C1 mission
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The C1 mission, formally known as COTS Demo Flight 1, was SpaceX’s first demonstration flight of its Dragon spacecraft under NASA’s Commercial Orbital Transportation Services program to validate cargo transport capabilities to low Earth orbit.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| C1 mission canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11692496 — 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: C1 mission Context triple: [COTS Demo Flight 1, alsoKnownAs, C1 mission]
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NS-16 mission
The NS-16 mission was Blue Origin’s first crewed New Shepard suborbital spaceflight, carrying Jeff Bezos and three other passengers to the edge of space on July 20, 2021.
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B.
Clementine mission
The Clementine mission was a 1994 joint U.S. Department of Defense and NASA spacecraft mission primarily designed to test space-based technologies while mapping the Moon’s surface in detail.
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C.
Missions of Opportunity
Missions of Opportunity are competitively selected, relatively low-cost NASA astrophysics projects that leverage existing or planned space missions or facilities to conduct focused scientific investigations.
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D.
K2 mission
The K2 mission was the extended follow-up to NASA’s Kepler space telescope, conducting high-precision photometric observations along the ecliptic to study exoplanets and stellar variability.
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E.
CASSIOPE mission
The CASSIOPE mission is a Canadian satellite project that combines advanced space weather research with a commercial communications payload to study Earth’s upper atmosphere and improve data services.
- 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: C1 mission Target entity description: The C1 mission, formally known as COTS Demo Flight 1, was SpaceX’s first demonstration flight of its Dragon spacecraft under NASA’s Commercial Orbital Transportation Services program to validate cargo transport capabilities to low Earth orbit.
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A.
NS-16 mission
The NS-16 mission was Blue Origin’s first crewed New Shepard suborbital spaceflight, carrying Jeff Bezos and three other passengers to the edge of space on July 20, 2021.
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B.
Clementine mission
The Clementine mission was a 1994 joint U.S. Department of Defense and NASA spacecraft mission primarily designed to test space-based technologies while mapping the Moon’s surface in detail.
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C.
Missions of Opportunity
Missions of Opportunity are competitively selected, relatively low-cost NASA astrophysics projects that leverage existing or planned space missions or facilities to conduct focused scientific investigations.
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D.
K2 mission
The K2 mission was the extended follow-up to NASA’s Kepler space telescope, conducting high-precision photometric observations along the ecliptic to study exoplanets and stellar variability.
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E.
CASSIOPE mission
The CASSIOPE mission is a Canadian satellite project that combines advanced space weather research with a commercial communications payload to study Earth’s upper atmosphere and improve data services.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
NASA COTS demonstration flight
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SpaceX mission ⓘ orbital spaceflight ⓘ spaceflight mission ⓘ |
| agency | NASA ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
COTS Demo Flight 1
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SpaceX COTS Demo Flight 1 ⓘ |
| cargo | non-NASA payloads and test cargo ⓘ |
| contractor | SpaceX ⓘ |
| crew | uncrewed ⓘ |
| customer | NASA ⓘ |
| demonstratedCapability |
controlled deorbit and reentry
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ocean splashdown and recovery ⓘ on-orbit operations ⓘ orbital insertion ⓘ |
| duration | about 3 hours 19 minutes ⓘ |
| firstOf |
first NASA COTS demonstration mission by SpaceX
ⓘ
first orbital flight of Dragon spacecraft ⓘ |
| followedBy | C2+ mission ⓘ |
| fundingAgency | NASA ⓘ |
| landing | splashdown ⓘ |
| landingCountry | international waters ⓘ |
| landingSite | Pacific Ocean ⓘ |
| launchCountry |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| launchDate | 2010-12-08 ⓘ |
| launchDateTimeUTC | 2010-12-08T15:43:00Z ⓘ |
| launchSite |
CCAFS SLC-40
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Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Space Launch Complex 40 ⓘ |
| launchState | Florida ⓘ |
| launchVehicle |
Falcon 9
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linked to:
Falcon 9 rocket
|
| launchVehicleManufacturer | SpaceX ⓘ |
| launchVehicleVersion |
Falcon 9 v1.0
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linked to:
Falcon 9 rocket
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| missionType |
cargo demonstration
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orbital test flight ⓘ |
| notableAchievement | first privately developed spacecraft recovered from orbit ⓘ |
| operator | SpaceX ⓘ |
| orbit | low Earth orbit ⓘ |
| precededBy | Falcon 9 Flight 1 ⓘ |
| primaryObjective |
demonstrate cargo transport capability to low Earth orbit
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test Dragon reentry and recovery ⓘ validate Dragon spacecraft performance in orbit ⓘ |
| program |
COTS
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Commercial Orbital Transportation Services ⓘ |
| recoveredBy |
SpaceX recovery team
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linked to:
SpaceX recovery vessel
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| reentry | yes ⓘ |
| relatedProgram |
Commercial Resupply Services
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linked to:
Commercial Resupply Services (CRS)
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| spacecraft | Dragon ⓘ |
| spacecraftManufacturer | SpaceX ⓘ |
| spacecraftType | Dragon 1 ⓘ |
| success | true ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: C1 mission Description of subject: The C1 mission, formally known as COTS Demo Flight 1, was SpaceX’s first demonstration flight of its Dragon spacecraft under NASA’s Commercial Orbital Transportation Services program to validate cargo transport capabilities to low Earth orbit.
Referenced by (1)
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