Jiuquan LC-43
E827563
Jiuquan LC-43 is a primary crew-rated launch complex at China’s Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, used for sending Shenzhou spacecraft and other missions into orbit.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Jiuquan LC-43 canonical | 2 |
| Jiuquan Launch Area 4 | 1 |
| Jiuquan Launch Complex 43 | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9890230 — 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: Jiuquan LC-43 Context triple: [Shenzhou 12, launchPad, Jiuquan LC-43]
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A.
Long March 7
Long March 7 is a Chinese medium-lift launch vehicle designed primarily to deliver cargo spacecraft and components for China’s crewed space program into orbit.
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B.
Long March 4B
Long March 4B is a Chinese three-stage orbital launch vehicle used primarily to place satellites into sun-synchronous and low Earth orbits.
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C.
Long March 4A
Long March 4A is a Chinese three-stage orbital launch vehicle used primarily to place satellites into sun-synchronous and low Earth orbits.
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D.
Long March 4C
Long March 4C is a Chinese three-stage orbital launch vehicle used primarily to place satellites into sun-synchronous and low Earth orbits.
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E.
Tiangong-2 space laboratory
Tiangong-2 space laboratory was China’s second prototype space station module, used to test key technologies for future modular space stations and support crewed and cargo missions in low Earth orbit.
- 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: Jiuquan LC-43 Target entity description: Jiuquan LC-43 is a primary crew-rated launch complex at China’s Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, used for sending Shenzhou spacecraft and other missions into orbit.
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A.
Long March 7
Long March 7 is a Chinese medium-lift launch vehicle designed primarily to deliver cargo spacecraft and components for China’s crewed space program into orbit.
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B.
Long March 4B
Long March 4B is a Chinese three-stage orbital launch vehicle used primarily to place satellites into sun-synchronous and low Earth orbits.
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C.
Long March 4A
Long March 4A is a Chinese three-stage orbital launch vehicle used primarily to place satellites into sun-synchronous and low Earth orbits.
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D.
Long March 4C
Long March 4C is a Chinese three-stage orbital launch vehicle used primarily to place satellites into sun-synchronous and low Earth orbits.
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E.
Tiangong-2 space laboratory
Tiangong-2 space laboratory was China’s second prototype space station module, used to test key technologies for future modular space stations and support crewed and cargo missions in low Earth orbit.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
crew-rated launch complex
ⓘ
launch complex ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Chinese space program
ⓘ
Chinese space station construction missions ⓘ low Earth orbit missions ⓘ |
| country | China ⓘ |
| designedFor |
Long March 2F crew-rated configuration
ⓘ
linked to:
Long March 2F
|
| hasAlias |
JQ-43 crew launch pad
ⓘ
Jiuquan Launch Complex 43 ⓘ
linked to:
Jiuquan LC-43
|
| hasDesignation | LC-43 ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
crew access arm
ⓘ
flame trench ⓘ service tower ⓘ sound suppression system ⓘ umbilical connections ⓘ |
| hasInfrastructure |
crew processing facilities
ⓘ
ground support equipment ⓘ mission control interfaces ⓘ propellant loading systems ⓘ |
| launchDirection | eastward ⓘ |
| launchPadType | ground launch pad ⓘ |
| launchVehicle | Long March 2F ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Gansu Province
ⓘ
Gobi Desert ⓘ Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center ⓘ |
| operator |
China National Space Administration
ⓘ
People's Liberation Army Strategic Support Force ⓘ |
| partOf |
Jiuquan crewed spaceflight infrastructure
ⓘ
linked to:
Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center
|
| primaryRole | launching crewed Shenzhou missions ⓘ |
| primaryUser | Chinese taikonauts ⓘ |
| safetyRole |
supports crew escape procedures
ⓘ
supports pre-launch crew operations ⓘ |
| status | operational ⓘ |
| supportsOrbitType |
inclined orbits
ⓘ
low Earth orbit ⓘ |
| supportsProgram |
Chinese human spaceflight program
ⓘ
Shenzhou program ⓘ
linked to:
China's crewed spaceflight program
Tiangong space station program ⓘ
linked to:
Tiangong space station
|
| usedBy |
People's Republic of China
ⓘ
linked to:
People’s Republic of China
|
| usedFor |
Shenzhou spacecraft launches
ⓘ
Tiangong space station missions ⓘ
linked to:
Tiangong crewed missions
crewed spaceflight launches ⓘ orbital launches ⓘ |
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: Jiuquan LC-43 Description of subject: Jiuquan LC-43 is a primary crew-rated launch complex at China’s Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, used for sending Shenzhou spacecraft and other missions into orbit.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Jiuquan LC-43
linked to: Jiuquan LC-43