SA-204
E914994
SA-204 was a Saturn IB launch vehicle used by NASA during the Apollo program, notably associated with the ill-fated Apollo 1 mission.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| SA-204 canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11265929 — 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: SA-204 Context triple: [AS-204, launchVehicleSerialNumber, SA-204]
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A.
SA-4
SA-4 was an early uncrewed Saturn I test flight in NASA’s Apollo program, used to validate the rocket’s performance and systems before crewed missions.
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B.
SA-2
SA-2 is a specific space mission or spacecraft designation associated with the S-I launch vehicle in the early U.S. space program.
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C.
SA-6
SA-6 is a Soviet-era mobile surface-to-air missile system, known by the NATO reporting name "Gainful," designed to engage low- to medium-altitude aircraft.
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D.
SA-5
SA-5 is a track from Beck’s acclaimed 1996 album "Odelay," known for its eclectic, sample-heavy alternative rock sound.
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E.
SA-501
SA-501 was the first Saturn V launch vehicle, used for the uncrewed Apollo 4 test flight that validated the rocket and spacecraft for future lunar missions.
- 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: SA-204 Target entity description: SA-204 was a Saturn IB launch vehicle used by NASA during the Apollo program, notably associated with the ill-fated Apollo 1 mission.
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A.
SA-4
SA-4 was an early uncrewed Saturn I test flight in NASA’s Apollo program, used to validate the rocket’s performance and systems before crewed missions.
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B.
SA-2
SA-2 is a specific space mission or spacecraft designation associated with the S-I launch vehicle in the early U.S. space program.
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C.
SA-6
SA-6 is a Soviet-era mobile surface-to-air missile system, known by the NATO reporting name "Gainful," designed to engage low- to medium-altitude aircraft.
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D.
SA-5
SA-5 is a track from Beck’s acclaimed 1996 album "Odelay," known for its eclectic, sample-heavy alternative rock sound.
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E.
SA-501
SA-501 was the first Saturn V launch vehicle, used for the uncrewed Apollo 4 test flight that validated the rocket and spacecraft for future lunar missions.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Saturn IB launch vehicle
ⓘ
expendable launch system ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | AS-204 ⓘ |
| associatedWithEvent | Apollo 1 cabin fire ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| firstStage |
S-IB stage
ⓘ
linked to:
S-IB
|
| firstStageEngineType | Rocketdyne H-1 ⓘ |
| followedBy | SA-205 ⓘ |
| hardwareReassignmentReason | cancellation of crewed Apollo 1 flight after fire ⓘ |
| height |
224 ft
ⓘ
68 m ⓘ |
| launchDate | 1968-01-22 ⓘ |
| launchMass |
~1,300,000 lb
ⓘ
~590,000 kg ⓘ |
| launchOutcome | success ⓘ |
| launchSite |
Cape Kennedy Air Force Station Launch Complex 37B
ⓘ
LC-37B ⓘ |
| launchTimeUTC | 1968-01-22T22:48:08Z ⓘ |
| launchVehicleSerialNumber | SA-204 ⓘ |
| liftoffThrust |
~1,600,000 lbf
ⓘ
~7,100 kN ⓘ |
| manufacturer |
Chrysler Corporation Space Division
ⓘ
Douglas Aircraft Company ⓘ Rocketdyne ⓘ
linked to:
Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne
|
| missionName | Apollo 5 ⓘ |
| missionObjective | test of Lunar Module ascent and descent engines in Earth orbit ⓘ |
| missionPayload |
Apollo Lunar Module test article LM-1
ⓘ
linked to:
Apollo Lunar Module
|
| missionType | uncrewed Earth-orbital test flight ⓘ |
| numberOfFirstStageEngines | 8 ⓘ |
| numberOfSecondStageEngines | 1 ⓘ |
| operator | NASA ⓘ |
| orbitType | low Earth orbit ⓘ |
| originallyAssignedToMission | Apollo 1 ⓘ |
| partOf | Apollo program ⓘ |
| precededBy | SA-203 ⓘ |
| programPhase | early Apollo Earth-orbital test phase ⓘ |
| propellantFirstStage |
RP-1 kerosene
ⓘ
liquid oxygen ⓘ |
| propellantSecondStage |
liquid hydrogen
ⓘ
liquid oxygen ⓘ |
| rocketFamily |
Saturn I family
ⓘ
linked to:
Saturn rocket family
Saturn IB ⓘ |
| secondStage |
S-IVB stage
ⓘ
linked to:
S-IVB
|
| secondStageEngineType |
Rocketdyne J-2
ⓘ
linked to:
J-2
|
| stageCount | 2 ⓘ |
| status | retired ⓘ |
| usedForMission | Apollo 5 ⓘ |
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: SA-204 Description of subject: SA-204 was a Saturn IB launch vehicle used by NASA during the Apollo program, notably associated with the ill-fated Apollo 1 mission.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.