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 32Space Shuttle external tankUnited StatesSpaceShipOneUnited StatesSpaceX DragonUnited StatesSpaceX Dragon 1United StatesSpaceX Dragon 2United StatesSpaceX Red DragonUnited StatesSpaceX StarshipUnited StatesSpaceX Starship (spacecraft)United StatesSprint (missile)United StatesTerreStar-1United StatesThor (rocket family)United StatesThor-AbleUnited StatesThor-DeltaUnited StatesTitan 23GUnited StatesTitan 34DUnited StatesTitan IIIAUnited StatesTitan IIIBUnited StatesTitan IIIDUnited StatesTitan IIIMUnited StatesTitan IVUnited StatesTranstageUnited StatesUUM-44 SUBROCUnited StatesVanguard (rocket)United StatesVentureStarUnited StatesViking (rocket)United StatesViking 1United StatesViking 2United StatesVought ASM-135 ASATUnited StatesVought SLAMUnited StatesVulcan CentaurUnited StatesWind (spacecraft)United StatesWorldView LegionUnited StatesShowing 101 to 132 of 132, 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.