Pad Abort Test
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The Pad Abort Test is an Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) flight test designed to validate the crew escape system for the Gaganyaan human spaceflight program.
All labels observed (1)
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| Pad Abort Test canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10846013 — 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: Pad Abort Test Context triple: [Gaganyaan test missions, includes, Pad Abort Test]
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A.
A-1 Test Stand
A-1 Test Stand is a historic rocket engine test facility at NASA’s Stennis Space Center used for static firing and development of major launch vehicle engines.
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B.
Ares I-X test flight
The Ares I-X test flight was a 2009 NASA suborbital demonstration mission that served as the first and only test of the Ares I crew launch vehicle concept under the Constellation program.
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C.
Able-Baker series of tests
The Able-Baker series of tests were early U.S. nuclear weapons tests conducted in the late 1940s as part of Operation Crossroads to study the effects of atomic explosions.
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D.
A-2 Test Stand
The A-2 Test Stand is a major rocket engine test facility at NASA’s Stennis Space Center used for static firing and development of large liquid-fueled engines.
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E.
Space Shuttle approach and landing tests
Space Shuttle approach and landing tests were a series of 1977 flight and glide trials using the prototype orbiter Enterprise to validate the shuttle’s unpowered landing characteristics and overall flight performance before operational missions.
- 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: Pad Abort Test Target entity description: The Pad Abort Test is an Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) flight test designed to validate the crew escape system for the Gaganyaan human spaceflight program.
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A.
A-1 Test Stand
A-1 Test Stand is a historic rocket engine test facility at NASA’s Stennis Space Center used for static firing and development of major launch vehicle engines.
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B.
Ares I-X test flight
The Ares I-X test flight was a 2009 NASA suborbital demonstration mission that served as the first and only test of the Ares I crew launch vehicle concept under the Constellation program.
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C.
Able-Baker series of tests
The Able-Baker series of tests were early U.S. nuclear weapons tests conducted in the late 1940s as part of Operation Crossroads to study the effects of atomic explosions.
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D.
A-2 Test Stand
The A-2 Test Stand is a major rocket engine test facility at NASA’s Stennis Space Center used for static firing and development of large liquid-fueled engines.
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E.
Space Shuttle approach and landing tests
Space Shuttle approach and landing tests were a series of 1977 flight and glide trials using the prototype orbiter Enterprise to validate the shuttle’s unpowered landing characteristics and overall flight performance before operational missions.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ISRO mission
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abort test ⓘ spaceflight test ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
PAT
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Pad Abort Test (Gaganyaan) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| altitudeAchieved | about 2.7 km ⓘ |
| country | India ⓘ |
| crew | uncrewed ⓘ |
| descentMethod | parachute-assisted descent ⓘ |
| designedBy | Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| domain | human spaceflight safety ⓘ |
| epoch | 21st century spaceflight tests ⓘ |
| flightDuration | about 259 seconds ⓘ |
| followedBy | Gaganyaan test vehicle missions NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
crew module simulator
ⓘ
solid rocket-powered escape tower ⓘ |
| landing | Arabian Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| launchDate | 2018-07-05 ⓘ |
| launchPad | Sriharikota launch pad NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| launchSite |
Satish Dhawan Space Centre
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Sriharikota NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| managedBy | ISRO Human Space Flight Centre NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| missionType | suborbital test flight ⓘ |
| operator | Indian Space Research Organisation ⓘ |
| organization | Indian Space Research Organisation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Gaganyaan human spaceflight program NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| precededBy | crew escape system ground tests ⓘ |
| program | Gaganyaan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| purpose |
qualification of crew escape system performance
ⓘ
validation of crew escape system ⓘ |
| relatedProgram | Indian Human Spaceflight Programme NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedTo | Gaganyaan crew module NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| result | success ⓘ |
| safetyObjective | ensure astronaut escape in launch pad emergencies ⓘ |
| separationEvent |
escape tower separation
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pad abort ⓘ |
| spaceAgency | ISRO NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| status | completed ⓘ |
| technologyArea |
crew safety systems
ⓘ
launch escape systems ⓘ |
| testedSystem |
crew escape system
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launch escape system ⓘ |
| vehicleType | test vehicle ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Pad Abort Test Description of subject: The Pad Abort Test is an Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) flight test designed to validate the crew escape system for the Gaganyaan human spaceflight program.
Referenced by (1)
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