Evpatoria planetary radar

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deep-space radar facility planetary radar radio telescope

Evpatoria planetary radar is a Ukrainian deep-space radar and radio telescope facility used for astronomical observations and interstellar message transmissions.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Evpatoria Planetary Radar	4
Evpatoria planetary radar canonical	2
Evpatoria Deep Space Center	1
Evpatoria planetary radar facility	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2459044 — 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: Evpatoria planetary radar
Context triple: [Teen Age Message, sentFrom, Evpatoria planetary radar]

A. Cocconi
Cocconi is an Italian surname most notably associated with physicist Giuseppe Cocconi, a pioneer in particle physics and early SETI research.
B. Platform of Venus
The Platform of Venus is a pre-Columbian Maya ceremonial structure at Chichén Itzá, likely associated with astronomical observations and rituals linked to the planet Venus.
C. ALTAIR radar
ALTAIR radar is a powerful tracking and surveillance radar system located on Kwajalein Atoll, used primarily for space object tracking and missile defense research.
D. Prospekt Vernadskogo
Prospekt Vernadskogo is a Moscow Metro station named after the nearby Prospekt Vernadskogo avenue in the southwest of the city.
E. Nomad space probe
The Nomad space probe is a fictional, highly advanced robotic spacecraft from the Star Trek universe that becomes a powerful and dangerous hybrid entity after merging with an alien probe.
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: Evpatoria planetary radar
Target entity description: Evpatoria planetary radar is a Ukrainian deep-space radar and radio telescope facility used for astronomical observations and interstellar message transmissions.

A. Cocconi
Cocconi is an Italian surname most notably associated with physicist Giuseppe Cocconi, a pioneer in particle physics and early SETI research.
B. Platform of Venus
The Platform of Venus is a pre-Columbian Maya ceremonial structure at Chichén Itzá, likely associated with astronomical observations and rituals linked to the planet Venus.
C. ALTAIR radar
ALTAIR radar is a powerful tracking and surveillance radar system located on Kwajalein Atoll, used primarily for space object tracking and missile defense research.
D. Prospekt Vernadskogo
Prospekt Vernadskogo is a Moscow Metro station named after the nearby Prospekt Vernadskogo avenue in the southwest of the city.
E. Nomad space probe
The Nomad space probe is a fictional, highly advanced robotic spacecraft from the Star Trek universe that becomes a powerful and dangerous hybrid entity after merging with an alien probe.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	deep-space radar facility ⓘ planetary radar ⓘ radio telescope ⓘ
antennaDiameter	70 metres ⓘ
canMeasure	radar echoes from Solar System bodies ⓘ
canTrack	artificial satellites ⓘ spacecraft ⓘ
constructionPeriod	Soviet era ⓘ
country	Ukraine ⓘ
dataUsedBy	international astronomical community ⓘ
hasAlternativeName	Evpatoria RT-70 ⓘ Evpatoria deep-space communication center ⓘ linked to: Evpatoria RT-70 radio telescope
hasAntenna	RT-70 ⓘ
hasCapability	bistatic radar experiments ⓘ ranging to distant spacecraft ⓘ
hasLocationType	ground-based observatory ⓘ
hasNotableFeature	capable of high-power transmissions for interstellar communication ⓘ one of the largest single-dish radio telescopes in the world ⓘ
locatedIn	Crimea ⓘ Evpatoria ⓘ linked to: Yevpatoria
locatedOn	Earth ⓘ
observes	asteroid 1862 Apollo ⓘ asteroid 4179 Toutatis ⓘ asteroid 6489 Golevka ⓘ comets in the inner Solar System ⓘ near-Earth objects ⓘ planets of the Solar System ⓘ
operatedBy	Institute of Radio Astronomy of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine ⓘ National Space Agency of Ukraine ⓘ
partOf	Soviet deep-space communication network ⓘ
sentMessage	A Message From Earth 2008 ⓘ linked to: A Message From Earth Cosmic Call 1999 ⓘ linked to: Cosmic Call Cosmic Call 2003 ⓘ linked to: Cosmic Call Teen Age Message 2001 ⓘ linked to: Teen Age Message
sentMessageType	interstellar radio message ⓘ
transmissionMedium	radio waves ⓘ
usedFor	astronomical observations ⓘ deep-space communication ⓘ interstellar message transmissions ⓘ planetary radar observations ⓘ radar studies of asteroids ⓘ radar studies of comets ⓘ radar studies of planets ⓘ
usedInField	SETI-related experiments ⓘ planetary science ⓘ radio astronomy ⓘ
usesFrequencyBand	centimetric wavelengths ⓘ decimetric wavelengths ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Teen Age Message → sentFrom → Evpatoria planetary radar ⓘ

Evpatoria RT-70 radio telescope → hasAlternativeName → Evpatoria planetary radar ⓘ

Cosmic Call → locationOfTransmitter → Evpatoria Planetary Radar ⓘ