Launch Complex 39C
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Launch Complex 39C is a small launch pad at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center designed to support launches of small-class commercial and government rockets.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Launch Complex 39C canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T647279 — 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: Launch Complex 39C Context triple: [Kennedy Space Center, hasLaunchSite, Launch Complex 39C]
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Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39B
Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39B is a historic NASA launch pad on Florida’s Space Coast, originally built for Apollo missions and later used for Space Shuttle launches and current Artemis program flights.
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Cape Canaveral Launch Complex 36
Cape Canaveral Launch Complex 36 is a historic Florida launch site that supported numerous NASA and commercial Atlas-Centaur rocket missions, including early planetary and communications satellite launches.
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Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39A
Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39A is a historic Florida launch pad used for major U.S. crewed space missions, including Apollo Moon landings, Space Shuttle flights, and current SpaceX Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy launches.
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Cape Canaveral LC-41
Cape Canaveral LC-41 is a launch complex at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, historically used for major NASA and interplanetary missions.
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Kennedy Space Center Shuttle Landing Facility
The Kennedy Space Center Shuttle Landing Facility is a specialized runway complex in Florida designed for the return and landing of NASA’s Space Shuttle orbiters and other aerospace vehicles.
- 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: Launch Complex 39C Target entity description: Launch Complex 39C is a small launch pad at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center designed to support launches of small-class commercial and government rockets.
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A.
Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39B
Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39B is a historic NASA launch pad on Florida’s Space Coast, originally built for Apollo missions and later used for Space Shuttle launches and current Artemis program flights.
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B.
Cape Canaveral Launch Complex 36
Cape Canaveral Launch Complex 36 is a historic Florida launch site that supported numerous NASA and commercial Atlas-Centaur rocket missions, including early planetary and communications satellite launches.
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C.
Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39A
Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39A is a historic Florida launch pad used for major U.S. crewed space missions, including Apollo Moon landings, Space Shuttle flights, and current SpaceX Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy launches.
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D.
Cape Canaveral LC-41
Cape Canaveral LC-41 is a launch complex at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, historically used for major NASA and interplanetary missions.
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Kennedy Space Center Shuttle Landing Facility
The Kennedy Space Center Shuttle Landing Facility is a specialized runway complex in Florida designed for the return and landing of NASA’s Space Shuttle orbiters and other aerospace vehicles.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
rocket launch pad
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space launch facility ⓘ |
| adjacentTo |
Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39B
ⓘ
surface form:
Launch Complex 39B
|
| builtWithin | perimeter of Launch Complex 39B ⓘ |
| category | spaceport infrastructure ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| designedFor |
commercial launch vehicles
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government launch vehicles ⓘ small satellite launches ⓘ small-class rockets ⓘ |
| launchAzimuthRange | between approximately 120 degrees and 170 degrees ⓘ |
| locatedAt |
Kennedy Space Center
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surface form:
NASA Kennedy Space Center, Florida
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| locatedIn |
Brevard County
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surface form:
Brevard County, Florida
Florida ⓘ Launch Complex 39 ⓘ
surface form:
Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39 area
Merritt Island ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Atlantic coast of Florida ⓘ |
| operator | NASA ⓘ |
| owner | NASA ⓘ |
| partOf |
Kennedy Space Center
ⓘ
Kennedy Space Center Launch Services Program infrastructure ⓘ |
| purpose |
expand small launch capabilities at Kennedy Space Center
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support commercial small-class launches ⓘ support government small-class launches ⓘ |
| region |
Cape Canaveral
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surface form:
Cape Canaveral area
|
| status | operational ⓘ |
| supports |
low Earth orbit launches
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polar orbit launches (via downrange trajectory over the Atlantic) ⓘ suborbital launches ⓘ |
| usedFor | testing and demonstration flights of small launch vehicles ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Launch Complex 39C Description of subject: Launch Complex 39C is a small launch pad at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center designed to support launches of small-class commercial and government rockets.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.