United Launch Alliance
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United Launch Alliance is an American aerospace company that provides launch services for government and commercial customers, operating rockets such as Atlas V, Delta IV, and Vulcan.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| United Launch Alliance canonical | 73 |
| United States launch providers | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T496920 — 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: United Launch Alliance Context triple: [Space Launch System, manufacturer, United Launch Alliance]
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A.
Aerojet Rocketdyne
Aerojet Rocketdyne is a major American aerospace and defense company specializing in the design and production of rocket engines and propulsion systems for space, missile, and strategic defense applications.
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B.
SpaceX
SpaceX is a private aerospace manufacturer and space transportation company that designs, builds, and launches advanced rockets and spacecraft, pioneering reusable launch technology.
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C.
Lockheed Martin
Lockheed Martin is a major American aerospace and defense company known for designing and producing advanced military aircraft, missiles, and space systems.
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D.
Ball Aerospace
Ball Aerospace is an American aerospace company known for designing and building advanced space systems, instruments, and components for NASA, the U.S. military, and commercial customers.
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E.
Northrop Grumman
Northrop Grumman is a leading American aerospace and defense technology company known for developing advanced military aircraft, spacecraft, and defense systems.
- 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: United Launch Alliance Target entity description: United Launch Alliance is an American aerospace company that provides launch services for government and commercial customers, operating rockets such as Atlas V, Delta IV, and Vulcan.
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A.
Aerojet Rocketdyne
Aerojet Rocketdyne is a major American aerospace and defense company specializing in the design and production of rocket engines and propulsion systems for space, missile, and strategic defense applications.
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B.
SpaceX
SpaceX is a private aerospace manufacturer and space transportation company that designs, builds, and launches advanced rockets and spacecraft, pioneering reusable launch technology.
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C.
Lockheed Martin
Lockheed Martin is a major American aerospace and defense company known for designing and producing advanced military aircraft, missiles, and space systems.
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D.
Ball Aerospace
Ball Aerospace is an American aerospace company known for designing and building advanced space systems, instruments, and components for NASA, the U.S. military, and commercial customers.
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E.
Northrop Grumman
Northrop Grumman is a leading American aerospace and defense technology company known for developing advanced military aircraft, spacecraft, and defense systems.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
aerospace company
ⓘ
launch service provider ⓘ |
| abbreviation | ULA ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| developsRocket | Vulcan Centaur ⓘ |
| focusArea |
commercial satellite launches
ⓘ
national security space launches ⓘ scientific missions ⓘ |
| formedAs | joint venture ⓘ |
| foundationYear | 2006 ⓘ |
| foundedBy |
Boeing
ⓘ
Lockheed Martin ⓘ |
| hasCapability |
geostationary transfer orbit launches
ⓘ
low Earth orbit launches ⓘ polar orbit launches ⓘ |
| hasProgram | Vulcan launch system transition from Atlas and Delta ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation | Centennial, Colorado, United States ⓘ |
| industry |
aerospace industry
ⓘ
space launch industry ⓘ |
| jointVenturePartner |
Boeing Defense, Space & Security
ⓘ
Lockheed Martin Space ⓘ
surface form:
Lockheed Martin Space Systems
|
| keyPerson | Tory Bruno ⓘ |
| launchSite |
Cape Canaveral Space Force Station
ⓘ
Vandenberg Space Force Base ⓘ |
| majorCustomer |
NASA
ⓘ
Department of Defense ⓘ
surface form:
U.S. Department of Defense
United States Space Force ⓘ
surface form:
U.S. Space Force
|
| notableMissionType |
classified payloads
ⓘ
communications satellites ⓘ interplanetary missions ⓘ weather satellites ⓘ |
| operatesRocket |
Atlas V
ⓘ
Delta IV ⓘ Delta IV Heavy ⓘ |
| predecessorProgram |
Atlas launch vehicle
ⓘ
surface form:
Atlas rocket family
Delta rocket ⓘ
surface form:
Delta rocket family
|
| providesService |
launch services
ⓘ
mission integration ⓘ spacecraft launch ⓘ |
| regulatoryEnvironment | U.S. government-regulated space launch market ⓘ |
| servesCustomerType |
United States government
ⓘ
surface form:
U.S. government
commercial customers ⓘ international customers ⓘ |
| specializesIn | expendable launch vehicles ⓘ |
| Tory BrunoRole | Chief Executive Officer ⓘ |
| usesPropellantType |
RP-1 kerosene
ⓘ
liquid hydrogen ⓘ liquid oxygen ⓘ |
| website | https://www.ulalaunch.com/ ⓘ |
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: United Launch Alliance Description of subject: United Launch Alliance is an American aerospace company that provides launch services for government and commercial customers, operating rockets such as Atlas V, Delta IV, and Vulcan.
Referenced by (74)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Suomi NPP
subject surface form:
Dawn
subject surface form:
Space Launch System
subject surface form:
National Reconnaissance Office
subject surface form:
Boe-CFT
subject surface form:
Delta IV
this entity surface form:
United States launch providers
subject surface form:
National Security Space Launch