Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Space Launch Complex 17
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Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Space Launch Complex 17 is a historic launch facility in Florida that supported numerous Delta rocket missions for NASA and the U.S. military, including planetary exploration missions.
All labels observed (4)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8993927 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Space Launch Complex 17 Context triple: [Mars Odyssey mission, launchSite, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Space Launch Complex 17]
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Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Space Launch Complex 17A
Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Space Launch Complex 17A is a historic launch pad at Cape Canaveral, Florida, long used for Delta rocket missions and various NASA scientific satellites.
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Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Space Launch Complex 17B
Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Space Launch Complex 17B is a former U.S. launch pad on Florida’s Space Coast that historically supported numerous Delta rocket missions for NASA and the U.S. military.
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Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 18
Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 18 is a historic launch facility at Cape Canaveral, Florida, primarily known for supporting early U.S. space and missile tests, including launches in the Vanguard program.
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Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Space Launch Complex 40
Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Space Launch Complex 40 is a major launch pad on Florida’s Space Coast used primarily by SpaceX for Falcon 9 missions to low Earth orbit and beyond.
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Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 14
Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 14 is a historic launch pad in Florida best known as the site of several early NASA Mercury missions during the dawn of U.S. human spaceflight.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
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Target entity: Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Space Launch Complex 17 Target entity description: Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Space Launch Complex 17 is a historic launch facility in Florida that supported numerous Delta rocket missions for NASA and the U.S. military, including planetary exploration missions.
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Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Space Launch Complex 17A
Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Space Launch Complex 17A is a historic launch pad at Cape Canaveral, Florida, long used for Delta rocket missions and various NASA scientific satellites.
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Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Space Launch Complex 17B
Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Space Launch Complex 17B is a former U.S. launch pad on Florida’s Space Coast that historically supported numerous Delta rocket missions for NASA and the U.S. military.
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Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 18
Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 18 is a historic launch facility at Cape Canaveral, Florida, primarily known for supporting early U.S. space and missile tests, including launches in the Vanguard program.
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Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Space Launch Complex 40
Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Space Launch Complex 40 is a major launch pad on Florida’s Space Coast used primarily by SpaceX for Falcon 9 missions to low Earth orbit and beyond.
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E.
Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 14
Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 14 is a historic launch pad in Florida best known as the site of several early NASA Mercury missions during the dawn of U.S. human spaceflight.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historic site
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rocket launch site ⓘ |
| associatedProgram |
NASA planetary science program
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U.S. Air Force space launch program ⓘ
linked to:
National Security Space Launch (NSSL)
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| associatedRocketFamily |
Delta II 6000 series
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linked to:
Delta II
Delta II 7000 series ⓘ
linked to:
Delta II
Thor-Delta ⓘ |
| builtFor |
PGM-17 Thor missile program
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linked to:
PGM-17 Thor
|
| constructionStart | 1956 ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| demolitionOfTowers | 2018 ⓘ |
| firstLaunchDate | 1957 ⓘ |
| firstLaunchVehicle | PGM-17 Thor ⓘ |
| formerlyUsedFor | Thor missile launches ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Launch Pad 17A
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Launch Pad 17B ⓘ |
| historicUsePeriod | 1950s–2010s ⓘ |
| lastDeltaIILaunchDate | 2011 ⓘ |
| lastLaunchVehicle | Delta II ⓘ |
| launchesSupported |
Earth observation satellites
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military communication satellites ⓘ navigation satellites ⓘ planetary exploration spacecraft ⓘ |
| launchPadsCount | 2 ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Brevard County, Florida
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linked to:
Brevard County
Cape Canaveral ⓘ Cape Canaveral Air Force Station ⓘ
linked to:
Cape Canaveral Space Force Station
Florida ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Cape Canaveral Space Force Station ⓘ |
| locatedOnCoast | Atlantic Ocean ⓘ |
| notableFor |
supporting NASA science missions
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supporting U.S. military space missions ⓘ supporting numerous Delta rocket missions ⓘ supporting planetary exploration missions ⓘ |
| operator |
United States Air Force
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United States Space Force ⓘ |
| padDesignation |
17A
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17B ⓘ |
| partOf | Eastern Range ⓘ |
| primaryRocketFamily |
Delta II
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Delta III ⓘ Delta rocket family ⓘ
linked to:
Delta rocket
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| status | decommissioned ⓘ |
| usedBy |
NASA
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United States Air Force ⓘ United States military ⓘ
linked to:
United States Armed Forces
commercial launch providers ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Space Launch Complex 17 Description of subject: Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Space Launch Complex 17 is a historic launch facility in Florida that supported numerous Delta rocket missions for NASA and the U.S. military, including planetary exploration missions.
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Space Launch Complex 17B
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partOf
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Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Space Launch Complex 17
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Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Space Launch Complex 17A
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partOf
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Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Space Launch Complex 17
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linked to: Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Space Launch Complex 17
linked to: Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Space Launch Complex 17
linked to: Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Space Launch Complex 17