Atlas family
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The Atlas family is a series of American expendable launch vehicles originally developed from a Cold War ballistic missile and widely used for both military and civilian space missions.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Atlas family canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11509272 — 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: Atlas family Context triple: [Atlas-Agena, rocketFamily, Atlas family]
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A.
Ford family
The Ford family is an American industrial dynasty best known for founding and leading the Ford Motor Company and shaping the modern automobile industry.
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B.
Crystal family
The Crystal family is an American entertainment family best known for comedian and actor Billy Crystal and his relatives' work in film and television.
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C.
Sen family
The Sen family is the hereditary lineage of Japanese tea masters descended from Sen no Rikyū, central to the development and transmission of the Japanese tea ceremony.
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D.
Mas family
The Mas family is a prominent Cuban-American business dynasty known for its leadership in engineering, infrastructure, and sports ownership, including a major stake in Inter Miami CF.
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E.
Tow family
The Tow family is a philanthropic family known for its significant charitable giving and support of education, arts, and social justice initiatives.
- 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: Atlas family Target entity description: The Atlas family is a series of American expendable launch vehicles originally developed from a Cold War ballistic missile and widely used for both military and civilian space missions.
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A.
Ford family
The Ford family is an American industrial dynasty best known for founding and leading the Ford Motor Company and shaping the modern automobile industry.
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B.
Crystal family
The Crystal family is an American entertainment family best known for comedian and actor Billy Crystal and his relatives' work in film and television.
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C.
Sen family
The Sen family is the hereditary lineage of Japanese tea masters descended from Sen no Rikyū, central to the development and transmission of the Japanese tea ceremony.
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D.
Mas family
The Mas family is a prominent Cuban-American business dynasty known for its leadership in engineering, infrastructure, and sports ownership, including a major stake in Inter Miami CF.
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E.
Tow family
The Tow family is a philanthropic family known for its significant charitable giving and support of education, arts, and social justice initiatives.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | expendable launch vehicle family ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| designFeature |
balloon tank structure
ⓘ
stage-and-a-half configuration (early variants) ⓘ |
| developedDuring | Cold War NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| developedFrom | SM-65 Atlas ballistic missile NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstFlight | 1957 ⓘ |
| hasVariant |
Atlas D
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Atlas E NERFINISHED ⓘ Atlas F NERFINISHED ⓘ Atlas II NERFINISHED ⓘ Atlas III NERFINISHED ⓘ Atlas LV-3B NERFINISHED ⓘ Atlas V NERFINISHED ⓘ Atlas-Agena NERFINISHED ⓘ Atlas-Centaur NERFINISHED ⓘ SM-65 Atlas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| launchSite |
Cape Canaveral Space Force Station
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Vandenberg Space Force Base NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| manufacturer |
Convair
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
General Dynamics NERFINISHED ⓘ Lockheed Martin NERFINISHED ⓘ United Launch Alliance NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor | first U.S. orbital crewed flights (Mercury-Atlas) ⓘ |
| notablePayload |
InSight lander
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Juno spacecraft NERFINISHED ⓘ Landsat satellites NERFINISHED ⓘ Mariner probes NERFINISHED ⓘ Mars 2020 (Perseverance rover) NERFINISHED ⓘ Mars Science Laboratory (Curiosity rover) NERFINISHED ⓘ Mercury spacecraft NERFINISHED ⓘ New Horizons spacecraft NERFINISHED ⓘ OSIRIS-REx spacecraft NERFINISHED ⓘ Pioneer probes NERFINISHED ⓘ Surveyor spacecraft ⓘ TDRS satellites ⓘ |
| operatedBy |
United Launch Alliance
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
United States Air Force ⓘ United States Space Force NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| propellantType |
liquid oxygen / RP-1
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liquid oxygen / liquid hydrogen ⓘ |
| status | partially retired ⓘ |
| successor | Vulcan Centaur NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedFor |
DoD missions
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NASA missions ⓘ civilian missions ⓘ commercial satellite launches ⓘ military missions ⓘ space launch ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Atlas family Description of subject: The Atlas family is a series of American expendable launch vehicles originally developed from a Cold War ballistic missile and widely used for both military and civilian space missions.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.