DART spacecraft

E385068

NASA mission planetary defense mission spacecraft

The DART spacecraft was a NASA mission designed to test planetary defense by intentionally colliding with an asteroid to alter its trajectory.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Double Asteroid Redirection Test	2
DART	1
DART planetary defense mission	1
DART spacecraft canonical	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3740859 — 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: DART spacecraft
Context triple: [NASA spacecraft, includes, DART spacecraft]

A. DART
DART is an electrified suburban rail service that runs along the coast of Dublin and its surrounding areas, providing frequent commuter transport.
B. DART
DART is the public transportation authority serving the Dallas–Fort Worth metropolitan area with buses, light rail, commuter rail, and paratransit services.
C. Juno spacecraft
The Juno spacecraft is a NASA space probe designed to study Jupiter’s composition, gravity field, magnetic field, and polar magnetosphere to better understand the planet’s origin and evolution.
D. Rosetta
Rosetta is a port city in northern Egypt near the Nile Delta, historically renowned as the discovery site of the Rosetta Stone, which was key to deciphering Egyptian hieroglyphs.
E. Rosetta
"Rosetta" is a classic jazz standard composed by pianist Earl Hines that has become a staple of the swing and traditional jazz repertoire.
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: DART spacecraft
Target entity description: The DART spacecraft was a NASA mission designed to test planetary defense by intentionally colliding with an asteroid to alter its trajectory.

A. DART
DART is an electrified suburban rail service that runs along the coast of Dublin and its surrounding areas, providing frequent commuter transport.
B. DART
DART is the public transportation authority serving the Dallas–Fort Worth metropolitan area with buses, light rail, commuter rail, and paratransit services.
C. Juno spacecraft
The Juno spacecraft is a NASA space probe designed to study Jupiter’s composition, gravity field, magnetic field, and polar magnetosphere to better understand the planet’s origin and evolution.
D. Rosetta
Rosetta is a port city in northern Egypt near the Nile Delta, historically renowned as the discovery site of the Rosetta Stone, which was key to deciphering Egyptian hieroglyphs.
E. Rosetta
"Rosetta" is a classic jazz standard composed by pianist Earl Hines that has become a staple of the swing and traditional jazz repertoire.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	NASA mission ⓘ planetary defense mission ⓘ spacecraft ⓘ
acronym	DART spacecraft self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: DART
belongsTo	NASA Discovery Program ⓘ surface form: NASA Discovery-class technology demonstration missions
carriedCubeSat	LICIACube ⓘ
carriedInstrument	DRACO camera ⓘ
communicationBand	X-band ⓘ
cubeSatPartner	Italian Space Agency ⓘ
demonstratedTechnique	kinetic impact deflection ⓘ
developmentLead	Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory ⓘ
followUpMissionAgency	European Space Agency ⓘ
fullName	DART spacecraft self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Double Asteroid Redirection Test
fundingAgency	NASA ⓘ
impactBody	Dimorphos ⓘ
impactDate	2022-09-26 ⓘ
impactOutcome	successfully altered Dimorphos's orbital period ⓘ
impactVelocity	approximately 6.1 kilometers per second ⓘ
instrumentFullName	Didymos Reconnaissance and Asteroid Camera for Optical navigation ⓘ
isFirstOfType	first mission to deliberately alter the motion of a celestial body ⓘ
launchDate	2021-11-24 ⓘ
launchProvider	SpaceX ⓘ
launchSite	Space Launch Complex 4 ⓘ surface form: Space Launch Complex 4E Vandenberg Space Force Base ⓘ
launchVehicle	Falcon 9 rocket ⓘ surface form: Falcon 9 Block 5
managingCenter	Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory ⓘ
missionDurationFromLaunchToImpact	approximately 10 months ⓘ
missionEnd	2022-09-26 ⓘ
missionStatus	completed ⓘ
missionType	asteroid deflection demonstration ⓘ kinetic impactor test ⓘ
navigation	autonomous optical navigation ⓘ
navigationSystem	SMART Nav ⓘ
operator	NASA ⓘ NASA Planetary Defense Coordination Office ⓘ
orbitalPeriodChange	reduced Dimorphos's orbital period by about 32 minutes ⓘ
powerSource	solar panels ⓘ
primaryObjective	demonstrate kinetic impactor technique for asteroid deflection ⓘ test planetary defense by altering an asteroid's trajectory ⓘ
program	NASA Planetary Defense Coordination Office ⓘ surface form: NASA Planetary Defense program
propulsion	NEXT-C ion thruster ⓘ
propulsionType	solar electric propulsion ⓘ
relatedMission	Hera spacecraft ⓘ
spacecraftMassAtImpact	approximately 570 kilograms ⓘ
target	Dimorphos ⓘ
targetPrimary	65803 Didymos ⓘ
targetSystem	Dimorphos ⓘ surface form: Didymos–Dimorphos binary asteroid system
trajectoryType	heliocentric transfer to near-Earth asteroid ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

NASA spacecraft → includes → DART spacecraft ⓘ

Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory → notableProject → DART spacecraft ⓘ

this entity surface form: DART planetary defense mission

DART spacecraft → fullName → DART spacecraft self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Double Asteroid Redirection Test

DART spacecraft → acronym → DART spacecraft self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: DART

NASA Planetary Defense Coordination Office → notableWork → DART spacecraft ⓘ