Home›Spacecraft and Launch Vehicles›Status›In serviceBrowse ByIn serviceFactsIn serviceSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsComparisonEra of EmergenceWell-attested1957 1In serviceFilter Results50 entriesVehicle TypeAllCrewed Spacecraft (4)Orbital Launch Vehicles (11)Spacecraft (15)ManufacturerAllAirbus Defence and Space (17)ArianeGroup (2)Convair (1)Firefly Aerospace (2)Israel Aerospace Industries Ltd (4)Lockheed Martin Corporation (1)Martin Marietta (1)Maxar Technologies (2)Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (2)Northrop Grumman Corporation (1)Progress Rocket Space Centre (4)S.P. Korolev Rocket and Space Corporation Energia (6)SpaceX (4)The Boeing Company (1)United Launch Alliance (2)MakeAllAirbus Defence and Space (17)ArianeGroup (2)Boeing (1)Convair (1)Firefly Aerospace (2)Israel Aerospace Industries (4)Lanteris Space Systems (2)Lockheed Martin (1)Mitsubishi (2)Northrop Grumman (1)Progress Rocket Space Centre (4)RKK Energia (6)SpaceX (4)United Launch Alliance (2)YearAll1962 (1)1971 (1)1978 (1)1994 (1)2000 (2)2002 (2)2003 (1)2004 (1)2006 (1)2007 (1)2008 (1)2009 (1)2010 (4)2012 (1)2013 (2)2014 (1)2015 (2)2016 (2)2017 (1)2018 (2)2019 (2)2020 (2)2021 (3)2023 (3)2024 (4)2025 (4)2026 (1)Country of OriginAllFrance (4)Germany (3)Israel (4)Italy (1)Japan (2)Russia (8)Soviet Union (2)Spain (2)United Kingdom (2)United States (15)Body StyleAllLaunch vehicle (6)Missile (3)Space station module (4)Spacecraft (30)PropulsionAllHydrazine (2)Hydrogen (5)Kerosene (2)Liquid Methane (1)RP-1 and liquid oxygen (2)Solar (1)Solid propellant (3)Engine ClassAllIon thruster (2)Rocket (14)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 50Ariane 6In serviceAtlas VIn serviceBepiColomboIn serviceBiomassIn serviceBoeing X-37In serviceCentaur (rocket stage)In serviceCHEOPSIn serviceColumbus (ISS module)In serviceEarthCAREIn serviceEuropean Data Relay SystemIn serviceEutelsat QuantumIn serviceFalcon 9In serviceFalcon HeavyIn serviceFirefly AlphaIn serviceFirefly Blue GhostIn serviceH3In serviceHTV-XIn serviceIAI ArrowIn serviceIAI JerichoIn serviceIAI Ofeq-5In serviceIAI OPTSAT-3000In serviceJupiter Icy Moons ExplorerIn serviceM51In serviceMars ExpressIn serviceNorthrop Grumman CygnusIn serviceOrion (spacecraft)In servicePléiades NeoIn servicePoisk (ISS Module)In serviceProgress (Spacecraft)In serviceProgress MSIn servicePsyche (spacecraft)In serviceRassvet (ISS Module)In serviceResurs-PIn serviceSentinel-2In serviceSentinel-6 Michael FreilichIn serviceSolar OrbiterIn serviceSoyuz MSIn serviceSoyuz-2In serviceSoyuz-5 (rocket)In serviceSpaceX DragonIn serviceSpaceX Dragon 2In serviceSpainsat NGIn serviceSPOT 6 and SPOT 7In serviceSwarmIn serviceTerraSAR-XIn serviceVolga (rocket stage)In serviceVulcan CentaurIn serviceWind (spacecraft)In serviceWorldView LegionIn serviceZvezda (ISS Module)In serviceSources1. 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.