launchVehicle

P4020
predicate

Indicates that one entity serves as the rocket or carrier used to launch another entity (such as a payload, spacecraft, or mission) into space or a target trajectory.

All labels observed (54)

Label Occurrences
launchVehicle canonical 1,466
launchMethod 218
launchVehicleUsed 138

Description generation (PDg)

The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the predicate name and this instruction.

Instruction
Given a predicate that represents a relationship or action between entities, generate a one-sentence description explaining its meaning.  
# Instructions
Focus on describing the relationship, not the entities themselves. 
# Response Format
Begin the description with \' Indicates...\'
Input
Predicate: launchVehicle
Generated description
Indicates that one entity serves as the rocket or carrier used to launch another entity (such as a payload, spacecraft, or mission) into space or a target trajectory.

Sample triples (2,250)

Subject Object
Block 1B greater than SLS Block 1 via predicate surface "designedPayloadToTransLunarInjection"
Artemis I Space Launch System
Artemis I SLS via predicate surface "launchVehicleVariant"
surface form: SLS Block 1
Artemis III Space Launch System
Artemis III SLS via predicate surface "launchVehicleVariant"
surface form: SLS Block 1
Voskhod spacecraft Voskhod launch vehicle
surface form: Voskhod rocket
Artemis IV Space Launch System
Artemis IV taller than SLS Block 1 via predicate surface "launchVehicleVariant"
surface form: SLS Block 1B
Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope Delta rocket
surface form: Delta II 7920H-10C
Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory Delta rocket
surface form: Delta II 7320-10C
Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite Falcon 9 rocket
surface form: Falcon 9 Block 4
NuSTAR Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array
surface form: NuSTAR
Pegasus XL
Cape Kennedy Air Force Station Launch Complex 19 Titan II GLV via predicate surface "rocketTypeLaunched"
Apollo astronauts Saturn I via predicate surface "usedLaunchVehicle"
Apollo astronauts Saturn IB via predicate surface "usedLaunchVehicle"
Apollo astronauts Saturn V via predicate surface "usedLaunchVehicle"
Gemini 3 Titan II GLV
Magellan spacecraft Space Shuttle Atlantis
Gemini 5 Titan II GLV
Progress spacecraft Soyuz rocket
surface form: Soyuz rocket family
Mir program Proton rocket
surface form: Proton-K
Solar Orbiter mission Atlas V
surface form: Atlas V 411
BepiColombo mission
surface form: BepiColombo
Ariane 5 ECA
Lunar Gateway Space Launch System
Lunar Gateway Falcon Heavy rocket
surface form: Falcon Heavy
Lunar Gateway commercial launch vehicles
SLS
surface form: Space Launch System
Orion spacecraft via predicate surface "designedToLaunch"
SLS
surface form: Space Launch System
large cargo payloads via predicate surface "designedToLaunch"
Block 1 Orion spacecraft via predicate surface "designedToLaunch"
Block 1 co-manifested payloads via predicate surface "designedToLaunch"
Fieseler Fi 103 ground ramp launch via predicate surface "launchMethod"
Fieseler Fi 103 air launch from aircraft via predicate surface "launchMethod"
Interim Cryogenic Propulsion Stage Space Launch System via predicate surface "usedOnLaunchVehicle"
Exploration Upper Stage Space Launch System
surface form: Space Launch System Block 1B crew configuration
Exploration Upper Stage Space Launch System Block 1B cargo configuration
AGM-114 Hellfire air-launched via predicate surface "launchMethod"
AGM-114 Hellfire surface-launched via predicate surface "launchMethod"
Defense Support Program Titan IIIC
Defense Support Program Titan IV
Defense Support Program Space Shuttle
Space Shuttle Columbia Space Shuttle via predicate surface "firstLaunchVehicle"
surface form: Space Shuttle stack with External Tank and Solid Rocket Boosters
Grumman F6F Hellcat catapult-assisted takeoff from aircraft carriers via predicate surface "launchMethod"
Kepler space telescope Delta rocket
surface form: Delta II 7925-10L
Trident II D5 missile
surface form: Trident II D5
cold launch from submarine launch tube via predicate surface "launchMethod"
Gemini 12 Titan II GLV
Gemini 4 Titan II GLV
IXPE X-ray Polarimetry Explorer
surface form: IXPE
Falcon 9 rocket
surface form: Falcon 9 Block 5
NICER Neutron star Interior Composition Explorer
surface form: NICER
Falcon 9 rocket
surface form: SpaceX Falcon 9
GALEX Galaxy Evolution Explorer
surface form: GALEX
Pegasus XL
Chandra X-ray Observatory Space Shuttle Columbia