Space Launch Complex 6
E274898
Space Launch Complex 6 is a major launch facility at Vandenberg Space Force Base historically used for polar-orbit and military space missions, including Delta IV launches.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Space Launch Complex 6 canonical | 8 |
| Vandenberg Space Force Base SLC-6 | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2097813 — 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: Space Launch Complex 6 Context triple: [Vandenberg Space Force Base, hasLaunchComplex, Space Launch Complex 6]
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A.
Space Launch Complex 4
Space Launch Complex 4 is a major West Coast orbital launch site used primarily for polar-orbit and sun-synchronous satellite missions.
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B.
Space Launch Complex 2
Space Launch Complex 2 is a launch facility at Vandenberg Space Force Base historically used for launching small to medium-class rockets into polar and sun-synchronous orbits.
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C.
Space Launch Complex 3
Space Launch Complex 3 is a launch facility at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California used primarily for launching Atlas and other expendable launch vehicles into polar and sun-synchronous orbits.
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D.
Cape Canaveral Launch Complex 36
Cape Canaveral Launch Complex 36 is a historic Florida launch site that supported numerous NASA and commercial Atlas-Centaur rocket missions, including early planetary and communications satellite launches.
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E.
Cape Canaveral LC-41
Cape Canaveral LC-41 is a launch complex at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, historically used for major NASA and interplanetary missions.
- 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: Space Launch Complex 6 Target entity description: Space Launch Complex 6 is a major launch facility at Vandenberg Space Force Base historically used for polar-orbit and military space missions, including Delta IV launches.
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A.
Space Launch Complex 4
Space Launch Complex 4 is a major West Coast orbital launch site used primarily for polar-orbit and sun-synchronous satellite missions.
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B.
Space Launch Complex 2
Space Launch Complex 2 is a launch facility at Vandenberg Space Force Base historically used for launching small to medium-class rockets into polar and sun-synchronous orbits.
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C.
Space Launch Complex 3
Space Launch Complex 3 is a launch facility at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California used primarily for launching Atlas and other expendable launch vehicles into polar and sun-synchronous orbits.
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D.
Cape Canaveral Launch Complex 36
Cape Canaveral Launch Complex 36 is a historic Florida launch site that supported numerous NASA and commercial Atlas-Centaur rocket missions, including early planetary and communications satellite launches.
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E.
Cape Canaveral LC-41
Cape Canaveral LC-41 is a launch complex at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, historically used for major NASA and interplanetary missions.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
rocket launch site
ⓘ
spaceport facility ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
SLC-6
ⓘ
Slick Six ⓘ |
| constructionStart | 1960s ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| designedFor | Space Shuttle ⓘ |
| designedLaunchInclinations |
high-inclination orbits
ⓘ
sun-synchronous orbits ⓘ |
| formerlyOperatedBy |
Boeing
ⓘ
Lockheed Martin ⓘ United Launch Alliance ⓘ United States Air Force ⓘ |
| hasInfrastructure |
fixed umbilical tower
ⓘ
flame trench ⓘ integration facilities ⓘ mobile service tower ⓘ propellant storage facilities ⓘ |
| hasRunoffDirection | over Pacific Ocean ⓘ |
| launchAzimuth | southward polar trajectories ⓘ |
| launchPadFor |
Delta IV
ⓘ
Delta IV Heavy ⓘ Delta IV Medium ⓘ
linked to:
Delta IV
Titan 34D ⓘ Titan IIID ⓘ Titan IV ⓘ military space missions ⓘ national security payloads ⓘ polar-orbit missions ⓘ reconnaissance satellites ⓘ small launch vehicles ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
California
ⓘ
linked to:
California, United States
Santa Barbara County, California ⓘ
linked to:
Santa Barbara County
Vandenberg Space Force Base ⓘ Western Range ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Pacific coast of the United States ⓘ |
| operator |
Space Launch Delta 30
ⓘ
linked to:
30th Space Wing
United States Space Force ⓘ |
| partOf |
Vandenberg launch complexes
ⓘ
linked to:
Space Launch Complex 2
|
| primaryUse |
military space launches
ⓘ
polar-orbit launches ⓘ |
| redevelopedFor |
Delta IV program
ⓘ
linked to:
Delta IV
Titan IV program ⓘ
linked to:
Titan IV launch vehicle
|
| status | active ⓘ |
| timezone | Pacific Time Zone ⓘ |
| usedFor |
Department of Defense missions
ⓘ
National Reconnaissance Office missions ⓘ United States government payloads ⓘ |
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
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Space Launch Complex 6 Description of subject: Space Launch Complex 6 is a major launch facility at Vandenberg Space Force Base historically used for polar-orbit and military space missions, including Delta IV launches.
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Space Launch Complex 6