Home›Spacecraft and Launch Vehicles›Status›CancelledBrowse ByCancelledFactsCancelledSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsComparisonEra of EmergenceWell-attested1957 1CancelledFilter Results23 entriesVehicle TypeAllCrewed Spacecraft (2)Orbital Launch Vehicles (9)Spacecraft (11)ManufacturerAllAérospatiale (1)British Aerospace (1)British Aircraft Corporation (1)Convair (1)Dornier Flugzeugwerke (1)Firefly Aerospace (1)Lockheed Martin Corporation (1)Martin Marietta (3)Maxar Technologies (1)McDonnell Douglas (3)Myasishchev Design Bureau (1)Northrop Grumman Corporation (2)Progress Rocket Space Centre (1)S.P. Korolev Rocket and Space Corporation Energia (1)SpaceX (1)Vought (2)MakeAllAérospatiale (1)British Aerospace (1)British Aircraft Corporation (1)Convair (1)Dornier (1)Firefly Aerospace (1)Lanteris Space Systems (1)Lockheed Martin (1)McDonnell Douglas (3)Myasishchev (1)Northrop Grumman (2)Progress Rocket Space Centre (1)RKK Energia (1)SpaceX (1)YearAll1947 (1)1963 (1)1969 (1)1970 (1)1979 (2)1989 (1)1993 (1)1998 (1)2011 (1)2023 (1)Country of OriginAllFrance (1)Russia (1)Soviet Union (2)United Kingdom (2)United States (13)Body StyleAllLaunch vehicle (7)Missile (5)Space station module (1)Spacecraft (5)PropulsionAllHydrogen (2)Kerosene (3)Liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen (1)Nuclear (1)Solid propellant (4)Engine ClassAllRamjet (3)Rocket (14)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 23ASALMCancelledBAC MustardCancelledBritish Aerospace HOTOLCancelledDelta IIICancelledDornier Projekt 621CancelledFirefly GenesisCancelledHermes (spaceplane)CancelledMcDonnell Douglas DC-XCancelledMGM-134 MidgetmanCancelledMyasishchev RSS-40 BuranCancelledN1 (Rocket)CancelledNorthrop Grumman Habitation and Logistics OutpostCancelledNorthrop Grumman OmegACancelledOSAM-1CancelledRTV-A-2 HirocCancelledRus-MCancelledSaturn C-5NCancelledSkylab BCancelledSpaceX Red DragonCancelledTitan IIIMCancelledVentureStarCancelledVought ASM-135 ASATCancelledVought SLAMCancelledSources1. 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.