• 1 Spacecraft officially named Sputnik
• 2 Spacecraft with names containing Sputnik
• 3 Spacecraft designated "Sputnik" in the West
• 4 Spacecraft named after Sputnik 1
• 5 See also
• 6 References

Spacecraft officially named Sputnik

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

Spacecraft with names containing Sputnik

Being the Russian term for "satellite", the word Sputnik has appeared in the names of other spacecraft:

• 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

Spacecraft designated "Sputnik" in the West

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 – Sputnik has appeared in the names of other spacecraft:
  • 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

  Spacecraft designated "Sputnik" in the West

  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 – 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