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List of spacecraft called Sputnik
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<h2 id="spacecraft-officially-named-sputnik">Spacecraft officially named <i>Sputnik</i></h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Sputnik_1/GQ5KLlNC">Sputnik 1</a>, the first <a href="/facts/Artificial_satellite/PTX8c68t">artificial satellite</a> to go into orbit, launched 4 October 1957</li> <li><a href="/facts/Sputnik_2/g2L3YBbY">Sputnik 2</a>, the first spacecraft to carry a living animal (the dog <a href="/facts/Laika/h2a9Iyqe">Laika</a>) into orbit, launched 3 November 1957</li> <li><a href="/facts/Sputnik_3/C18A79Ng">Sputnik 3</a>, a research satellite launched 15 May 1958</li></ul> <h2 id="spacecraft-with-names-containing-sputnik">Spacecraft with names containing <i>Sputnik</i></h2> <p>Being the Russian term for "satellite", the word <i>Sputnik</i> has appeared in the names of other spacecraft: </p> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Dnepropetrovsk_Sputnik/Fp5mVn5l">Dnepropetrovsk Sputnik</a>, a series of scientific and technology development satellites</li> <li><a href="/facts/Istrebitel_Sputnikov/HGWqGP0w">Istrebitel Sputnikov</a>, "Destroyer of Satellites", a series of antisatellite weapons and targets</li> <li><a href="/facts/Tyazhely_Sputnik/gd1y9LNT">Tyazhely Sputnik</a>, "Heavy Satellite", a failed Venus probe</li> <li>Upravlyaemy Sputnik, "Controllable Satellite", a series of ocean surveillance and missile detection satellites <ul><li><a href="/facts/US-A/6fW5JlLI">US-A</a>, nuclear-powered ocean radar surveillance satellites</li> <li><a href="/facts/US-K/NQUSIYn0">US-K</a>, <a href="/facts/Molniya_orbit/uGEqtoSw">molniya orbit</a> missile detection satellites</li> <li><a href="/facts/US-KS/cyYHANeW">US-KS</a>, <a href="/facts/Geosynchronous_orbit/nR2yaeUg">geosynchronous orbit</a> missile detection satellites</li> <li><a href="/facts/US-KMO/kvRRrrTy">US-KMO</a>, Modernised geosynchronous orbit missile detection satellites</li> <li>US-P, electronic ocean surveillance satellites</li> <li>US-PM, modernised electronic ocean surveillance satellites</li></ul></li></ul> <h2 id="spacecraft-designated-sputnik-in-the-west">Spacecraft designated "Sputnik" in the West</h2> <p>These objects are listed with their official Soviet names: </p> <ul><li>Sputnik 4 – <a href="/facts/Korabl-Sputnik_1/4wa4rpra">Korabl-Sputnik 1</a></li> <li>Sputnik 5 – <a href="/facts/Korabl-Sputnik_2/RxKjvjAm">Korabl-Sputnik 2</a></li> <li>Sputnik 6 – <a href="/facts/Korabl-Sputnik_3/CqevfgAS">Korabl-Sputnik 3</a></li> <li>Sputnik 7 – <a href="/facts/Tyazhely_Sputnik/gd1y9LNT">Tyazhely Sputnik</a></li> <li>Sputnik 8 – <a href="/facts/Venera_1/pVs6FeMA">Venera 1</a></li> <li>Sputnik 9 – <a href="/facts/Korabl-Sputnik_4/rDzG3Uxu">Korabl-Sputnik 4</a></li> <li>Sputnik 10 – <a href="/facts/Korabl-Sputnik_5/xghqqsJy">Korabl-Sputnik 5</a></li> <li>Sputnik 11 – <a href="/facts/Kosmos_1/lwcAKVWH">Kosmos 1</a></li> <li>Sputnik 12 – <a href="/facts/Kosmos_2/HgwQtHtQ">Kosmos 2</a></li> <li>Sputnik 13 – <a href="/facts/Kosmos_3/tMnGrI4f">Kosmos 3</a></li> <li>Sputnik 14 – <a href="/facts/Kosmos_4/nh24QyKB">Kosmos 4</a></li> <li>Sputnik 15 – <a href="/facts/Kosmos_5/7exG6pg6">Kosmos 5</a></li> <li>Sputnik 16 – <a href="/facts/Kosmos_6/YvGRwoUo">Kosmos 6</a></li> <li>Sputnik 17 – <a href="/facts/Kosmos_7/JwYCJeFy">Kosmos 7</a></li> <li>Sputnik 18 – <a href="/facts/Kosmos_8/BFdTce5j">Kosmos 8</a></li> <li>Sputnik 19 – <a href="/facts/Venera_2MV-1_No.1/w2nGCdUu">Venera 2MV-1 No.1</a></li> <li>Sputnik 20 – <a href="/facts/Venera_2MV-1_No.2/a3KavTpt">Venera 2MV-1 No.2</a></li> <li>Sputnik 21 – <a href="/facts/Venera_2MV-2_No.1/mFY8t18J">Venera 2MV-2 No.1</a></li> <li>Sputnik 22 – <a href="/facts/Mars_2MV-4_No.1/PXDgHnv2">Mars 2MV-4 No.1</a></li> <li>Sputnik 23 – <a href="/facts/Mars_1/hdytBvQM">Mars 1</a></li> <li>Sputnik 24 – <a href="/facts/Mars_2MV-3_No.1/hLTRUoRd">Mars 2MV-3 No.1</a></li> <li>Sputnik 25 – <a href="/facts/Luna_E-6_No.2/GzbQBCcK">Luna E-6 No.2</a></li></ul> <h2 id="spacecraft-named-after-sputnik-1">Spacecraft named after Sputnik 1</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Sputnik_40/mY0Hak6h">Sputnik 40</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Sputnik_41/eeGgMLc5">Sputnik 41</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Sputnik_99/RM0I0VLq">Sputnik 99</a></li></ul> <h2 id="see-also">See also</h2> <ul> <li>Soviet Union portal</li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Lists_of_spacecraft/xKETMa5d">Lists of spacecraft</a></li></ul> <h2 id="notes">Notes</h2> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>NOTE: The Russian word "sputnik" can have many meanings: "satellite", "travelling companion", "fellow traveller", etc. However, in astronomy, it means only "satellite". <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>