Moon Impact Probe
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The Moon Impact Probe was a small Indian lunar probe designed to detach from the Chandrayaan-1 spacecraft and intentionally crash onto the Moon’s surface to conduct scientific measurements and demonstrate landing technologies.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Moon Impact Probe canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2372997 — 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: Moon Impact Probe Context triple: [Chandrayaan-1, carriedInstrument, Moon Impact Probe]
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A.
SLIM lunar lander
The SLIM lunar lander is a Japanese spacecraft designed by JAXA to demonstrate high-precision, lightweight landing technology on the Moon’s surface.
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B.
Luna 9
Luna 9 was a Soviet spacecraft that achieved the first successful soft landing on the Moon and transmitted the first close-up images of the lunar surface in 1966.
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C.
Luna 11
Luna 11 was a Soviet unmanned spacecraft from the Luna program, launched in 1966 to study the Moon from lunar orbit.
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D.
InSight Mars lander
The InSight Mars lander was a NASA robotic mission designed to study the interior structure and seismic activity of Mars to better understand the formation and evolution of rocky planets.
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E.
Luna 1
Luna 1 was a Soviet spacecraft launched in 1959 that became the first human-made object to reach the vicinity of the Moon and enter a heliocentric 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: Moon Impact Probe Target entity description: The Moon Impact Probe was a small Indian lunar probe designed to detach from the Chandrayaan-1 spacecraft and intentionally crash onto the Moon’s surface to conduct scientific measurements and demonstrate landing technologies.
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A.
SLIM lunar lander
The SLIM lunar lander is a Japanese spacecraft designed by JAXA to demonstrate high-precision, lightweight landing technology on the Moon’s surface.
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B.
Luna 9
Luna 9 was a Soviet spacecraft that achieved the first successful soft landing on the Moon and transmitted the first close-up images of the lunar surface in 1966.
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C.
Luna 11
Luna 11 was a Soviet unmanned spacecraft from the Luna program, launched in 1966 to study the Moon from lunar orbit.
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D.
InSight Mars lander
The InSight Mars lander was a NASA robotic mission designed to study the interior structure and seismic activity of Mars to better understand the formation and evolution of rocky planets.
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E.
Luna 1
Luna 1 was a Soviet spacecraft launched in 1959 that became the first human-made object to reach the vicinity of the Moon and enter a heliocentric orbit.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
lunar probe
ⓘ
spacecraft ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | MIP ⓘ |
| carriedInstrument |
CHACE mass spectrometer
ⓘ
Chandra’s Altitudinal Composition Explorer ⓘ Radar Altimeter ⓘ Video Imaging System ⓘ |
| communication | telemetry link via Chandrayaan-1 orbiter ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | India ⓘ |
| descentDuration | approximately 25 minutes ⓘ |
| designedBy | Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre ⓘ |
| designedFor | one-way mission ⓘ |
| dimension | about 0.6 m on a side ⓘ |
| discovererOf | water molecules in lunar exosphere ⓘ |
| firstForCountry | first Indian object to impact the Moon ⓘ |
| impactBody | Moon ⓘ |
| impactDate | 2008-11-14 ⓘ |
| impactSite |
near Shackleton crater region
ⓘ
near lunar south pole ⓘ |
| impactVelocity | approximately 1.6 km/s ⓘ |
| launchDate | 2008-10-22 ⓘ |
| launchSite |
Satish Dhawan Space Centre
ⓘ
Sriharikota ⓘ |
| launchVehicle | PSLV-XL ⓘ |
| mass | 34 kg ⓘ |
| missionOutcome | successful ⓘ |
| missionType |
impact probe
ⓘ
lunar impactor ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Indian tricolour flag (carried on probe) ⓘ |
| objective |
characterize lunar surface near south pole
ⓘ
conduct scientific measurements during descent ⓘ demonstrate lunar impact technology ⓘ study lunar exosphere ⓘ test descent and impact telemetry ⓘ |
| operator |
ISRO
ⓘ
linked to:
Indian Space Research Organisation
Indian Space Research Organisation ⓘ |
| parentSpacecraft |
Chandrayaan-1 orbiter
ⓘ
linked to:
Chandrayaan-1
|
| partOf | Chandrayaan-1 ⓘ |
| powerSource | battery ⓘ |
| program | Indian Lunar Exploration Programme ⓘ |
| separationDate | 2008-11-14 ⓘ |
| shape | cube ⓘ |
| spacecraftBus | box-shaped impact probe ⓘ |
| status | mission completed ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
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Input
Subject: Moon Impact Probe Description of subject: The Moon Impact Probe was a small Indian lunar probe designed to detach from the Chandrayaan-1 spacecraft and intentionally crash onto the Moon’s surface to conduct scientific measurements and demonstrate landing technologies.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.