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
Galileo spacecraft Space Shuttle Atlantis
SpaceShipTwo air launch to suborbital trajectory via predicate surface "launchMethod"
HTV spacecraft H-IIB launch vehicle
surface form: H-IIB rocket
ATV spacecraft Ariane 5
surface form: Ariane 5 ES
Venus Express Soyuz-Fregat
surface form: Soyuz-FG/Fregat
Mars Science Laboratory Atlas V 541
Katyusha rocket launcher rail launchers via predicate surface "launchMethod"
Mars Exploration Rover mission Delta rocket
surface form: Delta II 7925
Gaia observatory Soyuz rocket
surface form: Soyuz-STB
ALOS Earth observation satellites H-IIA launch vehicle
surface form: H-IIA
Solar Dynamics Observatory Atlas V
surface form: Atlas V 401
Global Precipitation Measurement mission core observatory H-IIA launch vehicle
surface form: H-IIA 202
WATSON Atlas V 541
MEDA Atlas V 541
CacheCam Atlas V 541 (via Perseverance rover)
Aqua satellite
surface form: Aqua
Delta rocket
surface form: Delta II 7920-10L
Plesetsk Cosmodrome Soyuz rocket via predicate surface "launchVehicleUsed"
surface form: Soyuz
Plesetsk Cosmodrome Soyuz rocket via predicate surface "launchVehicleUsed"
surface form: Soyuz-2
Plesetsk Cosmodrome Rokot via predicate surface "launchVehicleUsed"
Plesetsk Cosmodrome Tsiklon-3 via predicate surface "launchVehicleUsed"
Plesetsk Cosmodrome Angara via predicate surface "launchVehicleUsed"
Plesetsk Cosmodrome Kosmos-3M via predicate surface "launchVehicleUsed"
Gemini 6A Titan II GLV
Gemini 7 Titan II GLV
Sputnik 1 R-7 Semyorka rocket
surface form: Sputnik rocket
Sputnik 1 R-7 Semyorka rocket
surface form: R-7 Semyorka
Sputnik 2 R-7 Semyorka rocket
surface form: Sputnik 8K71PS
Explorer 1 Jupiter-C rocket
surface form: Juno I
Vanguard program Vanguard rocket via predicate surface "developedLaunchVehicle"
Cygnus spacecraft Antares launch vehicle
surface form: Antares rocket
Cygnus spacecraft Atlas V
surface form: Atlas V rocket
Cygnus spacecraft Falcon 9 rocket
Mars Express Soyuz-Fregat
surface form: Soyuz-FG/Fregat
Mars Pathfinder Delta rocket
surface form: Delta II 7925
Ingenuity helicopter Atlas V 541
NEOWISE mission Delta rocket
surface form: Delta II 7320-10C
GRACE mission Rokot
surface form: Rockot
ExoMars programme Proton rocket via predicate surface "launchVehicleUsed"
surface form: Proton-M
Himawari meteorological satellites H-IIA launch vehicle via predicate surface "launchVehicleUsed"
surface form: H-IIA
Himawari meteorological satellites Ariane 5 via predicate surface "launchVehicleUsed"
GOSAT greenhouse gases observation satellites
surface form: GOSAT
H-IIA launch vehicle
surface form: H-IIA
GOSAT greenhouse gases observation satellites
surface form: GOSAT-2
H-IIA launch vehicle
surface form: H-IIA
SAM Atlas V 541
DAN Atlas V 541
RAD Atlas V 541
Vanguard TV-4 Vanguard 1 satellite via predicate surface "launchedPayload"
surface form: Vanguard 1
Vanguard TV-4 Vanguard 1 satellite via predicate surface "launchVehicleFor"
surface form: Vanguard 1
1958 Beta 2 Vanguard TV-4
Vanguard series Vanguard rocket via predicate surface "launchVehicleUsed"
Gemini 11 Titan II GLV