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 50Orbital Test SatelliteRetired from servicePGM-11 RedstoneRetired from servicePirs (ISS Module)Retired from serviceProgress MRetired from serviceR-7 SemyorkaRetired from serviceResurs-DK No.1Retired from serviceResurs-P No.1Retired from serviceResurs-P No.2Retired from serviceRM-89 Blue Scout IRetired from serviceRM-90 Blue Scout IIRetired from serviceRosettaRetired from serviceS2 (missile)Retired from serviceS3 (missile)Retired from serviceSalyut 1Retired from serviceSalyut 4Retired from serviceSalyut 6Retired from serviceSalyut 7Retired from serviceSaturn IRetired from serviceScout X-1Retired from serviceScout X-1ARetired from serviceScout X-2Retired from serviceScout X-2BRetired from serviceScout X-2MRetired from serviceSkylark (rocket)Retired from serviceSM-65 AtlasRetired from serviceSoyuz 7K-L1Retired from serviceSoyuz 7K-OKRetired from serviceSoyuz 7K-TRetired from serviceSoyuz TRetired from serviceSoyuz TMRetired from serviceSoyuz TMARetired from serviceSoyuz-FGRetired from serviceSoyuz-STRetired from serviceSoyuz-URetired from serviceSoyuz-U2Retired from serviceSpace Shuttle AtlantisRetired from serviceSpace Shuttle DiscoveryRetired from serviceSpace Shuttle EndeavourRetired from serviceSpace Shuttle external tankRetired from serviceSpaceShipOneRetired from serviceSpaceShipTwoRetired from serviceSpaceX Dragon 1Retired from serviceSPOT 6 and SPOT 7Retired from serviceSprint (missile)Retired from serviceThor (rocket family)Retired from serviceThor-AbleRetired from serviceTitan 23GRetired from serviceTitan 34DRetired from serviceTitan IIIARetired from serviceTitan IIIBRetired from serviceShowing 51 to 100 of 110, 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.