Toulouse Space Centre
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The Toulouse Space Centre is the primary operations and engineering hub of the French space agency CNES, responsible for developing, testing, and managing a wide range of national and international space missions.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| CNES Toulouse Space Centre | 1 |
| CNES Toulouse campus | 1 |
| Centre spatial de Toulouse | 1 |
| Toulouse Space Centre canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2169373 — 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: Toulouse Space Centre Context triple: [CNES, mainTechnicalCenter, Toulouse Space Centre]
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A.
European Space Research and Technology Centre
The European Space Research and Technology Centre is the European Space Agency’s main technical hub, where spacecraft, instruments, and space technologies are developed and tested.
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B.
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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C.
CNES
CNES (Centre National d'Études Spatiales) is the French government space agency responsible for shaping and implementing France’s civil space policy and major space missions in Europe and worldwide.
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D.
European Space Operations Centre
The European Space Operations Centre is the European Space Agency’s main control hub for managing and monitoring its satellites and space missions.
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E.
European Space Astronomy Centre
The European Space Astronomy Centre is the European Space Agency’s main hub for space science operations, hosting mission control, data processing, and archives for many of ESA’s astronomy and planetary missions.
- 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: Toulouse Space Centre Target entity description: The Toulouse Space Centre is the primary operations and engineering hub of the French space agency CNES, responsible for developing, testing, and managing a wide range of national and international space missions.
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A.
European Space Research and Technology Centre
The European Space Research and Technology Centre is the European Space Agency’s main technical hub, where spacecraft, instruments, and space technologies are developed and tested.
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B.
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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C.
CNES
CNES (Centre National d'Études Spatiales) is the French government space agency responsible for shaping and implementing France’s civil space policy and major space missions in Europe and worldwide.
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D.
European Space Operations Centre
The European Space Operations Centre is the European Space Agency’s main control hub for managing and monitoring its satellites and space missions.
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E.
European Space Astronomy Centre
The European Space Astronomy Centre is the European Space Agency’s main hub for space science operations, hosting mission control, data processing, and archives for many of ESA’s astronomy and planetary missions.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
CNES facility
ⓘ
space centre ⓘ |
| abbreviation | CST ⓘ |
| cityServed | Toulouse ⓘ |
| collaboratesWith |
Arianespace
ⓘ
European Space Agency ⓘ international space agencies ⓘ |
| continent | Europe ⓘ |
| country | France ⓘ |
| employs |
engineers
ⓘ
scientists ⓘ technicians ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
satellite operations
ⓘ
space applications ⓘ space technology development ⓘ |
| fullName |
Toulouse Space Centre
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Centre spatial de Toulouse
|
| hasFacilityType |
ground segment centre
ⓘ
mission control centre ⓘ satellite integration facility ⓘ test laboratories ⓘ |
| hasWebsite | https://cnes.fr ⓘ |
| languageOfWork |
English
ⓘ
French ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Toulouse ⓘ |
| locatedInAdministrativeTerritory |
Haute-Garonne
ⓘ
Occitanie ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being main CNES operations centre
ⓘ
supporting major European space missions ⓘ |
| operator | CNES ⓘ |
| ownedBy | CNES ⓘ |
| partOf |
CNES
ⓘ
surface form:
French space infrastructure network
CNES ⓘ
surface form:
French space programme
|
| primaryFunction |
data processing
ⓘ
mission planning ⓘ satellite control ⓘ space engineering ⓘ space mission operations ⓘ spacecraft testing ⓘ |
| responsibleFor |
international space missions
ⓘ
national space missions ⓘ |
| sector |
aerospace
ⓘ
space industry ⓘ |
| specializesIn |
Earth observation missions
ⓘ
navigation satellites ⓘ science satellites ⓘ telecommunications satellites ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Toulouse Space Centre Description of subject: The Toulouse Space Centre is the primary operations and engineering hub of the French space agency CNES, responsible for developing, testing, and managing a wide range of national and international space missions.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Centre spatial de Toulouse
this entity surface form:
CNES Toulouse Space Centre
this entity surface form:
CNES Toulouse campus