Rosetta (on earlier Ariane 5 variant family)
E290058
Rosetta was a European Space Agency comet-chasing spacecraft that famously orbited and deployed a lander onto comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Rosetta (on earlier Ariane 5 variant family) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2705912 — 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: Rosetta (on earlier Ariane 5 variant family) Context triple: [Ariane 5 ECA, notablePayload, Rosetta (on earlier Ariane 5 variant family)]
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A.
Ariane 5 ECA
Ariane 5 ECA is a heavy-lift European expendable launch vehicle variant renowned for launching major payloads such as the James Webb Space Telescope.
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B.
Ariane launch vehicle programme
The Ariane launch vehicle programme is a series of European expendable rockets developed to provide independent and reliable access to space for commercial, scientific, and governmental payloads.
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C.
Ariane
Ariane is a Dutch princess, the youngest daughter of King Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima of the Netherlands.
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D.
Rosetta
Rosetta is a port city in northern Egypt near the Nile Delta, historically renowned as the discovery site of the Rosetta Stone, which was key to deciphering Egyptian hieroglyphs.
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E.
Rosetta
"Rosetta" is a classic jazz standard composed by pianist Earl Hines that has become a staple of the swing and traditional jazz repertoire.
- 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: Rosetta (on earlier Ariane 5 variant family) Target entity description: Rosetta was a European Space Agency comet-chasing spacecraft that famously orbited and deployed a lander onto comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko.
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A.
Ariane 5 ECA
Ariane 5 ECA is a heavy-lift European expendable launch vehicle variant renowned for launching major payloads such as the James Webb Space Telescope.
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B.
Ariane launch vehicle programme
The Ariane launch vehicle programme is a series of European expendable rockets developed to provide independent and reliable access to space for commercial, scientific, and governmental payloads.
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C.
Ariane
Ariane is a Dutch princess, the youngest daughter of King Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima of the Netherlands.
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D.
Rosetta
Rosetta is a port city in northern Egypt near the Nile Delta, historically renowned as the discovery site of the Rosetta Stone, which was key to deciphering Egyptian hieroglyphs.
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E.
Rosetta
"Rosetta" is a classic jazz standard composed by pianist Earl Hines that has become a staple of the swing and traditional jazz repertoire.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
comet orbiter
ⓘ
interplanetary probe ⓘ spacecraft ⓘ |
| carriesLander |
Philae
ⓘ
linked to:
Philae lander
|
| communicationBand |
S-band
ⓘ
X-band ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Europe ⓘ |
| deepSpaceNetworkSupport |
ESA ESTRACK
ⓘ
linked to:
ESA ESTRACK network
NASA Deep Space Network ⓘ
linked to:
Deep Space Network
|
| deployedLanderOn |
67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko
ⓘ
linked to:
Comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko
|
| firsts |
first mission to deploy a lander on a comet nucleus
ⓘ
first spacecraft to orbit a comet nucleus ⓘ |
| flewBy |
Earth
ⓘ
Mars ⓘ asteroid 21 Lutetia ⓘ asteroid 2867 Šteins ⓘ
linked to:
asteroid Šteins
|
| gravityAssistBody |
Earth
ⓘ
Mars ⓘ |
| instrumentCount | 11 scientific instruments on orbiter ⓘ |
| landerDeploymentDate | 2014-11-12 ⓘ |
| landerInstrumentCount | 10 scientific instruments on Philae lander ⓘ |
| launchDate | 2004-03-02 ⓘ |
| launchMass | about 3000 kilograms ⓘ |
| launchSite |
Guiana Space Centre
ⓘ
Kourou, French Guiana ⓘ
linked to:
Kourou
|
| launchVehicle |
Ariane 5G+ (earlier Ariane 5 variant)
ⓘ
linked to:
Ariane 5 G
|
| launchVehicleFamily | Ariane 5 ⓘ |
| manufacturer |
Airbus Defence and Space (later name of Astrium)
ⓘ
linked to:
Astrium
Astrium ⓘ |
| missionDuration | about 12 years and 6 months ⓘ |
| missionEnd | 2016-09-30 ⓘ |
| missionEndReason | controlled impact on comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko ⓘ |
| missionType |
comet rendezvous mission
ⓘ
planetary science mission ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Rosetta Stone ⓘ |
| operator | European Space Agency ⓘ |
| orbitTypeAtComet | bound orbit around comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko ⓘ |
| powerSource | solar panels ⓘ |
| program |
ESA Horizon 2000 cornerstone missions
ⓘ
linked to:
ESA Horizon 2000 programme
|
| rendezvousDate | 2014-08-06 ⓘ |
| scienceObjectives |
investigate origin of comets
ⓘ
investigate role of comets in delivering water and organics to early Earth ⓘ study comet coma and tail ⓘ study comet nucleus composition ⓘ |
| spaceAgency | ESA ⓘ |
| target |
67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko
ⓘ
linked to:
Comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko
|
| targetType | comet ⓘ |
| trajectory | multiple gravity assists ⓘ |
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Input
Subject: Rosetta (on earlier Ariane 5 variant family) Description of subject: Rosetta was a European Space Agency comet-chasing spacecraft that famously orbited and deployed a lander onto comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko.
Referenced by (1)
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