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 10Titan IIIDRetired from serviceTitan IVRetired from serviceTranstageRetired from serviceVanguard (rocket)Retired from serviceVenus ExpressRetired from serviceViking 1Retired from serviceViking 2Retired from serviceVoskhod (Spacecraft)Retired from serviceYantar-2KRetired from serviceYantar-4K1Retired from serviceShowing 101 to 110 of 110, 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.