Chinese Deep Space Network
E827552
The Chinese Deep Space Network is China’s dedicated global system of large radio antennas and tracking facilities that supports communication, navigation, and data relay for its deep-space missions such as lunar and planetary exploration.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Chinese Deep Space Network canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9890018 — 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: Chinese Deep Space Network Context triple: [Chang’e lunar exploration program, usesGroundSegment, Chinese Deep Space Network]
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A.
Deep Space Network
The Deep Space Network is NASA’s global system of large radio antennas used to track, communicate with, and receive data from distant spacecraft throughout the solar system and beyond.
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B.
Canberra Deep Space Communications Complex
The Canberra Deep Space Communications Complex is a NASA-affiliated ground station in Australia that tracks and communicates with interplanetary spacecraft as part of the Deep Space Network.
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C.
Goldstone Deep Space Communications Complex
The Goldstone Deep Space Communications Complex is a major NASA facility in California that houses large radio antennas used to track and communicate with interplanetary spacecraft as part of the Deep Space Network.
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D.
ESA ESTRACK network
The ESA ESTRACK network is the European Space Agency’s global system of ground tracking stations that supports communication with and control of its spacecraft and missions.
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E.
Madrid Deep Space Communications Complex
The Madrid Deep Space Communications Complex is a major NASA facility near Madrid, Spain, equipped with large radio antennas that track and communicate with interplanetary spacecraft as part of the Deep Space Network.
- 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: Chinese Deep Space Network Target entity description: The Chinese Deep Space Network is China’s dedicated global system of large radio antennas and tracking facilities that supports communication, navigation, and data relay for its deep-space missions such as lunar and planetary exploration.
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A.
Deep Space Network
The Deep Space Network is NASA’s global system of large radio antennas used to track, communicate with, and receive data from distant spacecraft throughout the solar system and beyond.
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B.
Canberra Deep Space Communications Complex
The Canberra Deep Space Communications Complex is a NASA-affiliated ground station in Australia that tracks and communicates with interplanetary spacecraft as part of the Deep Space Network.
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C.
Goldstone Deep Space Communications Complex
The Goldstone Deep Space Communications Complex is a major NASA facility in California that houses large radio antennas used to track and communicate with interplanetary spacecraft as part of the Deep Space Network.
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D.
ESA ESTRACK network
The ESA ESTRACK network is the European Space Agency’s global system of ground tracking stations that supports communication with and control of its spacecraft and missions.
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E.
Madrid Deep Space Communications Complex
The Madrid Deep Space Communications Complex is a major NASA facility near Madrid, Spain, equipped with large radio antennas that track and communicate with interplanetary spacecraft as part of the Deep Space Network.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
deep space communication network
ⓘ
ground segment infrastructure ⓘ |
| abbreviation | CDSN ⓘ |
| antennaType | parabolic dish antenna ⓘ |
| country | China ⓘ |
| coverage | global tracking coverage ⓘ |
| frequencyBand |
Ka-band
ⓘ
S-band ⓘ X-band ⓘ |
| hasAntennaDiameter |
35-meter class antenna
ⓘ
50-meter class antenna ⓘ 66-meter class antenna ⓘ |
| hasComponent |
Jiamusi Deep Space Station
ⓘ
Kashgar Deep Space Station ⓘ Miyun Ground Station ⓘ Neuquén Deep Space Station ⓘ
linked to:
Malargüe ground station
|
| locationCountryOfStation |
Argentina
ⓘ
China ⓘ |
| notableFor |
supporting China’s first Mars mission
ⓘ
supporting China’s first lunar soft landing ⓘ |
| operator |
China National Space Administration
ⓘ
China Satellite Launch and Tracking Control General ⓘ |
| purpose |
command uplink
ⓘ
deep space communication ⓘ navigation support ⓘ science data relay ⓘ spacecraft tracking ⓘ telemetry reception ⓘ |
| similarTo |
ESA ESTRACK
ⓘ
linked to:
ESA ESTRACK network
NASA Deep Space Network ⓘ
linked to:
Deep Space Network
|
| startOfOperation | early 2000s ⓘ |
| supportsFunction |
Doppler tracking
ⓘ
attitude determination ⓘ orbit determination ⓘ radio science experiment ⓘ ranging ⓘ time and frequency transfer ⓘ very long baseline interferometry ⓘ |
| supportsMission |
Chang'e 3
ⓘ
linked to:
Chang’e 3
Chang'e 4 ⓘ
linked to:
Chang’e 4
Chang'e 5 ⓘ
linked to:
Chang’e 5
Chang'e lunar exploration program ⓘ
linked to:
Chang’e lunar exploration program
Tianwen-1 ⓘ Tianwen-2 ⓘ Tianwen-3 ⓘ Tianwen-4 ⓘ |
| supportsMissionType |
asteroid and comet mission
ⓘ
deep space probe ⓘ lunar exploration mission ⓘ planetary exploration mission ⓘ |
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: Chinese Deep Space Network Description of subject: The Chinese Deep Space Network is China’s dedicated global system of large radio antennas and tracking facilities that supports communication, navigation, and data relay for its deep-space missions such as lunar and planetary exploration.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.