Boe-OFT (Orbital Flight Test)

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test flight uncrewed orbital spaceflight mission

Boe-OFT (Orbital Flight Test) was Boeing’s initial uncrewed orbital demonstration mission of its CST-100 Starliner spacecraft for NASA’s Commercial Crew Program.

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All labels observed (7)

Label	Occurrences
Orbital Flight Test	2
Boe-OFT (Boeing Orbital Flight Test)	1
Boe-OFT (Orbital Flight Test) canonical	1
Boe-OFT-2 (Boeing Orbital Flight Test 2)	1
Boe-OFT-2 (Orbital Flight Test 2)	1
Boeing Orbital Flight Test (OFT)	1
Boeing Orbital Flight Test-2 (OFT-2)	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1037810 — 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: Boe-OFT (Orbital Flight Test)
Context triple: [Starliner spacecraft, firstUncrewedTestFlightMission, Boe-OFT (Orbital Flight Test)]

A. Cygnus spacecraft
The Cygnus spacecraft is an uncrewed commercial cargo vehicle developed by Northrop Grumman to deliver supplies and scientific equipment to the International Space Station.
B. Orion spacecraft
The Orion spacecraft is NASA’s next-generation crewed space vehicle designed to carry astronauts beyond low Earth orbit on deep-space missions, including journeys to the Moon and eventually Mars.
C. LC-39B
LC-39B is a launch pad at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center that has supported major crewed and uncrewed space missions, including Space Shuttle flights and later Space Launch System operations.
D. Boeing X-37
The Boeing X-37 is an unmanned, reusable spaceplane operated by the U.S. Space Force that conducts long-duration, classified orbital missions and autonomous runway landings.
E. Falcon 1 rocket
Falcon 1 rocket is a small, privately developed orbital launch vehicle created by SpaceX that became the first privately built liquid-fueled rocket to reach orbit.
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: Boe-OFT (Orbital Flight Test)
Target entity description: Boe-OFT (Orbital Flight Test) was Boeing’s initial uncrewed orbital demonstration mission of its CST-100 Starliner spacecraft for NASA’s Commercial Crew Program.

A. Cygnus spacecraft
The Cygnus spacecraft is an uncrewed commercial cargo vehicle developed by Northrop Grumman to deliver supplies and scientific equipment to the International Space Station.
B. Orion spacecraft
The Orion spacecraft is NASA’s next-generation crewed space vehicle designed to carry astronauts beyond low Earth orbit on deep-space missions, including journeys to the Moon and eventually Mars.
C. LC-39B
LC-39B is a launch pad at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center that has supported major crewed and uncrewed space missions, including Space Shuttle flights and later Space Launch System operations.
D. Boeing X-37
The Boeing X-37 is an unmanned, reusable spaceplane operated by the U.S. Space Force that conducts long-duration, classified orbital missions and autonomous runway landings.
E. Falcon 1 rocket
Falcon 1 rocket is a small, privately developed orbital launch vehicle created by SpaceX that became the first privately built liquid-fueled rocket to reach orbit.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (33)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	test flight ⓘ uncrewed orbital spaceflight mission ⓘ
abbreviation	OFT ⓘ
agencyCustomer	NASA ⓘ
countryOfOperator	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
crew	uncrewed ⓘ
customer	NASA Commercial Crew Program ⓘ linked to: Commercial Crew Program
destination	low Earth orbit ⓘ
fullName	Orbital Flight Test ⓘ linked to: Boe-OFT (Orbital Flight Test)
intendedDestination	International Space Station ⓘ
isPartOf	Boeing Starliner flight test campaign ⓘ linked to: Boe-CFT (Crew Flight Test) NASA Commercial Crew Program test flights ⓘ
launchLocation	Cape Canaveral, Florida, United States ⓘ linked to: Cape Canaveral
launchProvider	United Launch Alliance ⓘ
launchSite	Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Space Launch Complex 41 ⓘ linked to: Cape Canaveral LC-41 SLC-41 ⓘ
launchVehicle	Atlas V N22 ⓘ linked to: Atlas V
launchVehicleFamily	Atlas V ⓘ
missionRole	initial uncrewed orbital demonstration of CST-100 Starliner ⓘ
missionType	orbital flight test ⓘ uncrewed demonstration flight ⓘ
operator	Boeing ⓘ
primaryObjective	demonstrate CST-100 Starliner launch and reentry capabilities ⓘ demonstrate CST-100 Starliner performance in orbit ⓘ support NASA Commercial Crew certification ⓘ
program	NASA Commercial Crew Program ⓘ linked to: Commercial Crew Program
spacecraft	Boeing CST-100 Starliner ⓘ linked to: Starliner spacecraft
spacecraftCapabilityTested	autonomous rendezvous and docking capability ⓘ launch abort and safety systems (non-crew) ⓘ
spacecraftConfiguration	Starliner without crew ⓘ
spacecraftManufacturer	Boeing ⓘ
spacecraftType	CST-100 Starliner ⓘ linked to: Starliner spacecraft
successor	Boe-OFT-2 (Orbital Flight Test 2) ⓘ linked to: Boe-OFT (Orbital Flight Test)

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