Variants
- Tu-144 – (izdeliye 044 – article 044) The sole prototype Tu-144 aircraft
- Tu-144 – (izdeliye 004 – article 004) Six re-designed production aircraft powered by Kuznetsov NK-144 engines in widely spaced nacelles, and re-designed undercarriage
- Tu-144S – (S – Sereeynyy – series) Alternative designation of production aircraft
- Tu-144D – (izdeliye 004D – article 004D)(D-Dahl'neye – long-range) Production Tu-144 aircraft powered by Koliesov RD36-51 non after-burning engines. One aircraft converted from Tu-144 CCCP-77105(c/n10031) and five production aircraft (CCCP-77111 to CCCP-77115 ) plus one (CCCP-77116) uncompleted
- Tu-144DA – Projected improved version of the Tu-144D with greater fuel capacity and therefore longer range increased up to 7500 km
- Tu-144LL – One Tu-144D aircraft (CCCP-77114 ) converted to a flying laboratory with four Kuznetsov NK-321 afterburning turbofan engines and re-registered RA-77114. The first flight took place on 19 November 1996 with the 27th and last flight on 28 February 1998
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