Wenchang Space Launch Site
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Wenchang Space Launch Site is a major coastal Chinese spaceport on Hainan Island used for launching heavy-lift rockets and key national space missions.
All labels observed (8)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site | 9 |
| Wenchang Space Launch Site canonical | 4 |
| Wenchang Space Launch Center | 2 |
| LC-101 at Wenchang Space Launch Site | 1 |
| Launch Complex 1, Wenchang | 1 |
| Wenchang | 1 |
| Wenchang LC-1 | 1 |
| Wenchang Satellite Launch Center | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1592771 — 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: Wenchang Space Launch Site Context triple: [China National Space Administration, usesLaunchSite, Wenchang Space Launch Site]
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A.
Xichang Satellite Launch Center
Xichang Satellite Launch Center is one of China’s primary spaceports, used mainly for launching communications and navigation satellites into geostationary orbit.
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B.
Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center
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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C.
Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center
Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center is a major Chinese spaceport in Shanxi province primarily used for launching polar-orbiting and sun-synchronous satellites.
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D.
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.
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E.
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.
- 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: Wenchang Space Launch Site Target entity description: Wenchang Space Launch Site is a major coastal Chinese spaceport on Hainan Island used for launching heavy-lift rockets and key national space missions.
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A.
Xichang Satellite Launch Center
Xichang Satellite Launch Center is one of China’s primary spaceports, used mainly for launching communications and navigation satellites into geostationary orbit.
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B.
Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center
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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C.
Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center
Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center is a major Chinese spaceport in Shanxi province primarily used for launching polar-orbiting and sun-synchronous satellites.
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D.
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.
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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
rocket launch site
ⓘ
spaceport ⓘ |
| advantage |
ability to transport large rocket components by sea
ⓘ
higher launch efficiency to geostationary orbit ⓘ low latitude ⓘ |
| comparedWith |
Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center
ⓘ
Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center ⓘ Xichang Satellite Launch Center ⓘ |
| country | China ⓘ |
| hasEnvironmentalConsideration | sea-based transport reduces overland risk of large components ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
coastal downrange safety zone
ⓘ
integration and test facilities ⓘ multiple launch pads ⓘ |
| hasNearbyBodyOfWater | South China Sea ⓘ |
| hasNearbyCity | Haikou ⓘ |
| hasPublicViewingAreas | yes ⓘ |
| launches |
Long March 5
ⓘ
Long March 5B ⓘ Long March 7 ⓘ Long March 8 (some missions) ⓘ
surface form:
Long March 8
|
| locatedIn |
Hainan
ⓘ
surface form:
Hainan Province
Wenchang ⓘ |
| locatedInTimeZone | China Standard Time ⓘ |
| locatedOn |
Hainan
ⓘ
surface form:
Hainan Island
coast ⓘ |
| operator |
China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation
ⓘ
China National Space Administration ⓘ |
| ownedBy |
China
ⓘ
surface form:
People's Republic of China
|
| partOf | Chinese space program ⓘ |
| role |
gateway for China's deep space missions
ⓘ
primary site for new-generation Chinese rockets ⓘ |
| significance |
enables assembly and launch of China's largest rockets
ⓘ
key infrastructure for China's long-term space strategy ⓘ |
| specializesIn | heavy-lift launches ⓘ |
| supports |
Chang’e lunar exploration program
ⓘ
surface form:
Chang'e lunar exploration program
China's human spaceflight program ⓘ Tiangong space station ⓘ
surface form:
Tiangong space station program
Tianwen planetary exploration program ⓘ
surface form:
Tianwen Mars exploration program
|
| usedBy | People's Liberation Army Strategic Support Force ⓘ |
| usedFor |
interplanetary missions
ⓘ
key national space missions ⓘ lunar exploration missions ⓘ space station launches ⓘ |
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: Wenchang Space Launch Site Description of subject: Wenchang Space Launch Site is a major coastal Chinese spaceport on Hainan Island used for launching heavy-lift rockets and key national space missions.
Referenced by (20)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site
this entity surface form:
Wenchang Satellite Launch Center
this entity surface form:
Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site
this entity surface form:
Launch Complex 1, Wenchang
this entity surface form:
Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site
this entity surface form:
Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site
this entity surface form:
Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site
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Wenchang LC-1
this entity surface form:
Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site
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LC-101 at Wenchang Space Launch Site
this entity surface form:
Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site
this entity surface form:
Wenchang Space Launch Center
this entity surface form:
Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site
this entity surface form:
Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site
this entity surface form:
Wenchang Space Launch Center