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 50Magellan (spacecraft)United StatesManned Maneuvering UnitUnited StatesMartin Marietta SpacemasterUnited StatesMcDonnell Douglas BarbarianUnited StatesMercury (Spacecraft)United StatesMercury-Redstone Launch VehicleUnited StatesMGM-134 MidgetmanUnited StatesNorthrop Grumman AntaresUnited StatesNorthrop Grumman CygnusUnited StatesNorthrop Grumman Habitation and Logistics OutpostUnited StatesNorthrop Grumman Minotaur IUnited StatesNorthrop Grumman Minotaur IIUnited StatesNorthrop Grumman Minotaur IIIUnited StatesNorthrop Grumman Minotaur IVUnited StatesNorthrop Grumman Minotaur VUnited StatesNorthrop Grumman Minotaur-CUnited StatesNorthrop Grumman Mission Extension VehicleUnited StatesNorthrop Grumman OmegAUnited StatesNorthrop Grumman PegasusUnited StatesOrion (spacecraft)United StatesOSAM-1United StatesPayload Assist ModuleUnited StatesPGM-11 RedstoneUnited StatesPower and Propulsion ElementUnited StatesPsyche (spacecraft)United StatesRM-89 Blue Scout IUnited StatesRM-90 Blue Scout IIUnited StatesRTV-A-2 HirocUnited StatesSaturn IUnited StatesSaturn INT-21United StatesSaturn S-IVUnited StatesSaturn S-IVBUnited StatesSaturn VUnited StatesScout XUnited StatesScout X-1United StatesScout X-1AUnited StatesScout X-2United StatesScout X-2BUnited StatesScout X-2MUnited StatesSea Dragon (rocket)United StatesS-ICUnited StatesSkylabUnited StatesSkylab BUnited StatesSM-65 AtlasUnited StatesSpace Shuttle AtlantisUnited StatesSpace Shuttle ChallengerUnited StatesSpace Shuttle ColumbiaUnited StatesSpace Shuttle DiscoveryUnited StatesSpace Shuttle EndeavourUnited StatesSpace Shuttle EnterpriseUnited StatesShowing 51 to 100 of 132, page 2 of 3.← Previous123Next →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.