ICPS
E323529
ICPS (Interim Cryogenic Propulsion Stage) is a liquid hydrogen–liquid oxygen upper stage used on NASA’s Space Launch System to provide orbital insertion and translunar injection for early Artemis missions.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| ICPS canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3064245 — 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: ICPS Context triple: [Block 1, upperStageAcronym, ICPS]
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ISC
ISC is the commonly used abbreviation for the International Science Council, a global non-governmental organization that advances and coordinates international scientific research and policy.
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B.
ISCAS
ISCAS is a premier annual IEEE conference focused on research and innovation in circuits, systems, and related technologies.
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C.
ICS
ICS is the International Commission on Stratigraphy, the global authority responsible for standardizing the geological time scale and stratigraphic classification.
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D.
ICS
ICS refers to the Indian Civil Service, the elite higher civil service of the British Empire in India that formed the administrative backbone of colonial governance.
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E.
CCIPS
CCIPS is a specialized section of the U.S. Department of Justice that investigates and prosecutes computer crime and intellectual property offenses.
- 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: ICPS Target entity description: ICPS (Interim Cryogenic Propulsion Stage) is a liquid hydrogen–liquid oxygen upper stage used on NASA’s Space Launch System to provide orbital insertion and translunar injection for early Artemis missions.
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A.
ISC
ISC is the commonly used abbreviation for the International Science Council, a global non-governmental organization that advances and coordinates international scientific research and policy.
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B.
ISCAS
ISCAS is a premier annual IEEE conference focused on research and innovation in circuits, systems, and related technologies.
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C.
ICS
ICS is the International Commission on Stratigraphy, the global authority responsible for standardizing the geological time scale and stratigraphic classification.
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D.
ICS
ICS refers to the Indian Civil Service, the elite higher civil service of the British Empire in India that formed the administrative backbone of colonial governance.
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E.
CCIPS
CCIPS is a specialized section of the U.S. Department of Justice that investigates and prosecutes computer crime and intellectual property offenses.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
cryogenic propulsion stage
ⓘ
rocket upper stage ⓘ spacecraft propulsion system ⓘ |
| abbreviationOf | Interim Cryogenic Propulsion Stage ⓘ |
| belongsToProgram |
Space Launch System
ⓘ
surface form:
Space Launch System program
|
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| derivedFrom | Delta Cryogenic Second Stage ⓘ |
| designedAs | interim upper stage for SLS ⓘ |
| designedFor | human spaceflight support ⓘ |
| developedFor | NASA ⓘ |
| engineType |
RL10
ⓘ
surface form:
RL10 engine family
|
| fullName | Interim Cryogenic Propulsion Stage ⓘ |
| launchSite | Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39B ⓘ |
| launchVehicleConfiguration |
Space Launch System
ⓘ
surface form:
Space Launch System Block 1
|
| launchVehicleFamily |
Space Launch System
ⓘ
surface form:
NASA Space Launch System
|
| manufacturer | United Launch Alliance ⓘ |
| missionDestination | Moon ⓘ |
| missionProfile | Earth orbit to translunar trajectory ⓘ |
| operatedBy | NASA ⓘ |
| orbitType | Earth parking orbit ⓘ |
| oxidizer | liquid oxygen ⓘ |
| performs |
perigee raise burns
ⓘ
translunar injection burns ⓘ |
| primaryFunction |
orbital insertion
ⓘ
translunar injection ⓘ |
| propellantType |
liquid hydrogen
ⓘ
liquid oxygen ⓘ |
| propulsion | liquid hydrogen–liquid oxygen ⓘ |
| provides | in-space propulsion for SLS ⓘ |
| replacedBy |
Exploration Upper Stage
ⓘ
surface form:
Exploration Upper Stage (planned)
|
| replaces |
Delta Cryogenic Second Stage
ⓘ
surface form:
Delta Cryogenic Second Stage derivative
|
| role | upper stage ⓘ |
| spaceAgency | NASA ⓘ |
| stageNumber | second stage ⓘ |
| status | operational ⓘ |
| technologyType | expendable launch vehicle stage ⓘ |
| usedFor | deep space exploration missions ⓘ |
| usedOnLaunchVehicle | Space Launch System ⓘ |
| usedOnMission |
Artemis I
ⓘ
Artemis II ⓘ
surface form:
Artemis II (planned)
|
| usedOnMissionPhase | early Artemis missions ⓘ |
| usedOnMissionType |
Artemis program
ⓘ
surface form:
Artemis missions
lunar missions ⓘ |
| usedOnProgram | Artemis program ⓘ |
| usedWith | Orion spacecraft ⓘ |
| usesPropulsionCycle | cryogenic ⓘ |
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: ICPS Description of subject: ICPS (Interim Cryogenic Propulsion Stage) is a liquid hydrogen–liquid oxygen upper stage used on NASA’s Space Launch System to provide orbital insertion and translunar injection for early Artemis missions.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.