Briz-M upper stage
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The Briz-M upper stage is a Russian rocket stage used primarily on Proton and Angara launch vehicles to place satellites into high orbits such as geostationary transfer and medium Earth orbit.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Briz upper stage family | 1 |
| Briz-M upper stage canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T16807556 — 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: Briz-M upper stage Context triple: [Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center, product, Briz-M upper stage]
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Fregat upper stage
The Fregat upper stage is a Russian space launch vehicle component used to precisely place satellites into various orbits and interplanetary trajectories.
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Ablestar upper stage
The Ablestar upper stage was a liquid-fueled rocket stage developed in the late 1950s–early 1960s to enhance the Thor missile’s capability for placing satellites into orbit and performing precise orbital maneuvers.
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C.
Star 48BV upper stage
The Star 48BV upper stage is a solid-fueled rocket motor used as a high-energy kick stage to boost spacecraft, such as NASA’s Parker Solar Probe, onto their required trajectories.
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Centaur upper stage
The Centaur upper stage is a high-energy rocket stage developed by the United States that pioneered the use of liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen propellants to boost payloads from low Earth orbit to higher orbits and interplanetary trajectories.
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E.
Lockheed Agena upper stage
The Lockheed Agena upper stage was a versatile rocket stage used extensively during the early U.S. space program as both a satellite booster and maneuverable spacecraft bus for missions including reconnaissance and rendezvous experiments.
- 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: Briz-M upper stage Target entity description: The Briz-M upper stage is a Russian rocket stage used primarily on Proton and Angara launch vehicles to place satellites into high orbits such as geostationary transfer and medium Earth orbit.
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A.
Fregat upper stage
The Fregat upper stage is a Russian space launch vehicle component used to precisely place satellites into various orbits and interplanetary trajectories.
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B.
Ablestar upper stage
The Ablestar upper stage was a liquid-fueled rocket stage developed in the late 1950s–early 1960s to enhance the Thor missile’s capability for placing satellites into orbit and performing precise orbital maneuvers.
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C.
Star 48BV upper stage
The Star 48BV upper stage is a solid-fueled rocket motor used as a high-energy kick stage to boost spacecraft, such as NASA’s Parker Solar Probe, onto their required trajectories.
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D.
Centaur upper stage
The Centaur upper stage is a high-energy rocket stage developed by the United States that pioneered the use of liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen propellants to boost payloads from low Earth orbit to higher orbits and interplanetary trajectories.
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E.
Lockheed Agena upper stage
The Lockheed Agena upper stage was a versatile rocket stage used extensively during the early U.S. space program as both a satellite booster and maneuverable spacecraft bus for missions including reconnaissance and rendezvous experiments.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.