Vela 6A
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Vela 6A was a U.S. Cold War–era satellite designed to detect nuclear explosions in space and the atmosphere as part of the Vela nuclear test monitoring program.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Vela 6A canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T22958464 — 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: Vela 6A Context triple: [Vela nuclear test detection satellites, hasPart, Vela 6A]
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A.
Vela 5A
Vela 5A was a U.S. military satellite launched during the Cold War to monitor space for nuclear detonations as part of the Vela series of nuclear test detection spacecraft.
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B.
Vela 1B
Vela 1B was an early U.S. military satellite launched in the 1960s as part of the Vela program to monitor space and Earth for clandestine nuclear explosions.
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C.
Vela 1A
Vela 1A was an early U.S. military satellite launched in the 1960s to monitor space and Earth for nuclear detonations as part of the Vela nuclear test detection program.
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D.
Vela 5B
Vela 5B was a U.S. Cold War–era satellite designed to detect nuclear explosions in space and the atmosphere as part of the Vela surveillance program.
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E.
Vela
Vela is a southern sky constellation known for containing the Vela Supernova Remnant and several bright stars, and was once part of the larger ancient constellation Argo Navis.
- 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: Vela 6A Target entity description: Vela 6A was a U.S. Cold War–era satellite designed to detect nuclear explosions in space and the atmosphere as part of the Vela nuclear test monitoring program.
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A.
Vela 5A
Vela 5A was a U.S. military satellite launched during the Cold War to monitor space for nuclear detonations as part of the Vela series of nuclear test detection spacecraft.
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B.
Vela 1B
Vela 1B was an early U.S. military satellite launched in the 1960s as part of the Vela program to monitor space and Earth for clandestine nuclear explosions.
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C.
Vela 1A
Vela 1A was an early U.S. military satellite launched in the 1960s to monitor space and Earth for nuclear detonations as part of the Vela nuclear test detection program.
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D.
Vela 5B
Vela 5B was a U.S. Cold War–era satellite designed to detect nuclear explosions in space and the atmosphere as part of the Vela surveillance program.
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E.
Vela
Vela is a southern sky constellation known for containing the Vela Supernova Remnant and several bright stars, and was once part of the larger ancient constellation Argo Navis.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.