Sputnik 4
E1239462
UNEXPLORED
Sputnik 4 was an early Soviet spacecraft launched in 1960 as part of the USSR’s pioneering series of artificial Earth satellites during the space race.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Sputnik 4 canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T16858985 — 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: Sputnik 4 Context triple: [Sputnik 3, followedBy, Sputnik 4]
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A.
Salyut 4
Salyut 4 was a Soviet-era Earth-orbiting space station used primarily for scientific research and astronomical observations in the mid-1970s.
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B.
Salyut 3
Salyut 3 was a Soviet military space station launched in 1974 as part of the secretive Almaz program, used to test reconnaissance and defense technologies in orbit.
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C.
Sputnik 3
Sputnik 3 was a Soviet scientific research satellite launched in 1958 to conduct extensive geophysical studies of Earth’s upper atmosphere and near-space environment.
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D.
Vostok 4
Vostok 4 was a 1962 Soviet crewed spaceflight that, together with Vostok 3, conducted the first simultaneous multi-spacecraft mission in orbit.
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E.
Salyut 5
Salyut 5 was a Soviet military Almaz-class space station launched in 1976 for reconnaissance and research in low Earth orbit.
- 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: Sputnik 4 Target entity description: Sputnik 4 was an early Soviet spacecraft launched in 1960 as part of the USSR’s pioneering series of artificial Earth satellites during the space race.
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A.
Salyut 4
Salyut 4 was a Soviet-era Earth-orbiting space station used primarily for scientific research and astronomical observations in the mid-1970s.
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B.
Salyut 3
Salyut 3 was a Soviet military space station launched in 1974 as part of the secretive Almaz program, used to test reconnaissance and defense technologies in orbit.
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C.
Sputnik 3
Sputnik 3 was a Soviet scientific research satellite launched in 1958 to conduct extensive geophysical studies of Earth’s upper atmosphere and near-space environment.
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D.
Vostok 4
Vostok 4 was a 1962 Soviet crewed spaceflight that, together with Vostok 3, conducted the first simultaneous multi-spacecraft mission in orbit.
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E.
Salyut 5
Salyut 5 was a Soviet military Almaz-class space station launched in 1976 for reconnaissance and research in low Earth orbit.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.