Gagarin's Start
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Gagarin's Start is the historic launch pad at Baikonur Cosmodrome from which Yuri Gagarin became the first human in space and which has since been used for numerous crewed Soyuz missions.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Gagarin's Start canonical | 5 |
| Gagarin’s Start | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1825314 — 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.
Target entity: Gagarin's Start Context triple: [Baikonur Cosmodrome, notableLaunchPad, Gagarin's Start]
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A.
Vostok 1
Vostok 1 was the Soviet spacecraft that carried Yuri Gagarin on the first human spaceflight, marking humanity’s inaugural journey into outer space in 1961.
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B.
Rocket to Russia
Rocket to Russia is a 1977 studio album by the American punk rock band Ramones, widely regarded as one of their finest and most influential releases.
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C.
The Pioneer
The Pioneer was a 19th-century literary magazine edited by James Russell Lowell that published notable early works of American authors, including Edgar Allan Poe.
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D.
From the Earth to the Moon
From the Earth to the Moon is an HBO miniseries that dramatizes the history of the Apollo space program and the United States’ efforts to land astronauts on the Moon.
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E.
Sputnik 1
Sputnik 1 was the first artificial Earth satellite, launched by the Soviet Union in 1957 and marking the beginning of the space age.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Gagarin's Start Target entity description: Gagarin's Start is the historic launch pad at Baikonur Cosmodrome from which Yuri Gagarin became the first human in space and which has since been used for numerous crewed Soyuz missions.
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A.
Vostok 1
Vostok 1 was the Soviet spacecraft that carried Yuri Gagarin on the first human spaceflight, marking humanity’s inaugural journey into outer space in 1961.
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B.
Rocket to Russia
Rocket to Russia is a 1977 studio album by the American punk rock band Ramones, widely regarded as one of their finest and most influential releases.
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C.
The Pioneer
The Pioneer was a 19th-century literary magazine edited by James Russell Lowell that published notable early works of American authors, including Edgar Allan Poe.
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D.
From the Earth to the Moon
From the Earth to the Moon is an HBO miniseries that dramatizes the history of the Apollo space program and the United States’ efforts to land astronauts on the Moon.
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E.
Sputnik 1
Sputnik 1 was the first artificial Earth satellite, launched by the Soviet Union in 1957 and marking the beginning of the space age.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historic site
ⓘ
space launch pad ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Baikonur Cosmodrome
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surface form:
Gagarin Start
Pad 1/5 ⓘ Site 1 ⓘ |
| associatedEvent | first human orbital flight ⓘ |
| associatedPerson | Sergei Korolev ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Baikonur
ⓘ
surface form:
Baikonur city
International Space Station expedition ⓘ
surface form:
International Space Station missions
Russian crewed spaceflights ⓘ Soviet crewed spaceflights ⓘ Soyuz program (early phase) ⓘ
surface form:
Soyuz program
Vostok programme ⓘ
surface form:
Vostok program
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| constructionPurpose | launching R-7 ICBM-derived rockets ⓘ |
| country | Kazakhstan ⓘ |
| culturalSignificance | iconic symbol of human spaceflight history ⓘ |
| geopoliticalContext | Cold War ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | symbol of early human space exploration ⓘ |
| historicalEra | Space Race ⓘ |
| launchDirection | eastward ⓘ |
| launchInfrastructureType | fixed launch pad ⓘ |
| launchPadNumber | 1 ⓘ |
| launchVehicleType | R-7 derived launch vehicles ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Baikonur Cosmodrome ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Yuri Gagarin ⓘ |
| notableAstronaut | Yuri Gagarin ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
flame trench for R-7 exhaust
ⓘ
service towers for R-7 family rockets ⓘ |
| notableFor | continuous use for crewed launches over decades ⓘ |
| notableLaunch | Vostok 1 ⓘ |
| notableLaunchDate | 1961-04-12 ⓘ |
| notableUse | launches to International Space Station ⓘ |
| operator |
Roscosmos
ⓘ
Soviet space program ⓘ |
| partOf |
Baikonur Cosmodrome
ⓘ
surface form:
Baikonur Cosmodrome launch complex
|
| primaryUsers |
Russia
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surface form:
Russian Federation
Soviet Union ⓘ |
| region | Kyzylorda Region ⓘ |
| role | primary crewed launch pad at Baikonur for decades ⓘ |
| safetyRole | supports crew access and emergency egress systems ⓘ |
| significance | site of first human spaceflight ⓘ |
| status | operational (subject to modernization and periodic refurbishment) ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Soyuz rocket
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surface form:
Soyuz-2 launch vehicle
Soyuz rocket ⓘ
surface form:
Soyuz-FG launch vehicle
Voskhod launch vehicle ⓘ Vostok-K rocket ⓘ
surface form:
Vostok launch vehicle
early Soyuz variants ⓘ |
| usedFor |
R-7 rocket launches
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Soyuz launches ⓘ crewed spaceflight launches ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Subject: Gagarin's Start Description of subject: Gagarin's Start is the historic launch pad at Baikonur Cosmodrome from which Yuri Gagarin became the first human in space and which has since been used for numerous crewed Soyuz missions.
Referenced by (6)
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