STS-33
E560460
STS-33 was a 1989 NASA Space Shuttle Discovery mission primarily dedicated to deploying a classified U.S. Department of Defense payload.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| STS-33 canonical | 12 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5906826 — 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-33 Context triple: [STS-34, followedBy, STS-33]
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A.
STS-31
STS-31 was a 1990 NASA Space Shuttle Discovery mission best known for deploying the Hubble Space Telescope into low Earth orbit.
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B.
STS-37
STS-37 was a 1991 NASA Space Shuttle mission that deployed the Compton Gamma Ray Observatory and conducted various scientific experiments in low Earth orbit.
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C.
STS-30
STS-30 was a 1989 NASA Space Shuttle Atlantis mission notable for deploying the Magellan spacecraft to Venus.
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D.
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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E.
STS-103
STS-103 was a NASA Space Shuttle Discovery mission in 1999 dedicated to repairing and upgrading the Hubble Space Telescope to extend its operational life and scientific capabilities.
- 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-33 Target entity description: STS-33 was a 1989 NASA Space Shuttle Discovery mission primarily dedicated to deploying a classified U.S. Department of Defense payload.
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A.
STS-31
STS-31 was a 1990 NASA Space Shuttle Discovery mission best known for deploying the Hubble Space Telescope into low Earth orbit.
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B.
STS-37
STS-37 was a 1991 NASA Space Shuttle mission that deployed the Compton Gamma Ray Observatory and conducted various scientific experiments in low Earth orbit.
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C.
STS-30
STS-30 was a 1989 NASA Space Shuttle Atlantis mission notable for deploying the Magellan spacecraft to Venus.
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D.
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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E.
STS-103
STS-103 was a NASA Space Shuttle Discovery mission in 1999 dedicated to repairing and upgrading the Hubble Space Telescope to extend its operational life and scientific capabilities.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
NASA spaceflight
ⓘ
Space Shuttle mission ⓘ |
| agency |
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
ⓘ
linked to:
NASA
|
| callsign | Discovery ⓘ |
| commander | Frederick D. Gregory ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| crewSize | 5 ⓘ |
| followedBy | STS-32 ⓘ |
| landingDate | 1989-11-27 ⓘ |
| landingMass | 96,000 kilograms (approximate orbiter mass at landing) ⓘ |
| landingRunway | Runway 04 ⓘ |
| landingSite | Edwards Air Force Base ⓘ |
| landingSiteCountry |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| launchDate | 1989-11-22 ⓘ |
| launchMass | 116,000 kilograms (approximate orbiter mass at launch) ⓘ |
| launchSite | Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39B ⓘ |
| launchSiteCountry |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| launchTimeUTC | 00:23:00 ⓘ |
| launchVehicle | Space Shuttle Discovery ⓘ |
| missionDuration | 4 days 0 hours 6 minutes ⓘ |
| missionDurationDays | 4.00 ⓘ |
| missionNumber | 32nd Space Shuttle mission ⓘ |
| missionOutcome | success ⓘ |
| missionPatch | STS-33 mission insignia ⓘ |
| missionSpecialist |
F. Story Musgrave
ⓘ
Kathryn C. Thornton ⓘ Manley L. Carter Jr. ⓘ |
| missionType | Department of Defense mission ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
payload details remained classified
ⓘ
third Space Shuttle mission dedicated primarily to the U.S. Department of Defense ⓘ |
| operator | NASA ⓘ |
| orbitApogee | 519 kilometers ⓘ |
| orbiter | Discovery ⓘ |
| orbitInclination | 28.45 degrees ⓘ |
| orbitPerigee | 204 kilometers ⓘ |
| orbitPeriod | 94.20 minutes ⓘ |
| orbitsCompleted | 79 ⓘ |
| payloadType | classified military satellite ⓘ |
| pilot | John E. Blaha ⓘ |
| precededBy | STS-34 ⓘ |
| primaryObjective | deployment of classified U.S. Department of Defense payload ⓘ |
| program |
Space Shuttle program
ⓘ
linked to:
NASA Space Shuttle program
|
| reentry | successful ⓘ |
| spacecraft | Space Shuttle Discovery ⓘ |
| yearOfLaunch | 1989 ⓘ |
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-33 Description of subject: STS-33 was a 1989 NASA Space Shuttle Discovery mission primarily dedicated to deploying a classified U.S. Department of Defense payload.
Referenced by (12)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.