Interim Cryogenic Propulsion Stage
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The Interim Cryogenic Propulsion Stage is a liquid hydrogen–liquid oxygen upper stage used on early NASA Space Launch System missions to provide orbital insertion and translunar injection capability before the introduction of a more powerful exploration upper stage.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Interim Cryogenic Propulsion Stage canonical | 9 |
| Interim Cryogenic Propulsion Stage adapter | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T496954 — 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: Interim Cryogenic Propulsion Stage Context triple: [Space Launch System, upperStage, Interim Cryogenic Propulsion Stage]
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A.
Titan IIIE-Centaur
Titan IIIE-Centaur was a U.S. expendable launch vehicle that combined a Titan III booster with a high-energy Centaur upper stage to send deep-space probes such as Voyager 2 on interplanetary trajectories.
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B.
LC-39B
LC-39B is a launch pad at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center that has supported major crewed and uncrewed space missions, including Space Shuttle flights and later Space Launch System operations.
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C.
Atlas-Centaur
Atlas-Centaur was an American expendable launch vehicle family that combined an Atlas booster with a high-energy Centaur upper stage to send payloads, including early interplanetary probes, into space.
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D.
Super Heavy booster
The Super Heavy booster is SpaceX’s massive first-stage rocket designed to provide the primary lift for the fully reusable Starship launch system.
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E.
RL10
RL10 is a family of high-performance, liquid hydrogen–liquid oxygen cryogenic rocket engines developed by Aerojet Rocketdyne and widely used on U.S. upper stages such as Centaur and Delta IV.
- 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: Interim Cryogenic Propulsion Stage Target entity description: The Interim Cryogenic Propulsion Stage is a liquid hydrogen–liquid oxygen upper stage used on early NASA Space Launch System missions to provide orbital insertion and translunar injection capability before the introduction of a more powerful exploration upper stage.
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A.
Titan IIIE-Centaur
Titan IIIE-Centaur was a U.S. expendable launch vehicle that combined a Titan III booster with a high-energy Centaur upper stage to send deep-space probes such as Voyager 2 on interplanetary trajectories.
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B.
LC-39B
LC-39B is a launch pad at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center that has supported major crewed and uncrewed space missions, including Space Shuttle flights and later Space Launch System operations.
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C.
Atlas-Centaur
Atlas-Centaur was an American expendable launch vehicle family that combined an Atlas booster with a high-energy Centaur upper stage to send payloads, including early interplanetary probes, into space.
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D.
Super Heavy booster
The Super Heavy booster is SpaceX’s massive first-stage rocket designed to provide the primary lift for the fully reusable Starship launch system.
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E.
RL10
RL10 is a family of high-performance, liquid hydrogen–liquid oxygen cryogenic rocket engines developed by Aerojet Rocketdyne and widely used on U.S. upper stages such as Centaur and Delta IV.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
cryogenic rocket stage
ⓘ
rocket upper stage ⓘ spacecraft propulsion module ⓘ |
| agency | NASA ⓘ |
| basedOn |
Delta IV upper stage
ⓘ
surface form:
Delta Cryogenic Second Stage
|
| compatiblePayload | Orion spacecraft ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| designLife | single use ⓘ |
| developer | Boeing ⓘ |
| diameter | 5 meters ⓘ |
| engine |
RL10
ⓘ
surface form:
RL10B-2
|
| engineCycle | expander cycle ⓘ |
| engineManufacturer | Aerojet Rocketdyne ⓘ |
| firstFlightDate | 2022-11-16 ⓘ |
| firstFlightVehicle | Space Launch System Artemis I core stack ⓘ |
| fuel | liquid hydrogen ⓘ |
| fuelTankMaterial | aluminum-lithium alloy ⓘ |
| guidanceSystem | inertial navigation system ⓘ |
| launchSiteForFirstFlight |
Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39B
ⓘ
surface form:
Kennedy Space Center LC-39B
|
| launchVehicleFamily |
Space Launch System
ⓘ
surface form:
NASA Space Launch System
|
| length | 13.7 meters ⓘ |
| manufacturer | Boeing ⓘ |
| missionProfileRole | injection of Orion spacecraft toward the Moon ⓘ |
| numberOfEngines | 1 ⓘ |
| operator | NASA ⓘ |
| orbitCapability |
injection to high Earth orbit
ⓘ
translunar trajectory insertion ⓘ |
| oxidizer | liquid oxygen ⓘ |
| oxidizerTankMaterial | aluminum-lithium alloy ⓘ |
| plannedToBeReplacedBy | Exploration Upper Stage ⓘ |
| primaryFunction |
orbital insertion
ⓘ
translunar injection ⓘ |
| programRole | interim upper stage before Exploration Upper Stage ⓘ |
| propellant |
liquid hydrogen
ⓘ
liquid oxygen ⓘ |
| propulsionType | chemical rocket ⓘ |
| replaces | no previous SLS upper stage ⓘ |
| separationInterface | Orion Stage Adapter ⓘ |
| specificImpulseVacuum | approximately 462 seconds ⓘ |
| status | operational ⓘ |
| structureDiameter | 5 meters ⓘ |
| thrustVacuum | approximately 110 kN ⓘ |
| usedForProgram | Artemis program ⓘ |
| usedOnLaunchVehicle | Space Launch System ⓘ |
| usedOnLaunchVehicleVariant |
SLS
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surface form:
SLS Block 1
|
| usedOnMission |
Artemis I
ⓘ
Artemis II ⓘ Artemis III ⓘ |
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: Interim Cryogenic Propulsion Stage Description of subject: The Interim Cryogenic Propulsion Stage is a liquid hydrogen–liquid oxygen upper stage used on early NASA Space Launch System missions to provide orbital insertion and translunar injection capability before the introduction of a more powerful exploration upper stage.
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Space Launch System
this entity surface form:
Interim Cryogenic Propulsion Stage adapter