Guiana Space Centre
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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.
All labels observed (11)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T476152 — 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: Guiana Space Centre Context triple: [James Webb Space Telescope, launchSite, Guiana Space Centre]
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A.
Baikonur Cosmodrome
Baikonur Cosmodrome is the historic Soviet and now Russian-operated spaceport in Kazakhstan from which the first human spaceflight, carrying Yuri Gagarin, was launched.
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B.
Satish Dhawan Space Centre
Satish Dhawan Space Centre is India’s primary spaceport and rocket launch facility, located on Sriharikota island and used for launching the country’s satellite and space missions.
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C.
CNES
CNES (Centre National d'Études Spatiales) is the French government space agency responsible for shaping and implementing France’s civil space policy and major space missions in Europe and worldwide.
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D.
Cape Canaveral LC-41
Cape Canaveral LC-41 is a launch complex at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, historically used for major NASA and interplanetary missions.
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E.
Cape Canaveral
Cape Canaveral is a prominent headland on Florida’s Atlantic coast best known as a major center for U.S. space launches and aerospace activities.
- 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: Guiana Space Centre Target entity description: 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.
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A.
Baikonur Cosmodrome
Baikonur Cosmodrome is the historic Soviet and now Russian-operated spaceport in Kazakhstan from which the first human spaceflight, carrying Yuri Gagarin, was launched.
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B.
Satish Dhawan Space Centre
Satish Dhawan Space Centre is India’s primary spaceport and rocket launch facility, located on Sriharikota island and used for launching the country’s satellite and space missions.
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C.
CNES
CNES (Centre National d'Études Spatiales) is the French government space agency responsible for shaping and implementing France’s civil space policy and major space missions in Europe and worldwide.
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D.
Cape Canaveral LC-41
Cape Canaveral LC-41 is a launch complex at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, historically used for major NASA and interplanetary missions.
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E.
Cape Canaveral
Cape Canaveral is a prominent headland on Florida’s Atlantic coast best known as a major center for U.S. space launches and aerospace activities.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
rocket launch site
ⓘ
spaceport ⓘ |
| advantage |
equatorial location allows efficient launches to geostationary orbit
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equatorial location provides performance gain for many launchers ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
CSG
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Guiana Space Centre ⓘ
surface form:
Centre Spatial Guyanais
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| constructionStart | 1960s ⓘ |
| country | France ⓘ |
| environment | tropical climate ⓘ |
| hasFacility |
ELA-3 launch complex
ⓘ
ELA-4 launch complex ⓘ ELA-3 launch complex ⓘ
surface form:
ELV launch complex
Soyuz launch complex ⓘ mission control centre ⓘ propellant storage facilities ⓘ satellite preparation buildings ⓘ |
| inaugurationYear | 1968 ⓘ |
| latitude | about 5 degrees north ⓘ |
| launchesFromHere |
Ariane 5 inaugural flight
ⓘ
Galileo satellite navigation system ⓘ
surface form:
Galileo navigation satellites
James Webb Space Telescope ⓘ |
| launchVehicle |
Ariane 5 G
ⓘ
surface form:
Ariane 5
Ariane 6 ⓘ Soyuz rocket ⓘ
surface form:
Soyuz-ST
Vega ⓘ Vega launch vehicle programme ⓘ
surface form:
Vega-C
|
| locatedIn |
French Guiana
ⓘ
Kourou ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Atlantic coast ⓘ |
| near | equator ⓘ |
| operator |
Arianespace
ⓘ
CNES ⓘ European Space Agency ⓘ
surface form:
ESA
European Space Agency ⓘ Guiana Space Centre self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
French Guiana Space Centre
|
| ownedBy | Government of France ⓘ |
| partOf | European spaceport network ⓘ |
| primaryUser |
Arianespace
ⓘ
European Space Agency ⓘ |
| runBy | CNES on behalf of France and ESA ⓘ |
| significance |
key infrastructure for European access to space
ⓘ
main launch site for Europe’s heavy-lift rockets ⓘ |
| status | operational ⓘ |
| usedFor |
Earth observation missions
ⓘ
commercial satellite launches ⓘ flagship space observatory launches ⓘ interplanetary missions ⓘ navigation satellite launches ⓘ scientific missions ⓘ telecommunications satellite launches ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Guiana Space Centre Description of subject: 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.
Referenced by (100)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Kourou, French Guiana
this entity surface form:
Guiana Space Centre, Kourou, French Guiana
this entity surface form:
European Spaceport at Kourou
subject surface form:
MICROSCOPE
this entity surface form:
French Guiana Space Centre
this entity surface form:
Centre Spatial Guyanais
subject surface form:
BepiColombo
this entity surface form:
Guiana Space Centre ELA-1
this entity surface form:
Kourou Spaceport
subject surface form:
Anik C2
subject surface form:
Pleiades-1A
subject surface form:
Pleiades-1B
this entity surface form:
Centre Spatial Guyanais
this entity surface form:
Centre Spatial Guyanais
this entity surface form:
Centre Spatial Guyanais
this entity surface form:
Centre Spatial Guyanais
this entity surface form:
Guiana Space Centre launch infrastructure