Salyut 6 aft port
E1044067
Salyut 6 aft port was a rear docking interface on the Soviet Salyut 6 space station used for visiting spacecraft and resupply vehicles.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Salyut 6 aft port canonical | 1 |
| Salyut 6 forward port | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13528714 — 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: Salyut 6 aft port Context triple: [Progress 1, dockingPort, Salyut 6 aft port]
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A.
Salyut 7
Salyut 7 was a Soviet-era modular space station that served as one of the last and most advanced stations in the Salyut program, paving the way for the later Mir space station.
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B.
Salyut 2
Salyut 2 was a Soviet military space station launched in 1973 as part of the Almaz program, which failed shortly after reaching orbit due to structural and control system problems.
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C.
Salyut 3
Salyut 3 was a Soviet military space station launched in 1974 as part of the secretive Almaz program, used to test reconnaissance and defense technologies in orbit.
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D.
Salyut space stations
The Salyut space stations were a series of Soviet orbital laboratories launched in the 1970s and 1980s that pioneered long-duration human spaceflight and scientific research in low Earth orbit.
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E.
Russian Service Module Zvezda aft port
The Russian Service Module Zvezda aft port is the rear-facing docking interface on the Zvezda module of the International Space Station, used for visiting spacecraft such as cargo vehicles and crewed capsules.
- 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: Salyut 6 aft port Target entity description: Salyut 6 aft port was a rear docking interface on the Soviet Salyut 6 space station used for visiting spacecraft and resupply vehicles.
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A.
Salyut 7
Salyut 7 was a Soviet-era modular space station that served as one of the last and most advanced stations in the Salyut program, paving the way for the later Mir space station.
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B.
Salyut 2
Salyut 2 was a Soviet military space station launched in 1973 as part of the Almaz program, which failed shortly after reaching orbit due to structural and control system problems.
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C.
Salyut 3
Salyut 3 was a Soviet military space station launched in 1974 as part of the secretive Almaz program, used to test reconnaissance and defense technologies in orbit.
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D.
Salyut space stations
The Salyut space stations were a series of Soviet orbital laboratories launched in the 1970s and 1980s that pioneered long-duration human spaceflight and scientific research in low Earth orbit.
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E.
Russian Service Module Zvezda aft port
The Russian Service Module Zvezda aft port is the rear-facing docking interface on the Zvezda module of the International Space Station, used for visiting spacecraft such as cargo vehicles and crewed capsules.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
space station docking port
ⓘ
spacecraft docking interface ⓘ |
| contributedTo | continuous human presence durations on Salyut 6 ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Soviet Union ⓘ |
| deorbitedWith | Salyut 6 ⓘ |
| enabled |
long-duration crewed missions with separate resupply flights
ⓘ
simultaneous docking of two spacecraft to Salyut 6 ⓘ |
| era |
early 1980s
ⓘ
late 1970s ⓘ |
| hasDirection | rear-facing relative to station velocity vector ⓘ |
| hasDockingSystemType | probe-and-drogue docking system ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Russian ⓘ |
| locatedOn |
Salyut 6 space station
ⓘ
linked to:
Salyut 6
|
| operatedBy | Soviet space program ⓘ |
| orbitalRegime | low Earth orbit ⓘ |
| partOf | Salyut 6 ⓘ |
| positionOnVehicle | aft ⓘ |
| precededBy | single-port Salyut stations ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Salyut 6 forward port
ⓘ
linked to:
Salyut 6 aft port
|
| roleInProgram |
enabled first routine use of cargo ships to a space station
ⓘ
increased logistical support capability of Salyut 6 ⓘ |
| spaceStation | Salyut 6 ⓘ |
| spaceStationProgram |
Salyut program
ⓘ
linked to:
Salyut space stations
|
| status | deorbited with Salyut 6 ⓘ |
| supportedMissionType |
crewed Soyuz missions
ⓘ
uncrewed Progress resupply missions ⓘ |
| supportedSpacecraft |
Progress cargo spacecraft
ⓘ
linked to:
Progress spacecraft
Soyuz spacecraft ⓘ |
| usedFor |
docking resupply vehicles
ⓘ
docking visiting spacecraft ⓘ |
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
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Salyut 6 aft port Description of subject: Salyut 6 aft port was a rear docking interface on the Soviet Salyut 6 space station used for visiting spacecraft and resupply vehicles.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Salyut 6 aft port