Soyuz launch complex
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The Soyuz launch complex is a dedicated launch facility at the Guiana Space Centre in French Guiana built to support Arianespace-operated Soyuz rocket missions to low Earth orbit and beyond.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Soyuz launch complex canonical | 1 |
| Soyuz launch complex at Kourou | 1 |
| Soyuz launch complexes | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2705958 — 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: Soyuz launch complex Context triple: [Guiana Space Centre, hasFacility, Soyuz launch complex]
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A.
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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B.
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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C.
Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Plesetsk Cosmodrome is a major Russian spaceport in the Arkhangelsk region primarily used for military and polar-orbit satellite launches.
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D.
Profsoyuznaya station
Profsoyuznaya station is a stop on the Volgograd Metrotram light rail system in Volgograd, Russia.
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E.
Pionerskaya station
Pionerskaya station is a stop on the Volgograd Metrotram light rail system in Volgograd, Russia.
- 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: Soyuz launch complex Target entity description: The Soyuz launch complex is a dedicated launch facility at the Guiana Space Centre in French Guiana built to support Arianespace-operated Soyuz rocket missions to low Earth orbit and beyond.
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A.
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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B.
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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C.
Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Plesetsk Cosmodrome is a major Russian spaceport in the Arkhangelsk region primarily used for military and polar-orbit satellite launches.
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D.
Profsoyuznaya station
Profsoyuznaya station is a stop on the Volgograd Metrotram light rail system in Volgograd, Russia.
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E.
Pionerskaya station
Pionerskaya station is a stop on the Volgograd Metrotram light rail system in Volgograd, Russia.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
rocket launch complex
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spaceport facility ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
ELS
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Ensemble de Lancement Soyouz ⓘ Soyuz at CSG ⓘ |
| builtFor |
Soyuz rocket
ⓘ
surface form:
Soyuz-2 family of rockets
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| collaborationBetween | European partners and Russia ⓘ |
| country | France ⓘ |
| designedFor | Arianespace-operated Soyuz rocket missions ⓘ |
| distanceFromEquator | about 5 degrees north ⓘ |
| hasAdvantage |
near-equatorial launch site
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performance gain for equatorial orbits ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
horizontal rocket integration
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mobile gantry access to payload ⓘ vertical payload integration ⓘ |
| hasStructure |
flame trench
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integration building ⓘ launch pad ⓘ mobile service gantry ⓘ propellant storage facilities ⓘ telemetry and tracking systems ⓘ |
| launchAzimuthRange | 110–130 degrees ⓘ |
| launches |
Ensemble de Lancement Soyouz
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surface form:
Soyuz-ST
Ensemble de Lancement Soyouz ⓘ
surface form:
Soyuz-ST-A
Ensemble de Lancement Soyouz ⓘ
surface form:
Soyuz-ST-B
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| locatedIn |
French Guiana
ⓘ
Guiana Space Centre ⓘ Kourou ⓘ |
| locatedOnContinent | South America ⓘ |
| operator |
Arianespace
ⓘ
CNES ⓘ
surface form:
Centre National d'Études Spatiales
European Space Agency ⓘ Roscosmos ⓘ |
| primaryUser | Arianespace ⓘ |
| purpose | to support Soyuz rocket missions from the Guiana Space Centre ⓘ |
| status | inactive ⓘ |
| supportsMissionType |
Sun-synchronous orbit missions
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geostationary transfer orbit missions ⓘ interplanetary missions ⓘ low Earth orbit missions ⓘ medium Earth orbit missions ⓘ |
| usedFor |
Earth observation satellite launches
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Galileo navigation satellite launches ⓘ commercial satellite launches ⓘ institutional satellite launches ⓘ science missions ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Soyuz launch complex Description of subject: The Soyuz launch complex is a dedicated launch facility at the Guiana Space Centre in French Guiana built to support Arianespace-operated Soyuz rocket missions to low Earth orbit and beyond.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Soyuz launch complexes
this entity surface form:
Soyuz launch complex at Kourou