Ensemble de Lancement Ariane 4
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Ensemble de Lancement Ariane 4 is a historic launch complex at the Guiana Space Centre in Kourou, French Guiana, originally built for Ariane 4 missions and later adapted for use with Ariane 6.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ensemble de Lancement Ariane 4 canonical | 1 |
| Ensemble de Lancement Ariane 4 (Ariane Launch Area 4 for Ariane 6) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12370380 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ensemble de Lancement Ariane 4 Context triple: [Ariane 6, launchPad, Ensemble de Lancement Ariane 4]
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A.
Ensemble de Lancement Ariane 3
Ensemble de Lancement Ariane 3 is a dedicated Ariane 5 rocket launch complex at the Guiana Space Centre in Kourou, French Guiana, used for European space missions.
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B.
Ariane 4
Ariane 4 was a highly successful European expendable launch vehicle that became the workhorse of Arianespace in the late 20th century, widely used for commercial satellite launches.
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C.
Ariane 1
Ariane 1 was the first operational European expendable launch vehicle, developed by the European Space Agency to provide independent access to space for commercial and scientific payloads.
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D.
Ariane 2
Ariane 2 was a European expendable launch vehicle developed by the European Space Agency as part of the Ariane family, used in the 1980s primarily to place satellites into geostationary transfer orbit.
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E.
Ariane 5
Ariane 5 is a European heavy-lift launch vehicle developed by the European Space Agency and Arianespace, widely used to deploy satellites and space telescopes into orbit.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ensemble de Lancement Ariane 4 Target entity description: Ensemble de Lancement Ariane 4 is a historic launch complex at the Guiana Space Centre in Kourou, French Guiana, originally built for Ariane 4 missions and later adapted for use with Ariane 6.
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A.
Ensemble de Lancement Ariane 3
Ensemble de Lancement Ariane 3 is a dedicated Ariane 5 rocket launch complex at the Guiana Space Centre in Kourou, French Guiana, used for European space missions.
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B.
Ariane 4
Ariane 4 was a highly successful European expendable launch vehicle that became the workhorse of Arianespace in the late 20th century, widely used for commercial satellite launches.
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C.
Ariane 1
Ariane 1 was the first operational European expendable launch vehicle, developed by the European Space Agency to provide independent access to space for commercial and scientific payloads.
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D.
Ariane 2
Ariane 2 was a European expendable launch vehicle developed by the European Space Agency as part of the Ariane family, used in the 1980s primarily to place satellites into geostationary transfer orbit.
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E.
Ariane 5
Ariane 5 is a European heavy-lift launch vehicle developed by the European Space Agency and Arianespace, widely used to deploy satellites and space telescopes into orbit.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (32)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
launch complex
ⓘ
spaceport infrastructure ⓘ |
| adaptedFor |
Ariane 6 launch vehicle
ⓘ
linked to:
Ariane 6
|
| associatedWithAgency |
CNES
ⓘ
European Space Agency ⓘ |
| associatedWithCompany | Arianespace ⓘ |
| associatedWithProgram |
Ariane programme
ⓘ
linked to:
Ariane launch vehicle programme
|
| constructedFor |
Ariane 4 launch vehicle
ⓘ
linked to:
Ariane 4
|
| country | France ⓘ |
| hasFunction |
integration of launch vehicle
ⓘ
launch operations control ⓘ propellant loading ⓘ |
| hasLaunchInfrastructureFor | liquid-fuel rockets ⓘ |
| historicalRole | main pad for Ariane 4 era at Guiana Space Centre ⓘ |
| launchAzimuth | eastward over the Atlantic ⓘ |
| launchPadType | expendable launch vehicle pad ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
French Guiana
ⓘ
Guiana Space Centre ⓘ Kourou ⓘ |
| locatedNear | Atlantic Ocean ⓘ |
| locatedOnContinent | South America ⓘ |
| operator |
Arianespace
ⓘ
Centre National d’Études Spatiales ⓘ
linked to:
CNES
|
| ownedBy |
French government
ⓘ
linked to:
Government of France
|
| partOf |
Guiana Space Centre launch range
ⓘ
linked to:
Guiana Space Centre
|
| primaryRocket | Ariane 4 ⓘ |
| status | historic launch complex ⓘ |
| supportsOrbitType |
geostationary transfer orbit launches
ⓘ
low Earth orbit launches ⓘ |
| usedFor |
European space missions
ⓘ
commercial satellite launches ⓘ orbital launch operations ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
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Input
Subject: Ensemble de Lancement Ariane 4 Description of subject: Ensemble de Lancement Ariane 4 is a historic launch complex at the Guiana Space Centre in Kourou, French Guiana, originally built for Ariane 4 missions and later adapted for use with Ariane 6.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.