8K72K
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8K72K is the GRAU index designation for the Vostok-K, a Soviet launch vehicle used in the early 1960s to orbit crewed Vostok spacecraft and various satellites.
All labels observed (2)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1855081 — 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: 8K72K Context triple: [Vostok-K rocket, alsoKnownAs, 8K72K]
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A.
2K
2K is a major American video game publisher best known for its popular sports and action game franchises, including the NBA 2K series.
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9K
9K is the IATA airline designator assigned to Cape Air, a U.S.-based regional airline.
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C.
H.265
H.265, also known as High Efficiency Video Coding (HEVC), is a video compression standard designed to significantly reduce bandwidth and storage requirements compared to its predecessor H.264 while maintaining high visual quality.
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D.
Kabelsketal
Kabelsketal is a municipality in the Saalekreis district of Saxony-Anhalt in central Germany, situated near the city of Halle (Saale).
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E.
KBE
KBE is an abbreviation that most commonly refers to "Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire," a high-ranking honor in the British honours system.
- 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: 8K72K Target entity description: 8K72K is the GRAU index designation for the Vostok-K, a Soviet launch vehicle used in the early 1960s to orbit crewed Vostok spacecraft and various satellites.
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A.
2K
2K is a major American video game publisher best known for its popular sports and action game franchises, including the NBA 2K series.
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B.
9K
9K is the IATA airline designator assigned to Cape Air, a U.S.-based regional airline.
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C.
H.265
H.265, also known as High Efficiency Video Coding (HEVC), is a video compression standard designed to significantly reduce bandwidth and storage requirements compared to its predecessor H.264 while maintaining high visual quality.
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D.
Kabelsketal
Kabelsketal is a municipality in the Saalekreis district of Saxony-Anhalt in central Germany, situated near the city of Halle (Saale).
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E.
KBE
KBE is an abbreviation that most commonly refers to "Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire," a high-ranking honor in the British honours system.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Vostok-K
ⓘ
launch vehicle ⓘ orbital launch vehicle ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Vostok-K rocket
ⓘ
surface form:
Vostok-K
|
| category |
Soviet R-7 derived launch vehicles
ⓘ
human-rated launch vehicles ⓘ |
| coreStageEngineType |
RD-107
ⓘ
surface form:
RD-108
|
| countryOfOrigin | Soviet Union ⓘ |
| derivativeOf |
Vostok-K rocket
ⓘ
surface form:
8K72 Vostok
|
| designationSystem | GRAU index ⓘ |
| designer | Sergei Korolev ⓘ |
| era | early 1960s ⓘ |
| family |
R-7 Semyorka rocket
ⓘ
surface form:
R-7 rocket family
|
| firstCrewedFlight | Vostok 1 ⓘ |
| firstCrewedFlightDate | 1961-04-12 ⓘ |
| firstStageEngineType | RD-107 ⓘ |
| fuel | RP-1 kerosene ⓘ |
| GRAUIndexFor |
Vostok-K rocket
ⓘ
surface form:
Vostok-K
|
| guidanceSystem | inertial guidance ⓘ |
| languageOfDesignation | Russian ⓘ |
| launchAzimuth | low-inclination and high-inclination orbits from Baikonur ⓘ |
| launchConfiguration | strap-on boosters plus core stage plus upper stage ⓘ |
| launchedFirstHumanInSpace | Yuri Gagarin ⓘ |
| launchPad | Gagarin's Start ⓘ |
| launchSite | Baikonur Cosmodrome ⓘ |
| manufacturer | OKB-1 ⓘ |
| notableFor | placing first human into orbit ⓘ |
| notablePayload |
Vostok 1
ⓘ
Vostok 2 ⓘ Vostok 4 ⓘ
surface form:
Vostok 3
Vostok 4 ⓘ Vostok 5 ⓘ Vostok 6 ⓘ |
| operatedBy | Soviet space program ⓘ |
| orbitType | low Earth orbit ⓘ |
| oxidizer | liquid oxygen ⓘ |
| program |
Vostok programme
ⓘ
surface form:
Vostok program
|
| propellantType | liquid fuel ⓘ |
| stageCount | 3 ⓘ |
| status | retired ⓘ |
| successor | Voskhod launch vehicle ⓘ |
| upperStageEngineType | RD-0109 ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Soviet Academy of Sciences
ⓘ
Soviet Air Forces ⓘ
surface form:
Soviet Air Force
|
| usedFor |
launching Luna spacecraft
ⓘ
launching Molniya prototype payloads ⓘ launching Vostok crewed spacecraft ⓘ launching Zenit reconnaissance satellites ⓘ launching artificial satellites ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: 8K72K Description of subject: 8K72K is the GRAU index designation for the Vostok-K, a Soviet launch vehicle used in the early 1960s to orbit crewed Vostok spacecraft and various satellites.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Vostok-L
this entity surface form:
8K72