Long March 8 (some missions)
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Long March 8 is a Chinese medium-lift orbital launch vehicle developed by the China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology to provide cost-effective, partially reusable access to space for a variety of satellite missions.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Long March 8 | 1 |
| Long March 8 (some missions) canonical | 1 |
| Long March 8 rockets | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7922838 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Long March 8 (some missions) Context triple: [Xichang Satellite Launch Center, launchVehicleUsed, Long March 8 (some missions)]
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Long March 5
Long March 5 is a heavy-lift Chinese orbital launch vehicle developed by the China National Space Administration for deploying large payloads to Earth orbit and deep-space missions.
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B.
Long March 5B
Long March 5B is a heavy-lift Chinese orbital launch vehicle primarily used to carry large modules and payloads for the country’s space station program.
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C.
Tianzhou cargo spacecraft
The Tianzhou cargo spacecraft is a Chinese automated freighter designed to deliver supplies, equipment, and fuel to support long-term operations of China’s Tiangong space station.
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D.
Shenzhou 12
Shenzhou 12 was a Chinese crewed spacecraft mission that carried three astronauts to the Tiangong space station as part of China’s expanding human spaceflight program.
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E.
H3 launch vehicle
The H3 launch vehicle is Japan’s next-generation, expendable rocket designed to provide more flexible, cost-effective access to space for a wide range of satellite and mission payloads.
- 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: Long March 8 (some missions) Target entity description: Long March 8 is a Chinese medium-lift orbital launch vehicle developed by the China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology to provide cost-effective, partially reusable access to space for a variety of satellite missions.
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A.
Long March 5
Long March 5 is a heavy-lift Chinese orbital launch vehicle developed by the China National Space Administration for deploying large payloads to Earth orbit and deep-space missions.
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B.
Long March 5B
Long March 5B is a heavy-lift Chinese orbital launch vehicle primarily used to carry large modules and payloads for the country’s space station program.
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C.
Tianzhou cargo spacecraft
The Tianzhou cargo spacecraft is a Chinese automated freighter designed to deliver supplies, equipment, and fuel to support long-term operations of China’s Tiangong space station.
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D.
Shenzhou 12
Shenzhou 12 was a Chinese crewed spacecraft mission that carried three astronauts to the Tiangong space station as part of China’s expanding human spaceflight program.
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E.
H3 launch vehicle
The H3 launch vehicle is Japan’s next-generation, expendable rocket designed to provide more flexible, cost-effective access to space for a wide range of satellite and mission payloads.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
expendable launch system
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orbital launch vehicle ⓘ |
| agency | China National Space Administration NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| belongsToProgram | Chinese space program NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| configurationVariant |
Long March 8 basic version
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Long March 8 with boosters NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | China ⓘ |
| designGoal |
cost-effective access to space
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partial reusability ⓘ |
| developer | China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| family | Long March rocket family NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstFlight | 2020-12-22 ⓘ |
| firstFlightLaunchSite | Wenchang Space Launch Site NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstFlightOrbit | Sun-synchronous orbit ⓘ |
| firstFlightPayload | multiple small satellites ⓘ |
| firstStageEngineType | YF-100 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstStagePropellant | kerosene and liquid oxygen ⓘ |
| intendedUse |
commercial satellite launches
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government satellite launches ⓘ |
| launchAzimuth | inclined orbits from Wenchang ⓘ |
| launchCapability |
Sun-synchronous orbit
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geostationary transfer orbit ⓘ low Earth orbit ⓘ |
| launchComplex | Wenchang LC-201 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| launchServiceProvider | China Great Wall Industry Corporation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| launchSite | Wenchang Space Launch Site NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| launchVehicleRole | medium-lift launch vehicle ⓘ |
| manufacturer | China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| missionType |
rideshare missions
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single primary payload missions ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
designed with partial reusability in mind
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optimized for Sun-synchronous orbit missions ⓘ |
| operatedBy |
China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation
NERFINISHED
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China National Space Administration NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| orbitInsertion | direct injection to SSO ⓘ |
| propulsionType | liquid-fuel rocket ⓘ |
| regionOfOperation | Asia-Pacific NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| reusabilityConcept | recoverable first stage ⓘ |
| reusabilityMethodUnderStudy |
downrange landing on sea platform
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vertical landing ⓘ |
| secondStageEngineType | YF-75 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| stages | two-stage core with optional boosters ⓘ |
| status | active ⓘ |
| successRecord | multiple successful launches ⓘ |
| targetMarket |
domestic Chinese customers
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international commercial customers ⓘ |
| technologyLineage | derived from Long March 7 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| upperStagePropellant | liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen ⓘ |
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: Long March 8 (some missions) Description of subject: Long March 8 is a Chinese medium-lift orbital launch vehicle developed by the China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology to provide cost-effective, partially reusable access to space for a variety of satellite missions.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation
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hasMajorProductLine
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Long March 8 (some missions)
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this entity surface form:
Long March 8 rockets
this entity surface form:
Long March 8