Long March launch vehicles

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family of expendable launch vehicles

Long March launch vehicles are a family of Chinese expendable rockets that serve as the backbone of China’s space launch program for satellites, crewed missions, and deep-space probes.

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All labels observed (13)

Label	Occurrences
Long March rocket family	21
Long March launch vehicle family	3
Long March rockets	2
Chang Zheng launch vehicles	1
Long March 11 rockets	1
Long March 2 rockets	1
Long March 3 rockets	1
Long March 4 rockets	1
Long March 6 rockets	1
Long March 7 rockets	1
Long March launch vehicle program	1
Long March launch vehicles canonical	1
Long March series rocket (planned)	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7922883 — 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: Long March launch vehicles
Context triple: [China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation, manufactures, Long March launch vehicles]

A. Long March 5
Long March 5 is a heavy-lift Chinese orbital launch vehicle developed by the China National Space Administration for deploying large payloads to Earth orbit and deep-space missions.
B. Long March 5B
Long March 5B is a heavy-lift Chinese orbital launch vehicle primarily used to carry large modules and payloads for the country’s space station program.
C. M-V rocket
The M-V rocket was a Japanese solid-fuel launch vehicle developed by JAXA (and its predecessors) primarily for launching scientific satellites and space probes, including deep-space missions like Hayabusa.
D. Epsilon launch vehicle
The Epsilon launch vehicle is a Japanese solid-fuel rocket designed for cost-effective, small satellite launches into orbit.
E. H3 launch vehicle
The H3 launch vehicle is Japan’s next-generation, expendable rocket designed to provide more flexible, cost-effective access to space for a wide range of satellite and mission payloads.
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: Long March launch vehicles
Target entity description: Long March launch vehicles are a family of Chinese expendable rockets that serve as the backbone of China’s space launch program for satellites, crewed missions, and deep-space probes.

A. Long March 5
Long March 5 is a heavy-lift Chinese orbital launch vehicle developed by the China National Space Administration for deploying large payloads to Earth orbit and deep-space missions.
B. Long March 5B
Long March 5B is a heavy-lift Chinese orbital launch vehicle primarily used to carry large modules and payloads for the country’s space station program.
C. M-V rocket
The M-V rocket was a Japanese solid-fuel launch vehicle developed by JAXA (and its predecessors) primarily for launching scientific satellites and space probes, including deep-space missions like Hayabusa.
D. Epsilon launch vehicle
The Epsilon launch vehicle is a Japanese solid-fuel rocket designed for cost-effective, small satellite launches into orbit.
E. H3 launch vehicle
The H3 launch vehicle is Japan’s next-generation, expendable rocket designed to provide more flexible, cost-effective access to space for a wide range of satellite and mission payloads.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (59)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	family of expendable launch vehicles ⓘ
abbreviation	CZ ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	CZ launch vehicles ⓘ Chang Zheng launch vehicles ⓘ linked to: Long March launch vehicles
backboneOf	Chinese space launch program ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	China ⓘ
designPhilosophy	modular launch vehicle family ⓘ
developedBy	People's Republic of China ⓘ linked to: China
familyMember	Long March 1 ⓘ Long March 11 ⓘ Long March 2C ⓘ Long March 2D ⓘ Long March 2F ⓘ Long March 3A ⓘ Long March 3B ⓘ Long March 3C ⓘ Long March 4B ⓘ Long March 4C ⓘ Long March 5 ⓘ Long March 5B ⓘ Long March 6 ⓘ Long March 6A ⓘ linked to: Long March 6 Long March 7 ⓘ Long March 7A ⓘ linked to: Long March 7 Long March 8 ⓘ linked to: Long March 8 (some missions)
firstLaunchDate	1970-04-24 ⓘ
firstVariant	Long March 1 ⓘ
launchSitesUsed	Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center ⓘ Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center ⓘ Wenchang Space Launch Site ⓘ Xichang Satellite Launch Center ⓘ
manufacturer	China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology ⓘ
marketedBy	China Great Wall Industry Corporation ⓘ
namedAfter	Long March ⓘ
notableMission	Chang'e lunar missions ⓘ linked to: Chang’e lunar exploration program Shenzhou crewed missions ⓘ linked to: Shenzhou crewed spacecraft Tiangong space station module launches ⓘ Tianwen-1 Mars mission ⓘ linked to: Tianwen-1 Tianzhou cargo spacecraft launches ⓘ
operator	China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation ⓘ China National Space Administration ⓘ
primaryCustomer	Chinese commercial satellite operators ⓘ Chinese government ⓘ linked to: People's Republic of China government
propellantTypesUsed	hypergolic propellants ⓘ liquid oxygen and kerosene ⓘ liquid oxygen and liquid hydrogen ⓘ solid propellant ⓘ
status	operational ⓘ
technologyType	expendable launch system ⓘ
usedFor	Mars exploration missions ⓘ commercial satellite launches ⓘ crewed spaceflight missions ⓘ deep-space probe launches ⓘ government payload launches ⓘ interplanetary missions ⓘ lunar exploration missions ⓘ military payload launches ⓘ satellite launches ⓘ space station logistics ⓘ

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