This dimension names the larger vehicle family that a specific launch vehicle variant belongs to. Wikipedia notes that launch vehicles are "classified by their orbital payload capacity, ranging from small-, medium-, heavy- to super-heavy lift," and a single family often spans several of these classes as it evolves. Browsing this way groups every variant of the same vehicle family together.
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1. Wikipedia: Sputnik 1
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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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