STS-46
E509185
STS-46 was a 1992 Space Shuttle mission that deployed the European Retrievable Carrier (EURECA) and conducted the first test flight of the Tethered Satellite System.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| STS-46 canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5050264 — 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: STS-46 Context triple: [Space Shuttle Atlantis, mission, STS-46]
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A.
STS-49
STS-49 was the maiden flight of the Space Shuttle Endeavour in 1992, notable for its complex satellite rescue and repair operations conducted during multiple spacewalks.
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B.
STS-48
STS-48 was a 1991 NASA Space Shuttle Discovery mission that deployed the Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite to study Earth’s atmosphere and climate.
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C.
STS-44
STS-44 was a 1991 NASA Space Shuttle Atlantis mission dedicated primarily to deploying a Defense Support Program (DSP) early-warning satellite for the U.S. Department of Defense.
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D.
STS-45
STS-45 was a 1992 NASA Space Shuttle Atlantis mission focused on atmospheric and solar science as part of the ATLAS-1 payload.
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E.
STS-43
STS-43 was a 1991 NASA Space Shuttle Atlantis mission that deployed the Tracking and Data Relay Satellite-E (TDRS-E) and conducted a variety of scientific and technological experiments in low Earth 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: STS-46 Target entity description: STS-46 was a 1992 Space Shuttle mission that deployed the European Retrievable Carrier (EURECA) and conducted the first test flight of the Tethered Satellite System.
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A.
STS-49
STS-49 was the maiden flight of the Space Shuttle Endeavour in 1992, notable for its complex satellite rescue and repair operations conducted during multiple spacewalks.
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B.
STS-48
STS-48 was a 1991 NASA Space Shuttle Discovery mission that deployed the Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite to study Earth’s atmosphere and climate.
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C.
STS-44
STS-44 was a 1991 NASA Space Shuttle Atlantis mission dedicated primarily to deploying a Defense Support Program (DSP) early-warning satellite for the U.S. Department of Defense.
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D.
STS-45
STS-45 was a 1992 NASA Space Shuttle Atlantis mission focused on atmospheric and solar science as part of the ATLAS-1 payload.
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E.
STS-43
STS-43 was a 1991 NASA Space Shuttle Atlantis mission that deployed the Tracking and Data Relay Satellite-E (TDRS-E) and conducted a variety of scientific and technological experiments in low Earth orbit.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
NASA spaceflight
ⓘ
Space Shuttle mission ⓘ |
| callsign | Atlantis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| commander | Loren J. Shriver NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| crewNationality |
Italy
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Switzerland NERFINISHED ⓘ United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| crewSize | 7 ⓘ |
| deployed |
EURECA
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
European Retrievable Carrier NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| followedBy | STS-47 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| internationalPartner |
European Space Agency
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Italian Space Agency NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| landingDate | 1992-08-08 ⓘ |
| landingSite | Kennedy Space Center Shuttle Landing Facility NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| launchDate | 1992-07-31 ⓘ |
| launchSite | Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39B NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| launchVehicle | Space Shuttle Atlantis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| missionDesignation | STS-46 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| missionDuration | 7 days 23 hours 15 minutes ⓘ |
| missionNumber | 49 ⓘ |
| missionPatchShape | circular ⓘ |
| missionSpecialist |
Claude Nicollier
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Franklin R. Chang-Díaz NERFINISHED ⓘ Jeffrey A. Hoffman NERFINISHED ⓘ Marsha S. Ivins NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| missionType |
microgravity research mission
ⓘ
technology demonstration mission ⓘ |
| operator | NASA ⓘ |
| orbitApogee | 307 km ⓘ |
| orbiter | Atlantis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| orbitInclination | 28.45 degrees ⓘ |
| orbitPerigee | 296 km ⓘ |
| orbitsCompleted | 127 ⓘ |
| payload |
European Retrievable Carrier
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Tethered Satellite System-1 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| payloadSpecialist | Franco Malerba NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| pilot | Andrew M. Allen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| precededBy | STS-50 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryObjective | Deployment of the European Retrievable Carrier (EURECA) ⓘ |
| program |
NASA Space Shuttle program
ⓘ
surface form:
Space Shuttle program
|
| secondaryObjective | First test flight of the Tethered Satellite System ⓘ |
| spacecraft | OV-104 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| tested |
TSS-1
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Tethered Satellite System NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| yearOfFlight | 1992 ⓘ |
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: STS-46 Description of subject: STS-46 was a 1992 Space Shuttle mission that deployed the European Retrievable Carrier (EURECA) and conducted the first test flight of the Tethered Satellite System.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.