Tanegashima Space Center
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Tanegashima Space Center is Japan’s primary space launch complex, located on Tanegashima Island and used for launching satellites and other spacecraft into orbit.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Tanegashima Space Center canonical | 35 |
| Yoshinobu Launch Complex | 7 |
| Yoshinobu Launch Complex Pad 2 | 2 |
| Osaki Launch Complex | 1 |
| Tanegashima Space Center airstrip | 1 |
| Yoshinobu Launch Complex Pad 1 | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T727703 — 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: Tanegashima Space Center Context triple: [Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, owns, Tanegashima Space Center]
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A.
JAXA Tsukuba Space Center
The JAXA Tsukuba Space Center is Japan’s primary space research and mission control facility, responsible for operating and managing many of the nation’s satellite and human spaceflight activities.
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B.
Guiana Space Centre
The Guiana Space Centre is a major European spaceport located in French Guiana, used for launching a wide range of commercial and scientific missions including flagship observatories.
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C.
Baikonur Cosmodrome
Baikonur Cosmodrome is the historic Soviet and now Russian-operated spaceport in Kazakhstan from which the first human spaceflight, carrying Yuri Gagarin, was launched.
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D.
Vostochny Cosmodrome
Vostochny Cosmodrome is a Russian spaceport in the Amur Oblast designed to reduce Russia’s dependence on the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan and support a wide range of civilian space launches.
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E.
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) is Japan’s national space agency responsible for the country’s space and satellite development, scientific research, and exploration 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: Tanegashima Space Center Target entity description: Tanegashima Space Center is Japan’s primary space launch complex, located on Tanegashima Island and used for launching satellites and other spacecraft into orbit.
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A.
JAXA Tsukuba Space Center
The JAXA Tsukuba Space Center is Japan’s primary space research and mission control facility, responsible for operating and managing many of the nation’s satellite and human spaceflight activities.
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B.
Guiana Space Centre
The Guiana Space Centre is a major European spaceport located in French Guiana, used for launching a wide range of commercial and scientific missions including flagship observatories.
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C.
Baikonur Cosmodrome
Baikonur Cosmodrome is the historic Soviet and now Russian-operated spaceport in Kazakhstan from which the first human spaceflight, carrying Yuri Gagarin, was launched.
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D.
Vostochny Cosmodrome
Vostochny Cosmodrome is a Russian spaceport in the Amur Oblast designed to reduce Russia’s dependence on the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan and support a wide range of civilian space launches.
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E.
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) is Japan’s national space agency responsible for the country’s space and satellite development, scientific research, and exploration missions.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
rocket launch site
ⓘ
spaceport ⓘ |
| abbreviation | TNSC ⓘ |
| country | Japan ⓘ |
| hasEnvironmentalConsideration | noise and debris safety zones around launch pads ⓘ |
| hasFacility |
Range Control Center
ⓘ
Spacecraft Test and Assembly Building ⓘ Vehicle Assembly Building ⓘ tracking and telemetry stations ⓘ |
| hasLaunchComplex |
Tanegashima Space Center
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Yoshinobu Launch Complex Pad 1
Tanegashima Space Center self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Yoshinobu Launch Complex Pad 2
|
| hasLaunchPad |
Tanegashima Space Center
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Osaki Launch Complex
Tanegashima Space Center self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Yoshinobu Launch Complex
|
| hasRunway |
Tanegashima Space Center
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Tanegashima Space Center airstrip
|
| hasVisitorFacility |
Space Science and Technology Museum
ⓘ
public viewing areas ⓘ |
| latitude | approximately 30.4 degrees north ⓘ |
| launchAzimuthRange | various low-inclination to sun-synchronous orbits ⓘ |
| launchesRocketType |
H-IIA launch vehicle
ⓘ
surface form:
H-IIA
H-IIB launch vehicle ⓘ
surface form:
H-IIB
H3-22 ⓘ
surface form:
H3
|
| locatedIn |
Japan
ⓘ
Kagoshima Prefecture NERFINISHED ⓘ Kyushu ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Tanegashima ⓘ |
| locatedOnCoastOf | Pacific Ocean ⓘ |
| longitude | approximately 130.97 degrees east ⓘ |
| near |
Minamitane
ⓘ
Nishinoomote ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being Japan’s primary space launch complex
ⓘ
picturesque sea-cliff launch pads ⓘ |
| opened | 1969 ⓘ |
| operator |
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
ⓘ
surface form:
JAXA
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency ⓘ |
| oversees | launch safety operations ⓘ |
| ownedBy | Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency ⓘ |
| previousOperator |
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
ⓘ
surface form:
National Space Development Agency of Japan
|
| primaryFunction |
launch of cargo spacecraft
ⓘ
orbital launch of satellites ⓘ |
| regulatoryAuthority |
Government of Japan
ⓘ
surface form:
Japanese government
|
| status | operational ⓘ |
| supportsMissionType |
Earth observation missions
ⓘ
communications satellite missions ⓘ interplanetary missions ⓘ navigation satellite missions ⓘ scientific satellite missions ⓘ |
| supportsOrbitType |
geostationary transfer orbit
ⓘ
low Earth orbit ⓘ sun-synchronous orbit ⓘ |
| usedFor | launch of HTV cargo spacecraft to the International Space Station ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Tanegashima Space Center Description of subject: Tanegashima Space Center is Japan’s primary space launch complex, located on Tanegashima Island and used for launching satellites and other spacecraft into orbit.
Referenced by (47)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Yoshinobu Launch Complex
subject surface form:
GOSAT
subject surface form:
GOSAT-2
subject surface form:
SLIM
this entity surface form:
Yoshinobu Launch Complex Pad 2
this entity surface form:
Yoshinobu Launch Complex
this entity surface form:
Yoshinobu Launch Complex
this entity surface form:
Osaki Launch Complex
this entity surface form:
Tanegashima Space Center airstrip
this entity surface form:
Yoshinobu Launch Complex Pad 1
this entity surface form:
Yoshinobu Launch Complex Pad 2
subject surface form:
Hayabusa2
subject surface form:
Hayabusa2
this entity surface form:
Yoshinobu Launch Complex
subject surface form:
Kaguya (SELENE)
subject surface form:
Akatsuki
this entity surface form:
Yoshinobu Launch Complex
this entity surface form:
Yoshinobu Launch Complex
subject surface form:
IKAROS