STS-48
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STS-48 was a 1991 NASA Space Shuttle Discovery mission that deployed the Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite to study Earth’s atmosphere and climate.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| STS-48 canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4861208 — 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: STS-48 Context triple: [STS-44, precededBy, STS-48]
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A.
STS-49
STS-49 was the maiden flight of the Space Shuttle Endeavour in 1992, notable for its complex satellite rescue and repair operations conducted during multiple spacewalks.
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B.
STS-44
STS-44 was a 1991 NASA Space Shuttle Atlantis mission dedicated primarily to deploying a Defense Support Program (DSP) early-warning satellite for the U.S. Department of Defense.
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C.
STS-43
STS-43 was a 1991 NASA Space Shuttle Atlantis mission that deployed the Tracking and Data Relay Satellite-E (TDRS-E) and conducted a variety of scientific and technological experiments in low Earth orbit.
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D.
STS-45
STS-45 was a 1992 NASA Space Shuttle Atlantis mission focused on atmospheric and solar science as part of the ATLAS-1 payload.
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E.
STS-58
STS-58 was a 1993 NASA Space Shuttle Columbia mission focused on life sciences research, particularly the effects of spaceflight on the human body.
- 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: STS-48 Target entity description: STS-48 was a 1991 NASA Space Shuttle Discovery mission that deployed the Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite to study Earth’s atmosphere and climate.
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A.
STS-49
STS-49 was the maiden flight of the Space Shuttle Endeavour in 1992, notable for its complex satellite rescue and repair operations conducted during multiple spacewalks.
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B.
STS-44
STS-44 was a 1991 NASA Space Shuttle Atlantis mission dedicated primarily to deploying a Defense Support Program (DSP) early-warning satellite for the U.S. Department of Defense.
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C.
STS-43
STS-43 was a 1991 NASA Space Shuttle Atlantis mission that deployed the Tracking and Data Relay Satellite-E (TDRS-E) and conducted a variety of scientific and technological experiments in low Earth orbit.
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D.
STS-45
STS-45 was a 1992 NASA Space Shuttle Atlantis mission focused on atmospheric and solar science as part of the ATLAS-1 payload.
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E.
STS-58
STS-58 was a 1993 NASA Space Shuttle Columbia mission focused on life sciences research, particularly the effects of spaceflight on the human body.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
NASA spaceflight
ⓘ
Space Shuttle mission ⓘ |
| callSign | Discovery NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| commander | John O. Creighton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| crewMember |
Charles D. Gemar
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
James F. Buchli NERFINISHED ⓘ John O. Creighton NERFINISHED ⓘ Kenneth S. Reightler Jr. NERFINISHED ⓘ Mark N. Brown NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| crewSize | 5 ⓘ |
| deployedSatellite | Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| followedBy | STS-44 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| landingDate | 1991-09-18 ⓘ |
| landingSite | Edwards Air Force Base NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| launchDate | 1991-09-12 ⓘ |
| launchMass | about 108000 kilograms ⓘ |
| launchSite | Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39A ⓘ |
| launchVehicle | Space Shuttle Discovery NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| missionDuration | 5 days 8 hours 27 minutes ⓘ |
| missionPatchShape | circular ⓘ |
| missionSpecialist |
Charles D. Gemar
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
James F. Buchli NERFINISHED ⓘ Mark N. Brown NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| missionType | Earth science mission ⓘ |
| notableEvent | first dedicated mission for the Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite ⓘ |
| objective |
deploy the Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite
ⓘ
study Earth’s atmosphere ⓘ study Earth’s climate ⓘ |
| operator | NASA ⓘ |
| orbitApogee | 578 kilometers ⓘ |
| orbitInclination | 57.0 degrees ⓘ |
| orbitPerigee | 570 kilometers ⓘ |
| orbitPeriod | 96.2 minutes ⓘ |
| orbitsCompleted | 81 ⓘ |
| payload | Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| pilot | Kenneth S. Reightler Jr. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| precededBy | STS-43 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryPayload | Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| program | Space Shuttle program NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spacecraft | Space Shuttle Discovery NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spacecraftName | Discovery NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spacecraftSerialNumber | OV-103 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spacecraftType | Orbiter Vehicle ⓘ |
| UARSDeploymentTime | 1991-09-15 ⓘ |
| UARSOrbitAltitude | approximately 585 kilometers ⓘ |
| UARSOrbitInclination | 57.0 degrees ⓘ |
| year | 1991 ⓘ |
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: STS-48 Description of subject: STS-48 was a 1991 NASA Space Shuttle Discovery mission that deployed the Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite to study Earth’s atmosphere and climate.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.