Space Launch Complex 8
E276251
Space Launch Complex 8 is a launch facility at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California primarily used for small orbital and suborbital rocket launches.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Space Launch Complex 8 canonical | 3 |
| SLC-8, Vandenberg | 1 |
| Space Launch Complex-8 | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2097814 — 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 8 Context triple: [Vandenberg Space Force Base, hasLaunchComplex, Space Launch Complex 8]
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A.
Space Launch Complex 6
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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B.
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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C.
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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D.
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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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 8 Target entity description: Space Launch Complex 8 is a launch facility at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California primarily used for small orbital and suborbital rocket launches.
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A.
Space Launch Complex 6
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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B.
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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C.
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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D.
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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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 (32)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
infrastructure
ⓘ
rocket launch site ⓘ space launch complex ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Western Range ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| environment | coastal launch environment ⓘ |
| formerlyPartOf |
Vandenberg Air Force Base
ⓘ
linked to:
Vandenberg Space Force Base
|
| garrison | Vandenberg Space Force Base ⓘ |
| hasInfrastructure |
integration facilities
ⓘ
launch pad ⓘ support equipment ⓘ |
| launchAzimuthCapability |
polar orbits
ⓘ
sun-synchronous orbits ⓘ |
| launches |
small orbital rockets
ⓘ
small suborbital rockets ⓘ |
| launchPadType | small launch pad ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
California
ⓘ
linked to:
California, United States
United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
Vandenberg Space Force Base ⓘ |
| locatedOnCoast | Pacific Ocean ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | United States Space Force ⓘ |
| operator |
Space Launch Delta 30
ⓘ
linked to:
30th Space Wing
United States Space Force ⓘ |
| partOf | Vandenberg Space Force Base launch range ⓘ |
| previousName |
SLC-8
ⓘ
Space Launch Complex-8 ⓘ
linked to:
Space Launch Complex 8
|
| primaryUse |
commercial small launch vehicles
ⓘ
government small launch vehicles ⓘ |
| status | active ⓘ |
| usedFor |
orbital rocket launches
ⓘ
small launch vehicles ⓘ suborbital rocket launches ⓘ |
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 8 Description of subject: Space Launch Complex 8 is a launch facility at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California primarily used for small orbital and suborbital rocket launches.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Space Launch Complex 8
linked to: Space Launch Complex 8