Starbase Suborbital Pad A
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Starbase Suborbital Pad A is a launch and test pad at SpaceX’s Starbase facility in Boca Chica, Texas, used primarily for suborbital testing of Starship prototypes and related hardware.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Pad A at Starbase suborbital site | 1 |
| Starbase Suborbital Pad A canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8055293 — 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: Starbase Suborbital Pad A Context triple: [Suborbital Pad A, alsoKnownAs, Starbase Suborbital Pad A]
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A.
Launch Pad 36A
Launch Pad 36A is one of the historic launch pads at Cape Canaveral used primarily for Atlas rocket launches during the early years of the U.S. space program.
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B.
Launch Pad 36B
Launch Pad 36B is one of the historic launch pads at Cape Canaveral used primarily for Atlas rocket launches during the early years of the U.S. space program.
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C.
Third Launch Pad
Third Launch Pad is an Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) rocket launch complex under development at the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota to support future heavy-lift and crewed missions.
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D.
Launch Complex 19
Launch Complex 19 is a historic launch pad at Cape Canaveral used primarily for NASA’s Project Gemini crewed spaceflights in the 1960s.
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E.
Launch Complex 18
Launch Complex 18 is a former U.S. launch facility at Cape Canaveral used primarily for early missile and space vehicle tests during the Cold War era.
- 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: Starbase Suborbital Pad A Target entity description: Starbase Suborbital Pad A is a launch and test pad at SpaceX’s Starbase facility in Boca Chica, Texas, used primarily for suborbital testing of Starship prototypes and related hardware.
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A.
Launch Pad 36A
Launch Pad 36A is one of the historic launch pads at Cape Canaveral used primarily for Atlas rocket launches during the early years of the U.S. space program.
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B.
Launch Pad 36B
Launch Pad 36B is one of the historic launch pads at Cape Canaveral used primarily for Atlas rocket launches during the early years of the U.S. space program.
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C.
Third Launch Pad
Third Launch Pad is an Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) rocket launch complex under development at the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota to support future heavy-lift and crewed missions.
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D.
Launch Complex 19
Launch Complex 19 is a historic launch pad at Cape Canaveral used primarily for NASA’s Project Gemini crewed spaceflights in the 1960s.
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E.
Launch Complex 18
Launch Complex 18 is a former U.S. launch facility at Cape Canaveral used primarily for early missile and space vehicle tests during the Cold War era.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
rocket launch pad
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test stand ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Pad A at Starbase suborbital site
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linked to:
Starbase Suborbital Pad A
Suborbital Pad A ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
SpaceX Starship program
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linked to:
Starship (SpaceX)
SpaceX Super Heavy–Starship launch system ⓘ
linked to:
Starship launch system
|
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| environment | coastal launch site ⓘ |
| hasInfrastructure |
access platforms
ⓘ
fire suppression systems ⓘ flame diverter ⓘ fueling systems ⓘ ground support equipment ⓘ instrumentation ⓘ launch mount ⓘ lighting systems ⓘ propellant storage tanks ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Boca Chica
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linked to:
Boca Chica, Texas
Cameron County, Texas ⓘ Starbase ⓘ Texas ⓘ United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
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| nearbyStructure |
Starbase Suborbital Pad B
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Starbase orbital launch pad ⓘ |
| operator | SpaceX ⓘ |
| ownedBy | SpaceX ⓘ |
| partOf |
SpaceX Starbase launch site
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SpaceX private spaceport infrastructure ⓘ |
| primaryUser | Starship prototypes ⓘ |
| status | operational ⓘ |
| supportsTestType |
cryogenic proof tests
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engine static fires ⓘ low-altitude flight tests ⓘ |
| supportsVehicleType | Starship upper stage ⓘ |
| usedFor |
Starship hop tests
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Starship prototype testing ⓘ engine testing ⓘ ground support equipment testing ⓘ static fire tests ⓘ suborbital test flights ⓘ |
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: Starbase Suborbital Pad A Description of subject: Starbase Suborbital Pad A is a launch and test pad at SpaceX’s Starbase facility in Boca Chica, Texas, used primarily for suborbital testing of Starship prototypes and related hardware.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Starbase Suborbital Pad A