Barreira do Inferno Launch Center
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Barreira do Inferno Launch Center is Brazil’s first rocket launch base, used primarily for sounding rocket missions and space research activities.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Barreira do Inferno Launch Center canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1103795 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Barreira do Inferno Launch Center Context triple: [Rio Grande do Norte, contains, Barreira do Inferno Launch Center]
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A.
Launch Complex 39C
Launch Complex 39C is a small launch pad at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center designed to support launches of small-class commercial and government rockets.
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B.
Cape Canaveral LC-41
Cape Canaveral LC-41 is a launch complex at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, historically used for major NASA and interplanetary missions.
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C.
Cape Canaveral Launch Complex 36
Cape Canaveral Launch Complex 36 is a historic Florida launch site that supported numerous NASA and commercial Atlas-Centaur rocket missions, including early planetary and communications satellite launches.
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D.
Guiana Space Centre
The Guiana Space Centre is a major European spaceport located in French Guiana, used for launching a wide range of commercial and scientific missions including flagship observatories.
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E.
Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39B
Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39B is a historic NASA launch pad on Florida’s Space Coast, originally built for Apollo missions and later used for Space Shuttle launches and current Artemis program flights.
- 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: Barreira do Inferno Launch Center Target entity description: Barreira do Inferno Launch Center is Brazil’s first rocket launch base, used primarily for sounding rocket missions and space research activities.
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A.
Launch Complex 39C
Launch Complex 39C is a small launch pad at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center designed to support launches of small-class commercial and government rockets.
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B.
Cape Canaveral LC-41
Cape Canaveral LC-41 is a launch complex at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, historically used for major NASA and interplanetary missions.
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C.
Cape Canaveral Launch Complex 36
Cape Canaveral Launch Complex 36 is a historic Florida launch site that supported numerous NASA and commercial Atlas-Centaur rocket missions, including early planetary and communications satellite launches.
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D.
Guiana Space Centre
The Guiana Space Centre is a major European spaceport located in French Guiana, used for launching a wide range of commercial and scientific missions including flagship observatories.
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E.
Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39B
Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39B is a historic NASA launch pad on Florida’s Space Coast, originally built for Apollo missions and later used for Space Shuttle launches and current Artemis program flights.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
rocket launch site
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spaceport ⓘ |
| affiliation |
Brazilian Air Force
ⓘ
surface form:
Brazilian Air Force Command
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| benefitOfLocation | favorable conditions for launches over the Atlantic Ocean ⓘ |
| continent | South America ⓘ |
| country | Brazil ⓘ |
| hasCode | CLBI ⓘ |
| hasEnvironmentalCondition | proximity to equator ⓘ |
| hasFacility |
control center
ⓘ
launch pads ⓘ radar installations ⓘ tracking station ⓘ |
| hasFunction |
radar surveillance
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rocket testing ⓘ tracking and telemetry ⓘ |
| hasHeritage | historical site of early Brazilian space activities ⓘ |
| hasLaunchedFor |
Brazilian Space Agency
ⓘ
international partners ⓘ |
| inaugurationDate | 1965-10-12 ⓘ |
| isFirst |
first rocket launch base in Brazil
ⓘ
first rocket launch base in South America ⓘ |
| launches |
meteorological rockets
ⓘ
research rockets ⓘ sounding rockets ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Northeast Region of Brazil
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surface form:
Northeast Region, Brazil
Parnamirim ⓘ Rio Grande do Norte ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Atlantic coast ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Barreira do Inferno cliffs ⓘ |
| near | Natal, Rio Grande do Norte ⓘ |
| operator |
Brazilian Air Force
ⓘ
Departamento de Ciência e Tecnologia Aeroespacial ⓘ |
| ownedBy | Brazilian Air Force ⓘ |
| partOf | Brazilian space program ⓘ |
| primaryUse |
sounding rocket launches
ⓘ
space research activities ⓘ suborbital missions ⓘ |
| startOfOperation | 1965 ⓘ |
| status | operational ⓘ |
| supports |
Brazilian sounding rocket programs
ⓘ
scientific payload experiments ⓘ |
| timeZone | UTC−03:00 ⓘ |
| usedFor |
atmospheric research
ⓘ
ionospheric studies ⓘ technology demonstration missions ⓘ training of launch crews ⓘ |
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Subject: Barreira do Inferno Launch Center Description of subject: Barreira do Inferno Launch Center is Brazil’s first rocket launch base, used primarily for sounding rocket missions and space research activities.
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