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Outcome

This dimension marks whether a mission actually succeeded, partly succeeded or failed. Wikipedia notes that spacecraft "are designed to deorbit themselves" at the end of a successful mission, while "used upper stages or failed spacecraft" often do not, a distinction that begins with how the mission itself concluded. Browsing by outcome separates missions that met their goals from those that did not.

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Field Origin Era
1957 1
Sources
1. Wikipedia: Sputnik 1
Wikimedia FoundationSputnik 1, lead section
Quote, Sputnik 1, lead section
It was launched into an elliptical low Earth orbit by the Soviet Union on 4 October 1957 as part of the Soviet space program.
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