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Sputnik (Спутник,Russian for "satellite"^[1]) is a name for multiplespacecrafts launched under theSoviet space program. "Sputnik 1", "Sputnik 2" and "Sputnik 3" were the official Soviet names of those objects, and the remaining designations in the series ("Sputnik 4" and so on) were not official names but names applied in the West to objects whose original Soviet names may not have been known at the time.

Spacecraft officially namedSputnik

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Sputnik 1, the firstartificial satellite to go into orbit, launched 4 October 1957
Sputnik 2, the first spacecraft to carry a living animal (the dogLaika) into orbit, launched 3 November 1957
Sputnik 3, a research satellite launched 15 May 1958

Spacecrafts with names containingSputnik

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Being the Russian term for "satellite", the wordSputnik has appeared in the names of other spacecrafts:

Dnepropetrovsk Sputnik, a series of scientific and technology development satellites
Istrebitel Sputnikov, "Destroyer of Satellites", a series of antisatellite weapons and targets
Tyazhely Sputnik, "Heavy Satellite", a failed Venus probe
Upravlyaemy Sputnik, "Controllable Satellite", a series of ocean surveillance and missile detection satellites
- US-A, nuclear-powered ocean radar surveillance satellites
- US-K,molniya orbit missile detection satellites
- US-KS,geosynchronous orbit missile detection satellites
- US-KMO, Modernised geosynchronous orbit missile detection satellites
- US-P, electronic ocean surveillance satellites
- US-PM, modernised electronic ocean surveillance satellites

Spacecrafts designated "Sputnik" in the West

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These objects are listed with their official Soviet names:

Sputnik 4 –Korabl-Sputnik 1
Sputnik 5 –Korabl-Sputnik 2
Sputnik 6 –Korabl-Sputnik 3
Sputnik 7 –Tyazhely Sputnik
Sputnik 8 –Venera 1
Sputnik 9 –Korabl-Sputnik 4
Sputnik 10 –Korabl-Sputnik 5
Sputnik 11 –Kosmos 1
Sputnik 12 –Kosmos 2
Sputnik 13 –Kosmos 3
Sputnik 14 –Kosmos 4
Sputnik 15 –Kosmos 5
Sputnik 16 –Kosmos 6
Sputnik 17 –Kosmos 7
Sputnik 18 –Kosmos 8
Sputnik 19 –Venera 2MV-1 No.1
Sputnik 20 –Venera 2MV-1 No.2
Sputnik 21 –Venera 2MV-2 No.1
Sputnik 22 –Mars 2MV-4 No.1
Sputnik 23 –Mars 1
Sputnik 24 –Mars 2MV-3 No.1
Sputnik 25 –Luna E-6 No.2

Spacecrafts named after Sputnik 1

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Notes

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^NOTE: The Russian word "sputnik" can have many meanings: "satellite", "travelling companion", "fellow traveller", etc. However, in astronomy, it means only "satellite".

Soviet andRussian space program

Roscosmos

Launch sites

Launch vehicles

Human spaceflight
programs

Past	Vostok Voskhod Salyut Almaz(incorporated into Salyut program) /TKS Soyuz-Apollo(joint) Mir Shuttle–Mir(joint) Energia /Buran
Cancelled	Zond (7K-L1)(Moon flyby) Soviet crewed lunar programs(Moon landing) Zvezda(moonbase) TMK(Mars/Venus flyby) Spiral Zvezda Zarya MAKS Kliper
Active	International Space Station(joint) Russian Orbital Segment Soyuz
In development	Orel

Robotic
programs

Past	Dnepropetrovsk Sputnik (1961–1982) Prognoz (1972–1996) Luna (1958–1976) Venera (1961–1985) Zond (1964–1970) Astron (1983–1991) Vega (1984–1987) Phobos(failed) (1988–1989) Granat (1989–1998) Gamma (1990–1992) Mars 96(failed) (1996) Resurs-DK No.1 (2006–2016) CORONAS (1994–2009) Fobos-Grunt(failed) (2011) Spektr-R (2011–2019) Luna 25(failed) (2023)
Cancelled	Kazachok
Active	Bion-M Elektro–L Trace Gas Orbiter(joint) Meteor-M Resurs-P Spektr-RG
In development	Luna-Glob Luna 26 Luna 27 Luna 28 Spektr-UV