Centaur V
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Centaur V is the latest, larger and more capable iteration of United Launch Alliance’s cryogenic Centaur upper stage, designed to fly on the Vulcan launch vehicle.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Centaur V canonical | 2 |
| Centaur V-AC | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12094499 — 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: Centaur V Context triple: [Centaur upper stage, configurationVariant, Centaur V]
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A.
Vulcan Centaur
Vulcan Centaur is United Launch Alliance’s next-generation, two-stage heavy-lift rocket designed to replace Atlas V and Delta IV for a wide range of commercial, government, and deep-space missions.
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B.
Saturn VII
Saturn VII is the Roman numeral designation for Hyperion, an irregularly shaped moon of Saturn known for its chaotic rotation and sponge-like appearance.
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C.
Centaur T
Centaur T is a cryogenic upper stage used on later Titan IV rockets, designed to boost heavy payloads into high orbits and interplanetary trajectories.
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D.
Titan IIIE-Centaur
Titan IIIE-Centaur was a U.S. expendable launch vehicle that combined a Titan III booster with a high-energy Centaur upper stage to send deep-space probes such as Voyager 2 on interplanetary trajectories.
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E.
Atlas LV-3C Centaur
Atlas LV-3C Centaur was an early American launch vehicle configuration that first successfully demonstrated the Centaur high-energy upper stage for NASA missions in the 1960s.
- 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: Centaur V Target entity description: Centaur V is the latest, larger and more capable iteration of United Launch Alliance’s cryogenic Centaur upper stage, designed to fly on the Vulcan launch vehicle.
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A.
Vulcan Centaur
Vulcan Centaur is United Launch Alliance’s next-generation, two-stage heavy-lift rocket designed to replace Atlas V and Delta IV for a wide range of commercial, government, and deep-space missions.
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B.
Saturn VII
Saturn VII is the Roman numeral designation for Hyperion, an irregularly shaped moon of Saturn known for its chaotic rotation and sponge-like appearance.
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C.
Centaur T
Centaur T is a cryogenic upper stage used on later Titan IV rockets, designed to boost heavy payloads into high orbits and interplanetary trajectories.
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D.
Titan IIIE-Centaur
Titan IIIE-Centaur was a U.S. expendable launch vehicle that combined a Titan III booster with a high-energy Centaur upper stage to send deep-space probes such as Voyager 2 on interplanetary trajectories.
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E.
Atlas LV-3C Centaur
Atlas LV-3C Centaur was an early American launch vehicle configuration that first successfully demonstrated the Centaur high-energy upper stage for NASA missions in the 1960s.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Centaur V