Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center
E181431
Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center is China’s oldest and largest spaceport, located in the Gobi Desert and primarily used for launching crewed Shenzhou missions and various satellites into orbit.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center canonical | 6 |
| Dongfeng landing site | 1 |
| Jiuquan Launch Center | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1592768 — 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: Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center Context triple: [China National Space Administration, usesLaunchSite, Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center]
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A.
Baikonur Cosmodrome
Baikonur Cosmodrome is the historic Soviet and now Russian-operated spaceport in Kazakhstan from which the first human spaceflight, carrying Yuri Gagarin, was launched.
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B.
Tianhe
Tianhe is a town in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China, best known for hosting Wuhan Tianhe International Airport, a major air transport hub in central China.
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C.
Vostochny Cosmodrome
Vostochny Cosmodrome is a Russian spaceport in the Amur Oblast designed to reduce Russia’s dependence on the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan and support a wide range of civilian space launches.
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D.
Uchinoura Space Center
Uchinoura Space Center is a Japanese launch facility in Kagoshima Prefecture used primarily for scientific satellites and sounding rocket missions.
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E.
Tanegashima Space Center
Tanegashima Space Center is Japan’s primary space launch complex, located on Tanegashima Island and used for launching satellites and other spacecraft into 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: Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center Target entity description: Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center is China’s oldest and largest spaceport, located in the Gobi Desert and primarily used for launching crewed Shenzhou missions and various satellites into orbit.
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A.
Baikonur Cosmodrome
Baikonur Cosmodrome is the historic Soviet and now Russian-operated spaceport in Kazakhstan from which the first human spaceflight, carrying Yuri Gagarin, was launched.
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B.
Tianhe
Tianhe is a town in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China, best known for hosting Wuhan Tianhe International Airport, a major air transport hub in central China.
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C.
Vostochny Cosmodrome
Vostochny Cosmodrome is a Russian spaceport in the Amur Oblast designed to reduce Russia’s dependence on the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan and support a wide range of civilian space launches.
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D.
Uchinoura Space Center
Uchinoura Space Center is a Japanese launch facility in Kagoshima Prefecture used primarily for scientific satellites and sounding rocket missions.
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E.
Tanegashima Space Center
Tanegashima Space Center is Japan’s primary space launch complex, located on Tanegashima Island and used for launching satellites and other spacecraft into orbit.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
rocket launch site
ⓘ
spaceport ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
JSLC
ⓘ
Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center ⓘ
surface form:
Jiuquan Launch Center
|
| continent | Asia ⓘ |
| country |
China
ⓘ
China ⓘ
surface form:
People's Republic of China
|
| environment | desert ⓘ |
| hasFacility |
crew training and support facilities
ⓘ
integration and test buildings ⓘ launch complexes ⓘ mission control center ⓘ tracking and telemetry stations ⓘ |
| hasInfrastructure |
rail connections
ⓘ
road connections ⓘ |
| hasLaunchPadFor |
Long March 2F
ⓘ
Long March launch vehicles ⓘ
surface form:
Long March rockets
|
| hasRunway | airfield for support aircraft ⓘ |
| hasType | orbital launch site ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Chinese ⓘ |
| largestSpaceportIn | China ⓘ |
| launchVehicleFamily | Long March ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Gansu Province
ⓘ
Gobi Desert ⓘ Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region ⓘ
surface form:
Inner Mongolia
|
| locatedNear | Jiuquan ⓘ |
| notableFor |
launching China's first crewed spaceflight
ⓘ
launching Yang Liwei into orbit ⓘ |
| oldestSpaceportIn | China ⓘ |
| operator |
China National Space Administration
ⓘ
People's Liberation Army Strategic Support Force ⓘ |
| ownedBy |
People's Republic of China government
ⓘ
surface form:
Chinese government
|
| partOf |
China's crewed spaceflight program
ⓘ
Chinese space program ⓘ |
| primaryUse |
launching crewed Shenzhou missions
ⓘ
launching satellites into orbit ⓘ |
| safetyAdvantage | remote location ⓘ |
| status | operational ⓘ |
| supportsProgram |
Shenzhou crewed spacecraft
ⓘ
surface form:
Shenzhou program
Tiangong space station ⓘ
surface form:
Tiangong space station missions
|
| usedBy |
China Manned Space Agency
ⓘ
People's Liberation Army ⓘ |
| usedFor |
crewed spaceflight missions
ⓘ
low Earth orbit launches ⓘ scientific satellite launches ⓘ sun-synchronous orbit launches ⓘ technology demonstration missions ⓘ uncrewed satellite launches ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center Description of subject: Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center is China’s oldest and largest spaceport, located in the Gobi Desert and primarily used for launching crewed Shenzhou missions and various satellites into orbit.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Jiuquan Launch Center
this entity surface form:
Dongfeng landing site