Ye-6 series lunar landers
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The Ye-6 series lunar landers were Soviet robotic spacecraft designed in the 1960s to achieve soft landings on the Moon as part of the Luna program.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Luna E-1 No.2 | 1 |
| Luna E-6 | 1 |
| Luna E-6 series | 1 |
| Luna E-6M series | 1 |
| Ye-6 series lunar landers canonical | 1 |
| Ye-6M series lunar landers | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2780046 — 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: Ye-6 series lunar landers Context triple: [Luna program launch vehicles, usedWithSpacecraftSeries, Ye-6 series lunar landers]
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A.
SLIM lunar lander
The SLIM lunar lander is a Japanese spacecraft designed by JAXA to demonstrate high-precision, lightweight landing technology on the Moon’s surface.
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B.
Kaguya (SELENE) lunar orbiter
Kaguya (SELENE) was a Japanese lunar orbiter mission that conducted detailed scientific mapping and observation of the Moon’s surface, gravity, and environment.
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C.
Luna program launch vehicles
Luna program launch vehicles were the Soviet rockets, primarily based on the R-7 family, developed under Sergei Korolev to send the first robotic spacecraft to the Moon during the early space race.
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D.
Luna 8K72
Luna 8K72 was an early Soviet launch vehicle derived from the R-7 rocket family and used to send some of the first Luna spacecraft toward the Moon.
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E.
Atlas LV-3B
Atlas LV-3B was an early variant of the Atlas launch vehicle used by NASA during the Mercury program to send crewed spacecraft into low Earth orbit.
- 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: Ye-6 series lunar landers Target entity description: The Ye-6 series lunar landers were Soviet robotic spacecraft designed in the 1960s to achieve soft landings on the Moon as part of the Luna program.
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A.
SLIM lunar lander
The SLIM lunar lander is a Japanese spacecraft designed by JAXA to demonstrate high-precision, lightweight landing technology on the Moon’s surface.
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B.
Kaguya (SELENE) lunar orbiter
Kaguya (SELENE) was a Japanese lunar orbiter mission that conducted detailed scientific mapping and observation of the Moon’s surface, gravity, and environment.
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C.
Luna program launch vehicles
Luna program launch vehicles were the Soviet rockets, primarily based on the R-7 family, developed under Sergei Korolev to send the first robotic spacecraft to the Moon during the early space race.
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D.
Luna 8K72
Luna 8K72 was an early Soviet launch vehicle derived from the R-7 rocket family and used to send some of the first Luna spacecraft toward the Moon.
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E.
Atlas LV-3B
Atlas LV-3B was an early variant of the Atlas launch vehicle used by NASA during the Mercury program to send crewed spacecraft into low Earth orbit.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Soviet spacecraft series
ⓘ
series of robotic lunar landers ⓘ uncrewed spacecraft ⓘ |
| carriedInstrument |
micrometeoroid detector
ⓘ
radiation detector ⓘ radiation dosimeter ⓘ television camera ⓘ temperature sensors ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Soviet Union ⓘ |
| designer | Sergei Korolev ⓘ |
| developedIn | 1960s ⓘ |
| firstSoftLandingDate | 1966-02-03 ⓘ |
| firstSoftLandingMission | Luna 9 ⓘ |
| firstSuccessfulSoftLander | Luna 9 ⓘ |
| followedBy |
Ye-6 series lunar landers
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Ye-6M series lunar landers
|
| goal | achieve first Soviet soft landing on the Moon ⓘ |
| guidanceSystem |
onboard inertial guidance
ⓘ
radio guidance from Earth ⓘ |
| heritage | influenced later Soviet lunar lander designs ⓘ |
| landingMethod |
crushable landing pads
ⓘ
retro-rocket braking ⓘ |
| launchSite | Baikonur Cosmodrome ⓘ |
| launchVehicle |
Luna rocket
ⓘ
surface form:
Luna launch vehicle
Molniya-M rocket ⓘ |
| manufacturer | OKB-1 ⓘ |
| missionType | soft lunar landing ⓘ |
| notableAchievement |
first panoramic images from the lunar surface
ⓘ
first soft landing on the Moon by a spacecraft ⓘ |
| notableSpacecraft |
Luna 13
ⓘ
Luna 4 ⓘ Luna 5 ⓘ Luna 6 ⓘ Luna 7 ⓘ Luna 8 ⓘ Luna 9 ⓘ |
| operatedBy | Soviet space program ⓘ |
| partOf |
Luna programme
ⓘ
surface form:
Luna program
|
| powerSource |
chemical batteries
ⓘ
solar panels ⓘ |
| precededBy | Ye-4 series lunar impactors ⓘ |
| primaryTarget | Moon ⓘ |
| programPeriod | 1960s ⓘ |
| propulsion |
liquid-fueled main engine
ⓘ
vernier thrusters ⓘ |
| spacecraftType | lunar lander ⓘ |
| stabilization | three-axis stabilized ⓘ |
| usedFor |
lunar surface imaging
ⓘ
lunar surface scientific measurements ⓘ testing soft-landing techniques ⓘ |
| usedInConflict | Space Race ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Ye-6 series lunar landers Description of subject: The Ye-6 series lunar landers were Soviet robotic spacecraft designed in the 1960s to achieve soft landings on the Moon as part of the Luna program.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Luna E-1 No.2
this entity surface form:
Luna E-6
this entity surface form:
Ye-6M series lunar landers
this entity surface form:
Luna E-6 series
this entity surface form:
Luna E-6M series