Dragon 1
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Dragon 1 is SpaceX’s original cargo spacecraft variant, designed to deliver supplies to and from the International Space Station under NASA’s Commercial Resupply Services program.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Dragon 1 canonical | 7 |
| Dragon C1 | 2 |
| Dragon C112 | 2 |
| Dragon C103 | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T464374 — 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: Dragon 1 Context triple: [Dragon spacecraft, hasVariant, Dragon 1]
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A.
the Dragon
The Dragon is a symbolic, malevolent figure in the Book of Revelation often interpreted as representing Satan or the ultimate embodiment of evil opposing God and His people.
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B.
Blaze the Dragon
Blaze the Dragon is the fiery dragon mascot representing the University of Alabama at Birmingham’s athletic teams.
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C.
Sparky the Dragon
Sparky the Dragon is the costumed dragon mascot who entertains fans at New York Islanders hockey games and team events.
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D.
El Draque
El Draque is the Spanish nickname for Sir Francis Drake, the famed 16th-century English sea captain, privateer, and circumnavigator who raided Spanish possessions in the Americas.
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E.
Bel and the Dragon
Bel and the Dragon is an apocryphal addition to the Book of Daniel that recounts stories of the prophet exposing the falsity of idol worship and miraculously surviving a dragon and a lions’ den.
- 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: Dragon 1 Target entity description: Dragon 1 is SpaceX’s original cargo spacecraft variant, designed to deliver supplies to and from the International Space Station under NASA’s Commercial Resupply Services program.
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A.
the Dragon
The Dragon is a symbolic, malevolent figure in the Book of Revelation often interpreted as representing Satan or the ultimate embodiment of evil opposing God and His people.
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B.
Blaze the Dragon
Blaze the Dragon is the fiery dragon mascot representing the University of Alabama at Birmingham’s athletic teams.
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C.
Sparky the Dragon
Sparky the Dragon is the costumed dragon mascot who entertains fans at New York Islanders hockey games and team events.
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D.
El Draque
El Draque is the Spanish nickname for Sir Francis Drake, the famed 16th-century English sea captain, privateer, and circumnavigator who raided Spanish possessions in the Americas.
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E.
Bel and the Dragon
Bel and the Dragon is an apocryphal addition to the Book of Daniel that recounts stories of the prophet exposing the falsity of idol worship and miraculously surviving a dragon and a lions’ den.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
cargo spacecraft
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spacecraft ⓘ |
| attitudeControl | Draco thrusters ⓘ |
| berthingPort | Harmony nadir port ⓘ |
| cargoCapability |
pressurized cargo
ⓘ
unpressurized cargo ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| crewCapacity | 0 ⓘ |
| designVariant | original Dragon cargo variant ⓘ |
| destination |
International Space Station program
ⓘ
surface form:
International Space Station
|
| dockingMethod | berthing via Canadarm2 ⓘ |
| firstCRSMission |
Commercial Resupply Services 1 (CRS-1)
ⓘ
surface form:
CRS-1
|
| firstFlight | 2010-12-08 ⓘ |
| firstFlightMission | COTS Demo Flight 1 ⓘ |
| firstISSMission | COTS Demo Flight 2 ⓘ |
| firstISSRendezvous | 2012-05-25 ⓘ |
| firstOrbitalFlight | 2010-12-08 ⓘ |
| heatShield | PICA-X ⓘ |
| lastFlight | 2020-03-07 ⓘ |
| lastFlightMission | CRS-20 ⓘ |
| launchSite |
Cape Canaveral Space Force Station
ⓘ
surface form:
Cape Canaveral Air Force Station
Cape Canaveral Space Force Station ⓘ |
| launchVehicle |
Falcon 9 rocket
ⓘ
surface form:
Falcon 9
|
| manufacturer | SpaceX ⓘ |
| missionProfile | launch on Falcon 9, rendezvous with ISS, berthing, cargo transfer, deorbit and splashdown ⓘ |
| notableAchievement |
first commercial spacecraft to rendezvous with the ISS
ⓘ
first commercially built and operated spacecraft recovered from orbit ⓘ |
| operator | SpaceX ⓘ |
| powerSource | solar arrays ⓘ |
| pressurizedSection | yes ⓘ |
| primaryMission |
cargo resupply to the International Space Station
ⓘ
return cargo from the International Space Station ⓘ |
| program |
Commercial Resupply Services 1 (CRS-1)
ⓘ
NASA Commercial Orbital Transportation Services program ⓘ
surface form:
NASA Commercial Resupply Services
|
| propulsion | Draco thrusters ⓘ |
| reentry | ocean splashdown ⓘ |
| retirementYear | 2020 ⓘ |
| returnCapability | downmass return to Earth ⓘ |
| reusability | partially reusable ⓘ |
| reusabilityFeature |
expendable trunk section
ⓘ
reusable pressurized capsule ⓘ |
| spaceAgencyCustomer | NASA ⓘ |
| spacecraftType | uncrewed cargo spacecraft ⓘ |
| status | retired ⓘ |
| successor |
Dragon spacecraft
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surface form:
Cargo Dragon 2
Crew Dragon ⓘ |
| unpressurizedCargoCarrier | trunk ⓘ |
| usedFor |
NASA Commercial Orbital Transportation Services (COTS) demonstrations
ⓘ
NASA Commercial Orbital Transportation Services program ⓘ
surface form:
NASA Commercial Resupply Services (CRS) missions
|
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: Dragon 1 Description of subject: Dragon 1 is SpaceX’s original cargo spacecraft variant, designed to deliver supplies to and from the International Space Station under NASA’s Commercial Resupply Services program.
Referenced by (12)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Dragon C112
subject surface form:
Commercial Resupply Services 1
this entity surface form:
Dragon C103
this entity surface form:
Dragon C1
this entity surface form:
Dragon C112
this entity surface form:
Dragon C1