SS-520 sounding rocket
E440076
The SS-520 is a Japanese solid-fuel sounding rocket developed by JAXA, notable for being one of the smallest rockets ever used to place a satellite into orbit.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| SS-520 sounding rocket canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4431566 — 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: SS-520 sounding rocket Context triple: [Uchinoura Space Center, launchesFromHere, SS-520 sounding rocket]
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A.
Vanguard rocket
The Vanguard rocket was an early American expendable launch vehicle developed in the 1950s to place the first U.S. satellites into orbit during the early years of the Space Race.
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B.
M-V rocket
The M-V rocket was a Japanese solid-fuel launch vehicle developed by JAXA (and its predecessors) primarily for launching scientific satellites and space probes, including deep-space missions like Hayabusa.
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C.
R-1 rocket
The R-1 rocket was an early Soviet ballistic missile and research rocket developed after World War II as a near-copy of Germany’s V-2, serving as a foundation for later Soviet rocketry.
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D.
Epsilon launch vehicle
The Epsilon launch vehicle is a Japanese solid-fuel rocket designed for cost-effective, small satellite launches into orbit.
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E.
Redstone rocket
The Redstone rocket was an early American ballistic missile adapted by NASA as a reliable launch vehicle for the first crewed Mercury spaceflights.
- 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: SS-520 sounding rocket Target entity description: The SS-520 is a Japanese solid-fuel sounding rocket developed by JAXA, notable for being one of the smallest rockets ever used to place a satellite into orbit.
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A.
Vanguard rocket
The Vanguard rocket was an early American expendable launch vehicle developed in the 1950s to place the first U.S. satellites into orbit during the early years of the Space Race.
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B.
M-V rocket
The M-V rocket was a Japanese solid-fuel launch vehicle developed by JAXA (and its predecessors) primarily for launching scientific satellites and space probes, including deep-space missions like Hayabusa.
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C.
R-1 rocket
The R-1 rocket was an early Soviet ballistic missile and research rocket developed after World War II as a near-copy of Germany’s V-2, serving as a foundation for later Soviet rocketry.
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D.
Epsilon launch vehicle
The Epsilon launch vehicle is a Japanese solid-fuel rocket designed for cost-effective, small satellite launches into orbit.
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E.
Redstone rocket
The Redstone rocket was an early American ballistic missile adapted by NASA as a reliable launch vehicle for the first crewed Mercury spaceflights.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (34)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
launch vehicle
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orbital launch vehicle ⓘ solid-fuel rocket ⓘ sounding rocket ⓘ |
| basedOn |
SS-520
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linked to:
SS-520-1
|
| countryOfOrigin | Japan ⓘ |
| developer |
JAXA
ⓘ
linked to:
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
|
| family | SS rocket family ⓘ |
| fuelType | solid propellant ⓘ |
| launchAgency |
JAXA
ⓘ
linked to:
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
|
| launchConfiguration |
SS-520-1
ⓘ
SS-520-2 ⓘ
linked to:
SS-520-1
SS-520-3 ⓘ |
| launchDate | 2018-02-03 ⓘ |
| launchesFrom | Uchinoura Space Center ⓘ |
| launchSite | Uchinoura Space Center ⓘ |
| manufacturer |
JAXA
ⓘ
linked to:
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
|
| missionType | technology demonstration ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being one of the smallest rockets to place a satellite into orbit
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low-cost access to space for small payloads ⓘ placing a satellite into orbit as one of the smallest orbital rockets ⓘ |
| operator |
JAXA
ⓘ
linked to:
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
|
| orbitType | Earth orbit ⓘ |
| payload | TRICOM-1R ⓘ |
| propulsionType | solid fuel ⓘ |
| purpose |
orbital launch missions
ⓘ
sounding rocket missions ⓘ |
| spaceAgency | Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency ⓘ |
| stageCount |
2
ⓘ
3 ⓘ |
| status | operational ⓘ |
| technologyType | small launch vehicle ⓘ |
| usedFor |
micro-satellite launches
ⓘ
scientific experiments in the upper atmosphere ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: SS-520 sounding rocket Description of subject: The SS-520 is a Japanese solid-fuel sounding rocket developed by JAXA, notable for being one of the smallest rockets ever used to place a satellite into orbit.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.