Space Launch Complex 40
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Space Launch Complex 40 is a launch site at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, now primarily used by SpaceX for Falcon 9 rocket missions including satellite deployments and crewed flights.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| CCAFS SLC-40 | 5 |
| Space Launch Complex 40 canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10211937 — 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: Space Launch Complex 40 Context triple: [Titan IV, launchComplex, Space Launch Complex 40]
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A.
Space Launch Complex 4
Space Launch Complex 4 is a major West Coast orbital launch site used primarily for polar-orbit and sun-synchronous satellite missions.
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B.
Space Launch Complex 2
Space Launch Complex 2 is a launch facility at Vandenberg Space Force Base historically used for launching small to medium-class rockets into polar and sun-synchronous orbits.
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C.
Space Launch Complex 37B
Space Launch Complex 37B is a launch pad at Cape Canaveral, Florida, historically used for Saturn I/IB missions and now supporting Delta IV rocket launches.
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D.
Space Launch Complex 3
Space Launch Complex 3 is a launch facility at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California used primarily for launching Atlas and other expendable launch vehicles into polar and sun-synchronous orbits.
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E.
Space Launch Complex 6
Space Launch Complex 6 is a major launch facility at Vandenberg Space Force Base historically used for polar-orbit and military space missions, including Delta IV launches.
- 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: Space Launch Complex 40 Target entity description: Space Launch Complex 40 is a launch site at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, now primarily used by SpaceX for Falcon 9 rocket missions including satellite deployments and crewed flights.
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A.
Space Launch Complex 4
Space Launch Complex 4 is a major West Coast orbital launch site used primarily for polar-orbit and sun-synchronous satellite missions.
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B.
Space Launch Complex 2
Space Launch Complex 2 is a launch facility at Vandenberg Space Force Base historically used for launching small to medium-class rockets into polar and sun-synchronous orbits.
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C.
Space Launch Complex 37B
Space Launch Complex 37B is a launch pad at Cape Canaveral, Florida, historically used for Saturn I/IB missions and now supporting Delta IV rocket launches.
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D.
Space Launch Complex 3
Space Launch Complex 3 is a launch facility at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California used primarily for launching Atlas and other expendable launch vehicles into polar and sun-synchronous orbits.
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E.
Space Launch Complex 6
Space Launch Complex 6 is a major launch facility at Vandenberg Space Force Base historically used for polar-orbit and military space missions, including Delta IV launches.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | orbital launch complex ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| formerlyUsedBy | United States Air Force NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAssociatedIntegrationFacility | SpaceX Horizontal Integration Facility at SLC-40 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAssociatedLandingZone | SpaceX drone ship landing operations (downrange) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasHistoricalUse |
Titan III launch operations
ⓘ
Titan IV launch operations ⓘ |
| hasInfrastructure |
RP-1 kerosene storage tanks
ⓘ
flame trench ⓘ liquid oxygen storage tanks ⓘ sound suppression system ⓘ strongback and transporter-erector ⓘ |
| hasIspDesignation | SLC-40 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLaunchAzimuthRange | approximately 28 to 57 degrees ⓘ |
| hasLaunchPadNumber | 40 ⓘ |
| hasUser |
NASA
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
commercial satellite operators ⓘ |
| launchVehicle |
Falcon 9
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Titan III NERFINISHED ⓘ Titan IV NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Cape Canaveral Space Force Station
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Florida ⓘ |
| locatedInTimeZone | Eastern Time Zone ⓘ |
| locatedNear |
Kennedy Space Center
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Space Launch Complex 41 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Cape Canaveral NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedOnBodyOfWater | Atlantic Ocean coast ⓘ |
| operator |
SpaceX
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
United States Space Force NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ownedBy | United States Space Force NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Eastern Range NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryUser | SpaceX NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| status | active ⓘ |
| supportsOrbitType |
geostationary transfer orbit
ⓘ
low Earth orbit ⓘ polar orbit via dogleg trajectories ⓘ |
| usedFor |
Commercial Crew missions
ⓘ
Falcon 9 launches ⓘ cargo resupply missions ⓘ crewed spaceflight missions ⓘ orbital launches ⓘ satellite launches ⓘ |
| usedForProgram |
NASA Commercial Crew Program
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
NASA Commercial Resupply Services NERFINISHED ⓘ Starlink satellite constellation NERFINISHED ⓘ U.S. national security space missions ⓘ |
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: Space Launch Complex 40 Description of subject: Space Launch Complex 40 is a launch site at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, now primarily used by SpaceX for Falcon 9 rocket missions including satellite deployments and crewed flights.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Commercial Resupply Services 1
this entity surface form:
CCAFS SLC-40
this entity surface form:
CCAFS SLC-40
this entity surface form:
CCAFS SLC-40
this entity surface form:
CCAFS SLC-40
this entity surface form:
CCAFS SLC-40