Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center
E182739
Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center is a major Chinese spaceport in Shanxi province primarily used for launching polar-orbiting and sun-synchronous satellites.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center canonical | 29 |
| Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, Shanxi | 1 |
| Taiyuan Space Center | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1592769 — 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: Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center Context triple: [China National Space Administration, usesLaunchSite, Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center]
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A.
Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center
Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center is China’s oldest and largest spaceport, located in the Gobi Desert and primarily used for launching crewed Shenzhou missions and various satellites into orbit.
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B.
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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C.
Tianhe
Tianhe is a town in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China, best known for hosting Wuhan Tianhe International Airport, a major air transport hub in central China.
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D.
Tiangong space station
The Tiangong space station is China’s modular, permanently crewed orbital outpost that serves as the centerpiece of its independent human spaceflight and research program in low Earth orbit.
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E.
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.
- 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: Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center Target entity description: Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center is a major Chinese spaceport in Shanxi province primarily used for launching polar-orbiting and sun-synchronous satellites.
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A.
Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center
Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center is China’s oldest and largest spaceport, located in the Gobi Desert and primarily used for launching crewed Shenzhou missions and various satellites into orbit.
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B.
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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C.
Tianhe
Tianhe is a town in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China, best known for hosting Wuhan Tianhe International Airport, a major air transport hub in central China.
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D.
Tiangong space station
The Tiangong space station is China’s modular, permanently crewed orbital outpost that serves as the centerpiece of its independent human spaceflight and research program in low Earth orbit.
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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
satellite launch center
ⓘ
spaceport ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Base 25
ⓘ
TSLC ⓘ Wuzhai ⓘ |
| controlledBy | People's Liberation Army ⓘ |
| country | China ⓘ |
| environment | inland launch site ⓘ |
| hasFacility |
launch complexes
ⓘ
mission control center ⓘ technical center ⓘ tracking and telemetry stations ⓘ |
| hasFunction |
launch operations
ⓘ
spacecraft integration ⓘ spacecraft testing ⓘ tracking and control ⓘ |
| hasLaunchPadFor |
Long March 2C
ⓘ
Long March 2D ⓘ Long March 4A ⓘ Long March 4B ⓘ Long March 4C ⓘ Long March 6 ⓘ Long March 6A ⓘ
linked to:
Long March 6
|
| launchDirection |
southeastward
ⓘ
southward ⓘ |
| launchPadCount | multiple launch complexes ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
People's Republic of China
ⓘ
linked to:
China
Shanxi province ⓘ
linked to:
Shanxi Province
|
| locatedNear |
Kelan County
ⓘ
Xinzhou ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Taiyuan ⓘ |
| notableFor |
launches into high-inclination orbits
ⓘ
remote sensing satellite constellations ⓘ |
| oneOfMajorChineseSpaceports | true ⓘ |
| operatedBy |
China National Space Administration
ⓘ
People's Liberation Army Strategic Support Force ⓘ |
| operatorType | military ⓘ |
| partOf |
Chinese space program
ⓘ
linked to:
China National Space Administration
|
| primaryOrbitType |
polar orbit
ⓘ
sun-synchronous orbit ⓘ |
| safetyConsideration | debris falls over sparsely populated areas ⓘ |
| status | operational ⓘ |
| usedFor |
Earth observation satellite launches
ⓘ
meteorological satellite launches ⓘ polar orbit launches ⓘ remote sensing satellite launches ⓘ satellite launches ⓘ scientific satellite launches ⓘ sun-synchronous orbit launches ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center Description of subject: Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center is a major Chinese spaceport in Shanxi province primarily used for launching polar-orbiting and sun-synchronous satellites.
Referenced by (31)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center
linked to: Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center
subject linked to:
CBERS satellites
subject linked to:
CBERS satellites
subject linked to:
CBERS satellites
subject linked to:
CBERS satellites
subject linked to:
CBERS satellites