Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launching Station
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Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launching Station is India’s historic coastal rocket launch site near Thiruvananthapuram, renowned as the cradle of the Indian space program and early sounding rocket missions.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launching Station canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6399678 — 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: Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launching Station Context triple: [Wings of Fire, settingPlace, Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launching Station]
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A.
Barreira do Inferno Launch Center
Barreira do Inferno Launch Center is Brazil’s first rocket launch base, used primarily for sounding rocket missions and space research activities.
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B.
Wenchang Space Launch Site
Wenchang Space Launch Site is a major coastal Chinese spaceport on Hainan Island used for launching heavy-lift rockets and key national space missions.
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C.
Alcântara Launch Center
Alcântara Launch Center is a Brazilian spaceport in the state of Maranhão used for satellite launches, notable for its proximity to the equator which offers fuel-efficient orbital trajectories.
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D.
Tanegashima Space Center
Tanegashima Space Center is Japan’s primary space launch complex, located on Tanegashima Island and used for launching satellites and other spacecraft into orbit.
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E.
Guiana Space Centre
The Guiana Space Centre is a major European spaceport located in French Guiana, used for launching a wide range of commercial and scientific missions including flagship observatories.
- 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: Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launching Station Target entity description: Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launching Station is India’s historic coastal rocket launch site near Thiruvananthapuram, renowned as the cradle of the Indian space program and early sounding rocket missions.
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A.
Barreira do Inferno Launch Center
Barreira do Inferno Launch Center is Brazil’s first rocket launch base, used primarily for sounding rocket missions and space research activities.
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B.
Wenchang Space Launch Site
Wenchang Space Launch Site is a major coastal Chinese spaceport on Hainan Island used for launching heavy-lift rockets and key national space missions.
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C.
Alcântara Launch Center
Alcântara Launch Center is a Brazilian spaceport in the state of Maranhão used for satellite launches, notable for its proximity to the equator which offers fuel-efficient orbital trajectories.
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D.
Tanegashima Space Center
Tanegashima Space Center is Japan’s primary space launch complex, located on Tanegashima Island and used for launching satellites and other spacecraft into orbit.
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E.
Guiana Space Centre
The Guiana Space Centre is a major European spaceport located in French Guiana, used for launching a wide range of commercial and scientific missions including flagship observatories.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
rocket launch site
ⓘ
sounding rocket launch site ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | TERLS ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Vikram Sarabhai
ⓘ
early Indian space scientists ⓘ |
| category |
research infrastructure in India
ⓘ
spaceport ⓘ |
| cityDistrict | Thiruvananthapuram district ⓘ |
| coast | Arabian Sea ⓘ |
| country | India ⓘ |
| environment | coastal ⓘ |
| feature | equatorial location ⓘ |
| focus | scientific research rather than orbital launches ⓘ |
| hasFacility |
payload integration facilities
ⓘ
sounding rocket launch pads ⓘ tracking and telemetry facilities ⓘ |
| hasTypeOfLaunchVehicle | sounding rockets ⓘ |
| historicalRole |
early base of operations for ISRO
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site of India’s first sounding rocket launches ⓘ |
| latitudeApprox | near 8 degrees north ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Kerala
ⓘ
Thumba ⓘ |
| locatedNear | Thiruvananthapuram ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Arabian Sea coast ⓘ |
| nearbyCity | Thiruvananthapuram ⓘ |
| notableFor |
early international cooperative rocket experiments
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equatorial launch conditions for scientific payloads ⓘ |
| operator |
ISRO
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linked to:
Indian Space Research Organisation
Indian Space Research Organisation ⓘ |
| ownedBy | Government of India ⓘ |
| partOf |
Indian space program
ⓘ
linked to:
Indian civilian space programme
|
| primaryUse | sounding rocket launches ⓘ |
| region | southern India ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Indian sounding rocket program
ⓘ
Satish Dhawan Space Centre ⓘ |
| significance | cradle of the Indian space program ⓘ |
| state | Kerala ⓘ |
| usedFor |
ionospheric studies
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meteorological experiments ⓘ space science experiments ⓘ upper atmosphere research ⓘ |
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Subject: Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launching Station Description of subject: Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launching Station is India’s historic coastal rocket launch site near Thiruvananthapuram, renowned as the cradle of the Indian space program and early sounding rocket missions.
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