Atlas family
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The Atlas family is a series of American expendable launch vehicles originally developed from a Cold War ballistic missile and widely used for both military and civilian space missions.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Atlas family canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11509272 — 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: Atlas family Context triple: [Atlas-Agena, rocketFamily, Atlas family]
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A.
Ford family
The Ford family is an American industrial dynasty best known for founding and leading the Ford Motor Company and shaping the modern automobile industry.
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B.
Crystal family
The Crystal family is an American entertainment family best known for comedian and actor Billy Crystal and his relatives' work in film and television.
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C.
Sen family
The Sen family is the hereditary lineage of Japanese tea masters descended from Sen no Rikyū, central to the development and transmission of the Japanese tea ceremony.
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D.
Mas family
The Mas family is a prominent Cuban-American business dynasty known for its leadership in engineering, infrastructure, and sports ownership, including a major stake in Inter Miami CF.
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E.
Tow family
The Tow family is a philanthropic family known for its significant charitable giving and support of education, arts, and social justice initiatives.
- 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: Atlas family Target entity description: The Atlas family is a series of American expendable launch vehicles originally developed from a Cold War ballistic missile and widely used for both military and civilian space missions.
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A.
Ford family
The Ford family is an American industrial dynasty best known for founding and leading the Ford Motor Company and shaping the modern automobile industry.
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B.
Crystal family
The Crystal family is an American entertainment family best known for comedian and actor Billy Crystal and his relatives' work in film and television.
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C.
Sen family
The Sen family is the hereditary lineage of Japanese tea masters descended from Sen no Rikyū, central to the development and transmission of the Japanese tea ceremony.
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D.
Mas family
The Mas family is a prominent Cuban-American business dynasty known for its leadership in engineering, infrastructure, and sports ownership, including a major stake in Inter Miami CF.
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E.
Tow family
The Tow family is a philanthropic family known for its significant charitable giving and support of education, arts, and social justice initiatives.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | expendable launch vehicle family ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| designFeature |
balloon tank structure
ⓘ
stage-and-a-half configuration (early variants) ⓘ |
| developedDuring | Cold War ⓘ |
| developedFrom |
SM-65 Atlas ballistic missile
ⓘ
linked to:
SM-65 Atlas
|
| firstFlight | 1957 ⓘ |
| hasVariant |
Atlas D
ⓘ
linked to:
Atlas
Atlas E ⓘ
linked to:
Atlas F
Atlas F ⓘ Atlas II ⓘ Atlas III ⓘ Atlas LV-3B ⓘ Atlas V ⓘ Atlas-Agena ⓘ Atlas-Centaur ⓘ SM-65 Atlas ⓘ |
| launchSite |
Cape Canaveral Space Force Station
ⓘ
Vandenberg Space Force Base ⓘ |
| manufacturer |
Convair
ⓘ
General Dynamics ⓘ Lockheed Martin ⓘ United Launch Alliance ⓘ |
| notableFor | first U.S. orbital crewed flights (Mercury-Atlas) ⓘ |
| notablePayload |
InSight lander
ⓘ
linked to:
InSight Mars lander
Juno spacecraft ⓘ Landsat satellites ⓘ Mariner probes ⓘ
linked to:
Mariner planetary missions
Mars 2020 (Perseverance rover) ⓘ
linked to:
Mars 2020
Mars Science Laboratory (Curiosity rover) ⓘ
linked to:
Mars Science Laboratory
Mercury spacecraft ⓘ New Horizons spacecraft ⓘ
linked to:
New Horizons
OSIRIS-REx spacecraft ⓘ
linked to:
OSIRIS-REx asteroid sample return mission
Pioneer probes ⓘ
linked to:
Pioneer lunar probes
Surveyor spacecraft ⓘ TDRS satellites ⓘ |
| operatedBy |
United Launch Alliance
ⓘ
United States Air Force ⓘ United States Space Force ⓘ |
| propellantType |
liquid oxygen / RP-1
ⓘ
liquid oxygen / liquid hydrogen ⓘ |
| status | partially retired ⓘ |
| successor | Vulcan Centaur ⓘ |
| usedFor |
DoD missions
ⓘ
NASA missions ⓘ civilian missions ⓘ commercial satellite launches ⓘ military missions ⓘ space launch ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Atlas family Description of subject: The Atlas family is a series of American expendable launch vehicles originally developed from a Cold War ballistic missile and widely used for both military and civilian space missions.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.