SLC-8
E938318
SLC-8 is a launch pad at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California used primarily for small orbital launch vehicles.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| SLC-8 canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11625360 — 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: SLC-8 Context triple: [Space Launch Complex 8, previousName, SLC-8]
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A.
SLC-2
SLC-2 is a launch facility at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California historically used for launching various orbital rockets, including Delta family vehicles, into polar and sun-synchronous orbits.
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B.
SLC-3
SLC-3 is a launch complex at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California used primarily for launching Atlas and previously Titan rockets into polar and sun-synchronous orbits.
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C.
SLC-41
SLC-41 is a launch complex at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida used primarily for United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket missions, including NASA and commercial spacecraft launches.
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D.
SLC-4
SLC-4 is a launch facility at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California historically used for Titan rockets and now for SpaceX Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy missions.
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E.
SLC-6
SLC-6 is a launch pad at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, historically associated with several canceled and repurposed U.S. space launch programs, including the Space Shuttle.
- 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: SLC-8 Target entity description: SLC-8 is a launch pad at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California used primarily for small orbital launch vehicles.
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A.
SLC-2
SLC-2 is a launch facility at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California historically used for launching various orbital rockets, including Delta family vehicles, into polar and sun-synchronous orbits.
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B.
SLC-3
SLC-3 is a launch complex at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California used primarily for launching Atlas and previously Titan rockets into polar and sun-synchronous orbits.
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C.
SLC-41
SLC-41 is a launch complex at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida used primarily for United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket missions, including NASA and commercial spacecraft launches.
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D.
SLC-4
SLC-4 is a launch facility at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California historically used for Titan rockets and now for SpaceX Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy missions.
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E.
SLC-6
SLC-6 is a launch pad at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, historically associated with several canceled and repurposed U.S. space launch programs, including the Space Shuttle.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (31)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
launch pad
ⓘ
space launch complex ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
SLC-8, Vandenberg
ⓘ
linked to:
Space Launch Complex 8
Space Launch Complex 8 ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| designedFor | small launch vehicles ⓘ |
| environment | coastal ⓘ |
| formerlyOperatedBy | United States Air Force ⓘ |
| garrison | Vandenberg Space Force Base ⓘ |
| hasFacilityType | orbital launch site ⓘ |
| hasInfrastructure |
launch pad
ⓘ
propellant handling systems ⓘ support equipment ⓘ |
| hasLaunchAzimuth | southern and polar orbits ⓘ |
| hasLaunchPadCount | 1 ⓘ |
| hasPrimaryUse | space launch operations ⓘ |
| hasRunway | no ⓘ |
| launchesFrom |
Vandenberg Space Force Base South Base area
ⓘ
linked to:
Vandenberg Space Force Base
|
| locatedIn |
California
ⓘ
linked to:
California, United States
United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
Vandenberg Space Force Base ⓘ |
| locatedOn |
Pacific coast of California
ⓘ
linked to:
California coast
|
| near |
Lompoc, California
ⓘ
linked to:
Lompoc, California, United States
|
| operatedBy | United States Space Force ⓘ |
| partOf | Vandenberg Space Force Base launch infrastructure ⓘ |
| region |
Santa Barbara County, California
ⓘ
linked to:
Santa Barbara County
|
| status | operational ⓘ |
| supportsOrbitType |
polar orbit
ⓘ
sun-synchronous orbit ⓘ |
| usedFor |
orbital launches
ⓘ
small orbital launch vehicles ⓘ |
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: SLC-8 Description of subject: SLC-8 is a launch pad at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California used primarily for small orbital launch vehicles.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.