited StatesBoeing Starliner CalypsoUnited StatesBoeing Starliner Spacecraft 2United StatesBoeing X-37United StatesCentaur (rocket stage)United StatesCommercial Titan IIIUnited StatesConvair X-12United StatesDelta IVUnited StatesDouble Asteroid Redirection TestUnited StatesEchoStar XVIUnited StatesFalcon 1United StatesFalcon 9United StatesFalcon 9 prototypesUnited StatesFalcon HeavyUnited StatesFalcon XUnited StatesFirefly AlphaUnited StatesFirefly Blue GhostUnited StatesFirefly ElytraUnited StatesFirefly Elytra DarkUnited StatesFirefly Elytra DawnUnited StatesFirefly Elytra DuskUnited StatesFirefly GammaUnited StatesFirefly GenesisUnited StatesGoodyear Meteor JuniorUnited StatesHGM-25A Titan IUnited StatesITS launch vehicleUnited StatesKH-9 HexagonUnited StatesLanteris 1300United StatesLauncherOneUnited StatesLGM-118 PeacekeeperUnited StatesLGM-25C Titan IIUnited StatesLittle Joe (rocket)United StatesLTV MGM-52 LanceUnited StatesM712 CopperheadUnited StatesShowing 1 to 50 of 132, 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.