This dimension names the larger program that a specific mission belongs to. Wikipedia notes that current spaceflight is "conducted to the International Space Station and to China's Tiangong Space Station," each visited by many individual missions over the years. Browsing this way groups every mission flown as part of the same wider program.
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1. Wikipedia: Sputnik 1
Wikimedia FoundationSputnik 1, lead sectionQuote, 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.
NASA History Office
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