Gagarin's Start launch pad
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Gagarin's Start launch pad is the historic Baikonur Cosmodrome launch site from which Yuri Gagarin was sent into space on the first human orbital flight.
All labels observed (1)
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| Gagarin's Start launch pad canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10036655 — 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)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Gagarin's Start launch pad Context triple: [Baikonur, hasNearbyFacility, Gagarin's Start launch pad]
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A.
Soyuz launch complex
The Soyuz launch complex is a dedicated launch facility at the Guiana Space Centre in French Guiana built to support Arianespace-operated Soyuz rocket missions to low Earth orbit and beyond.
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B.
Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center
The Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center is Russia’s primary spaceflight training facility, historically used to prepare cosmonauts and international astronauts for missions, including those to the International Space Station.
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C.
Baikonur Cosmodrome
Baikonur Cosmodrome is the historic Soviet and now Russian-operated spaceport in Kazakhstan from which the first human spaceflight, carrying Yuri Gagarin, was launched.
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D.
Angara launch complex
The Angara launch complex is a dedicated launch facility at Russia's Plesetsk Cosmodrome built to support the Angara family of modular space launch vehicles.
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E.
Soyuz-2 launch complex
The Soyuz-2 launch complex is a modern Russian launch facility at Vostochny Cosmodrome designed to support missions using Soyuz-2 family rockets for satellite deployment and other space operations.
- 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: Gagarin's Start launch pad Target entity description: Gagarin's Start launch pad is the historic Baikonur Cosmodrome launch site from which Yuri Gagarin was sent into space on the first human orbital flight.
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A.
Soyuz launch complex
The Soyuz launch complex is a dedicated launch facility at the Guiana Space Centre in French Guiana built to support Arianespace-operated Soyuz rocket missions to low Earth orbit and beyond.
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B.
Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center
The Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center is Russia’s primary spaceflight training facility, historically used to prepare cosmonauts and international astronauts for missions, including those to the International Space Station.
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C.
Baikonur Cosmodrome
Baikonur Cosmodrome is the historic Soviet and now Russian-operated spaceport in Kazakhstan from which the first human spaceflight, carrying Yuri Gagarin, was launched.
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D.
Angara launch complex
The Angara launch complex is a dedicated launch facility at Russia's Plesetsk Cosmodrome built to support the Angara family of modular space launch vehicles.
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E.
Soyuz-2 launch complex
The Soyuz-2 launch complex is a modern Russian launch facility at Vostochny Cosmodrome designed to support missions using Soyuz-2 family rockets for satellite deployment and other space operations.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Baikonur Cosmodrome launch pad
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historic site ⓘ space launch site ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Baikonur Site 1
NERFINISHED
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Gagarin Start NERFINISHED ⓘ Site 1 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedProgram |
International Space Station program
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mir program NERFINISHED ⓘ Salyut program NERFINISHED ⓘ Soyuz program NERFINISHED ⓘ Vostok program NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| builtBy | Soviet Union NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| constructionStart | 1955 ⓘ |
| cosmodromeSection | Baikonur Cosmodrome Site 1/5 area NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Kazakhstan ⓘ |
| firstLaunchVehicleFamily | R-7 Semyorka GENERATED ⓘ |
| geopoliticalContextAtFirstLaunch | Soviet Union NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasServiceStructure | gantry tower ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | historic monument of space exploration ⓘ |
| historicalEra | Space Race NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| launchAzimuth | northeast ⓘ |
| launchInfrastructureType | surface launch pad ⓘ |
| launchPadNumber | Site 1/5 ⓘ |
| launchSiteCode |
LC-1
ⓘ
LC-1/5 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Baikonur Cosmodrome
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kazakhstan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Yuri Gagarin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableAstronaut | Yuri Gagarin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableEvent | first human spaceflight by Yuri Gagarin ⓘ |
| notableFor |
first human orbital spaceflight
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longest-serving crewed launch pad in history ⓘ |
| notableLaunch | Vostok 1 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableLaunchDate | 1961-04-12 ⓘ |
| notableLaunchVehicle | Vostok-K rocket NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| operator |
Roscosmos
NERFINISHED
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Soviet space program NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Baikonur Cosmodrome launch complex network NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryRocketType |
R-7 family
GENERATED
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Soyuz rocket GENERATED ⓘ |
| status | operational ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Russia
NERFINISHED
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USSR NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedFor |
Soyuz launches
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crewed space launches ⓘ uncrewed space launches ⓘ |
| worldRegion | Central Asia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Gagarin's Start launch pad Description of subject: Gagarin's Start launch pad is the historic Baikonur Cosmodrome launch site from which Yuri Gagarin was sent into space on the first human orbital flight.
Referenced by (1)
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