Home›Spacecraft and Launch Vehicles›Status›Retired from serviceBrowse ByRetired from serviceFactsRetired from serviceSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsComparisonEra of EmergenceWell-attested1957 1Retired from serviceFilter Results110 entriesVehicle TypeAllCrewed Spacecraft (11)Orbital Launch Vehicles (43)Spacecraft (54)ManufacturerAllAirbus Defence and Space (9)British Aerospace (4)Chrysler Corporation (1)Convair (5)Douglas Aircraft Company (1)Glenn L. Martin Company (3)Israel Aerospace Industries Ltd (5)Lockheed Martin Corporation (1)Martin Marietta (17)McDonnell Aircraft Corporation (1)McDonnell Douglas (1)North American Aviation (1)Northrop Grumman Corporation (1)Progress Rocket Space Centre (13)Rockwell International (3)S.P. Korolev Rocket and Space Corporation Energia (16)Scaled Composites (1)SEREB (2)SpaceX (5)United Launch Alliance (1)Virgin Orbit (1)MakeAllAirbus Defence and Space (9)Aérospatiale (1)British Aerospace (4)Convair (5)Douglas Aircraft Company (1)Glenn L. Martin Company (3)Israel Aerospace Industries (5)Lockheed Martin (1)McDonnell Aircraft (1)McDonnell Douglas (1)North American Aviation (1)Northrop Grumman (1)Progress Rocket Space Centre (13)RKK Energia (16)Rockwell International (3)Scaled Composites (2)SEREB (1)SpaceX (5)United Launch Alliance (1)Virgin Orbit (1)ModelAllDiamant (rocket) (2)Falcon 9 (2)YearAll1953 (1)1957 (4)1958 (2)1959 (3)1960 (5)1961 (3)1962 (4)1963 (1)1964 (3)1965 (3)1966 (1)1967 (3)1971 (4)1972 (1)1973 (2)1974 (3)1975 (4)1977 (2)1978 (1)1979 (2)1981 (1)1982 (3)1984 (3)1985 (2)1986 (3)1987 (1)1988 (1)1989 (4)1990 (2)1992 (1)1994 (1)1999 (1)2000 (1)2001 (3)2002 (3)2003 (2)2004 (1)2005 (1)2006 (3)2008 (2)2009 (1)2010 (2)2011 (1)2012 (2)2013 (2)2014 (2)2015 (1)2017 (1)2018 (1)2021 (1)2025 (1)Country of OriginAllFrance (9)Germany (3)Israel (5)Japan (1)Russia (10)Soviet Union (17)United Kingdom (3)United States (51)Body StyleAllAircraft (no road body style) (1)Astronaut propulsion unit (1)External propellant tank (1)Glide bomb (1)Launch vehicle (35)Missile (11)Research rocket (1)Sounding rocket (6)Space station module (3)Spacecraft (42)Upper stage (1)PropulsionAllAerozine 50 and nitrogen tetroxide (2)Ethanol (2)Hydrazine (5)Hydrogen (3)Kerosene (4)Liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen (1)Monomethylhydrazine and MON-1 (1)Nitrogen gas (1)Nitrous oxide and rubber hybrid (2)RP-1 and liquid oxygen (4)Solid propellant (20)Syntin (1)UDMH and dinitrogen tetroxide (2)Xenon (1)Engine ClassAllRocket (46)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 50AeolusRetired from serviceAGM-12 BullpupRetired from serviceAGM-62 WalleyeRetired from serviceAtlas GRetired from serviceAtlas LV-3BRetired from serviceAtlas SLV-3Retired from serviceAtlas-AgenaRetired from serviceAutomated Transfer VehicleRetired from serviceBion-M No.2Retired from serviceCommercial Titan IIIRetired from serviceDelta IIRetired from serviceDelta IVRetired from serviceDiamant (rocket)Retired from serviceDiamant ARetired from serviceDiamant BP4Retired from serviceEnergia (Rocket)Retired from serviceEnvisatRetired from serviceFalcon 1Retired from serviceFalcon 9 prototypesRetired from serviceFalcon 9 v1.0Retired from serviceFalcon 9 v1.1Retired from serviceFoton-M No.4Retired from serviceGaiaRetired from serviceGiottoRetired from serviceGravity Recovery and Climate ExperimentRetired from serviceHGM-25A Titan IRetired from serviceH-IIRetired from serviceIAI AMOS-2Retired from serviceIAI AMOS-3Retired from serviceIAI EROS ARetired from serviceIAI EROS BRetired from serviceIAI VENμSRetired from serviceIkar (rocket stage)Retired from serviceLauncherOneRetired from serviceLGM-118 PeacekeeperRetired from serviceLGM-25C Titan IIRetired from serviceLISA PathfinderRetired from serviceLittle Joe (rocket)Retired from serviceLTV MGM-52 LanceRetired from serviceM1 (missile)Retired from serviceM2 (missile)Retired from serviceM20 (missile)Retired from serviceMagellan (spacecraft)Retired from serviceManned Maneuvering UnitRetired from serviceMercury (Spacecraft)Retired from serviceMercury-Redstone Launch VehicleRetired from serviceMir (Space Station)Retired from serviceMolniya-MRetired from serviceNorthrop Grumman PegasusRetired from serviceOlympus-1Retired from serviceShowing 1 to 50 of 110, 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.