Luna 11
E153546
Luna 11 was a Soviet unmanned spacecraft from the Luna program, launched in 1966 to study the Moon from lunar orbit.
All labels observed (2)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1278435 — 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: Luna 11 Context triple: [Luna 10, followedBy, Luna 11]
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A.
Luna 10
Luna 10 was a Soviet spacecraft that became the first artificial satellite to orbit the Moon, marking a major milestone in early lunar exploration.
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B.
Luna 9
Luna 9 was a Soviet spacecraft that achieved the first successful soft landing on the Moon and transmitted the first close-up images of the lunar surface in 1966.
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C.
Luna 2
Luna 2 was a Soviet space probe that became the first human-made object to reach the Moon, marking a major milestone in early space exploration.
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D.
Luna 1
Luna 1 was a Soviet spacecraft launched in 1959 that became the first human-made object to reach the vicinity of the Moon and enter a heliocentric orbit.
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E.
Luna 3
Luna 3 was a Soviet spacecraft launched in 1959 that became the first mission to photograph the far side of the Moon.
- 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: Luna 11 Target entity description: Luna 11 was a Soviet unmanned spacecraft from the Luna program, launched in 1966 to study the Moon from lunar orbit.
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A.
Luna 10
Luna 10 was a Soviet spacecraft that became the first artificial satellite to orbit the Moon, marking a major milestone in early lunar exploration.
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B.
Luna 9
Luna 9 was a Soviet spacecraft that achieved the first successful soft landing on the Moon and transmitted the first close-up images of the lunar surface in 1966.
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C.
Luna 2
Luna 2 was a Soviet space probe that became the first human-made object to reach the Moon, marking a major milestone in early space exploration.
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D.
Luna 1
Luna 1 was a Soviet spacecraft launched in 1959 that became the first human-made object to reach the vicinity of the Moon and enter a heliocentric orbit.
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E.
Luna 3
Luna 3 was a Soviet spacecraft launched in 1959 that became the first mission to photograph the far side of the Moon.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Luna program spacecraft
ⓘ
Soviet spacecraft ⓘ lunar orbiter ⓘ uncrewed spacecraft ⓘ |
| alternativeName |
Luna 11
ⓘ
surface form:
Lunik 11
|
| carriedInstrument |
X-ray spectrometer
ⓘ
gamma-ray spectrometer ⓘ magnetometer ⓘ meteoroid detector ⓘ radiation detector ⓘ television imaging system ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Soviet Union ⓘ |
| crew | uncrewed ⓘ |
| destination | Moon ⓘ |
| enteredOrbitAround | Moon ⓘ |
| epoch | Space Race ⓘ |
| imagingSystemStatus | failed to return planned lunar surface images ⓘ |
| landingAttempted | no ⓘ |
| launchDate | 1966-08-24 ⓘ |
| launchRocket |
Molniya-M rocket
ⓘ
surface form:
Molniya-M
|
| launchSite |
Baikonur Cosmodrome
ⓘ
Baikonur Cosmodrome ⓘ
surface form:
Baikonur Cosmodrome Site 31/6
|
| launchVehicle |
Molniya-M rocket
ⓘ
surface form:
Molniya-M 8K78M
|
| launchYear | 1966 ⓘ |
| manufacturer | OKB-1 ⓘ |
| mass | ~1640 kg ⓘ |
| missionObjective |
study lunar gravitational field
ⓘ
study lunar radiation environment ⓘ study lunar surface ⓘ study the Moon from lunar orbit ⓘ test imaging systems for lunar surface photography ⓘ |
| missionResult | partial success ⓘ |
| missionType | lunar orbiter mission ⓘ |
| operator |
Soviet Academy of Sciences
ⓘ
Soviet space program ⓘ |
| orbitType | lunar orbit ⓘ |
| partOf |
Luna programme
ⓘ
surface form:
Luna program
|
| powerSource | solar panels ⓘ |
| program |
Luna programme
ⓘ
surface form:
Soviet Luna program
|
| programSequence |
followed by Luna 12
ⓘ
Luna 10 ⓘ
surface form:
preceded by Luna 10
|
| spaceAgency | Soviet space program ⓘ |
| spacecraftBus | Ye-6LF ⓘ |
| spacecraftConfiguration | similar to Luna 10 ⓘ |
| spacecraftType | orbiter only ⓘ |
| targetBody | Moon ⓘ |
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: Luna 11 Description of subject: Luna 11 was a Soviet unmanned spacecraft from the Luna program, launched in 1966 to study the Moon from lunar orbit.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Lunik 11