Wasatch rocket motor plant, Utah
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The Wasatch rocket motor plant in Utah is a major aerospace manufacturing facility known for producing solid rocket motors, historically including those used on NASA’s Space Shuttle.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Promontory rocket motor plant | 1 |
| Wasatch Division rocket motor plant | 1 |
| Wasatch rocket motor plant, Utah canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1806811 — 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: Wasatch rocket motor plant, Utah Context triple: [Morton Thiokol, locationOfFacility, Wasatch rocket motor plant, Utah]
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A.
Wendover, Utah
Wendover, Utah is a small city on the Utah–Nevada border known as the gateway to the Bonneville Salt Flats and for its proximity to casinos and historic World War II military sites.
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B.
Mound House, Nevada
Mound House, Nevada is an unincorporated community in Lyon County known historically as a Comstock-era railroad and mining hub and now as a small residential and industrial area near Carson City.
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C.
Nevada Test and Training Range
The Nevada Test and Training Range is a vast U.S. Air Force training and bombing range in southern Nevada used for advanced military exercises and weapons testing.
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D.
Groom Lake
Groom Lake is a remote dry lakebed in southern Nevada best known as the location of the highly secretive U.S. Air Force facility commonly referred to as Area 51.
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E.
Dugway Proving Ground
Dugway Proving Ground is a large U.S. Army facility in Utah primarily used for testing chemical, biological, radiological, and defense systems in a remote desert environment.
- 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: Wasatch rocket motor plant, Utah Target entity description: The Wasatch rocket motor plant in Utah is a major aerospace manufacturing facility known for producing solid rocket motors, historically including those used on NASA’s Space Shuttle.
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A.
Wendover, Utah
Wendover, Utah is a small city on the Utah–Nevada border known as the gateway to the Bonneville Salt Flats and for its proximity to casinos and historic World War II military sites.
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B.
Mound House, Nevada
Mound House, Nevada is an unincorporated community in Lyon County known historically as a Comstock-era railroad and mining hub and now as a small residential and industrial area near Carson City.
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C.
Nevada Test and Training Range
The Nevada Test and Training Range is a vast U.S. Air Force training and bombing range in southern Nevada used for advanced military exercises and weapons testing.
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D.
Groom Lake
Groom Lake is a remote dry lakebed in southern Nevada best known as the location of the highly secretive U.S. Air Force facility commonly referred to as Area 51.
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E.
Dugway Proving Ground
Dugway Proving Ground is a large U.S. Army facility in Utah primarily used for testing chemical, biological, radiological, and defense systems in a remote desert environment.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (39)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
aerospace manufacturing plant
ⓘ
rocket motor manufacturing facility ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
U.S. space launch capability
ⓘ
U.S. strategic deterrent programs ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| employerOf |
aerospace engineers
ⓘ
manufacturing technicians ⓘ propulsion specialists ⓘ |
| formerlyOperatedBy |
ATK Thiokol
ⓘ
linked to:
Alliant Techsystems
Orbital ATK ⓘ Thiokol Corporation ⓘ
linked to:
Thiokol
|
| hasAlternateName |
Promontory rocket motor plant
ⓘ
linked to:
Wasatch rocket motor plant, Utah
Wasatch Division rocket motor plant ⓘ
linked to:
Wasatch rocket motor plant, Utah
|
| hasEnvironmentalConsideration | solid propellant handling and disposal ⓘ |
| hasFacilityType |
large-scale manufacturing plant
ⓘ
propellant casting facility ⓘ rocket motor test facility ⓘ |
| hasSpecialization |
large-diameter rocket motor production
ⓘ
solid propellant formulation ⓘ static testing of rocket motors ⓘ |
| historicallyUsedOn |
NASA Space Shuttle
ⓘ
linked to:
NASA Space Shuttle program
|
| industry |
aerospace industry
ⓘ
defense industry ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Box Elder County, Utah
ⓘ
United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
Utah ⓘ |
| locatedInRegion | western United States ⓘ |
| near |
Promontory, Utah
ⓘ
linked to:
Promontory Summit, Utah Territory
|
| notableFor | production of Space Shuttle Solid Rocket Boosters ⓘ |
| operatedBy | Northrop Grumman ⓘ |
| partOf |
Northrop Grumman propulsion systems operations
ⓘ
linked to:
Northrop Grumman
|
| partOfProgram |
Space Shuttle program
ⓘ
linked to:
NASA Space Shuttle program
|
| product |
propulsion systems
ⓘ
solid rocket motor segments ⓘ solid rocket motors ⓘ |
| suppliedTo | NASA ⓘ |
| usedFor |
space launch vehicles
ⓘ
strategic missiles ⓘ tactical missiles ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Wasatch rocket motor plant, Utah Description of subject: The Wasatch rocket motor plant in Utah is a major aerospace manufacturing facility known for producing solid rocket motors, historically including those used on NASA’s Space Shuttle.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Wasatch rocket motor plant, Utah
linked to: Wasatch rocket motor plant, Utah