Vega
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Vega is a European small-lift launch vehicle developed by the European Space Agency and partners, primarily used to place light payloads into low Earth orbit.
All labels observed (2)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2705952 — 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: Vega Context triple: [Guiana Space Centre, launchVehicle, Vega]
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Sirius
Sirius is the brightest star in the night sky, a nearby binary star system in the constellation Canis Major that has featured prominently in astronomy, mythology, and literature.
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Aldebaran
Aldebaran is a bright orange giant star in the constellation Taurus, known as one of the most prominent stars in the night sky.
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Betelgeuse
Betelgeuse is a massive red supergiant star in the constellation Orion, notable for its brightness and status as a likely future supernova.
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Canopus
Canopus was an ancient Egyptian coastal city near modern-day Alexandria, known as a major religious center and sanctuary dedicated to the goddess Isis.
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Beta Crucis
Beta Crucis, also known as Mimosa, is a bright blue giant star in the Southern Cross constellation and one of the most prominent navigational stars in the southern sky.
- 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: Vega Target entity description: Vega is a European small-lift launch vehicle developed by the European Space Agency and partners, primarily used to place light payloads into low Earth orbit.
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A.
Sirius
Sirius is the brightest star in the night sky, a nearby binary star system in the constellation Canis Major that has featured prominently in astronomy, mythology, and literature.
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B.
Aldebaran
Aldebaran is a bright orange giant star in the constellation Taurus, known as one of the most prominent stars in the night sky.
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C.
Betelgeuse
Betelgeuse is a massive red supergiant star in the constellation Orion, notable for its brightness and status as a likely future supernova.
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D.
Canopus
Canopus was an ancient Egyptian coastal city near modern-day Alexandria, known as a major religious center and sanctuary dedicated to the goddess Isis.
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E.
Beta Crucis
Beta Crucis, also known as Mimosa, is a bright blue giant star in the Southern Cross constellation and one of the most prominent navigational stars in the southern sky.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
European launch vehicle
ⓘ
expendable launch vehicle ⓘ small-lift launch vehicle ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Europe ⓘ |
| designGoal | cost-effective access to space for small payloads ⓘ |
| developer |
Centre National d’Études Spatiales
ⓘ
linked to:
CNES
European Space Agency ⓘ Italian Space Agency ⓘ |
| diameter | 3 m ⓘ |
| fairingDiameter | 2.6 m ⓘ |
| fairingHeight | 7.8 m ⓘ |
| firstFlightDate | 2012-02-13 ⓘ |
| firstFlightMission | VV01 ⓘ |
| firstStage | P80 ⓘ |
| fundingAgency |
European Space Agency
ⓘ
French space agency CNES ⓘ
linked to:
CNES
Italian Space Agency ⓘ |
| guidanceSystem | inertial guidance ⓘ |
| height | ~30 m ⓘ |
| launchAzimuthRange | equatorial to polar orbits from Kourou ⓘ |
| launchConfiguration | single-body launch vehicle ⓘ |
| launchLocation |
Kourou, French Guiana
ⓘ
linked to:
Kourou
|
| launchMass | ~137000 kg ⓘ |
| launchPad | ELA-1 ⓘ |
| launchServiceProvider | Arianespace ⓘ |
| launchSite | Guiana Space Centre ⓘ |
| manufacturer |
Avio
ⓘ
linked to:
Avio S.p.A.
|
| marketSegment | small satellite launch market ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
Vega star
ⓘ
linked to:
Vega
|
| operator | Arianespace ⓘ |
| orbitType |
Sun-synchronous orbit
ⓘ
low Earth orbit ⓘ |
| payloadTo700kmSSO | about 1500 kg ⓘ |
| primaryUse | placing light payloads into low Earth orbit ⓘ |
| program |
ESA Vega programme
ⓘ
linked to:
Vega launch vehicle programme
|
| propulsionType |
liquid-fuel upper stage
ⓘ
solid-fuel first stage ⓘ solid-fuel second stage ⓘ solid-fuel third stage ⓘ |
| reusability | non-reusable ⓘ |
| secondStage | Zefiro 23 ⓘ |
| stages | 4 ⓘ |
| status | operational ⓘ |
| successor |
Vega-C
ⓘ
linked to:
Vega launch vehicle programme
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| thirdStage | Zefiro 9 ⓘ |
| typicalMission |
Earth observation satellite launch
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scientific satellite launch ⓘ |
| upperStage | AVUM ⓘ |
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: Vega Description of subject: Vega is a European small-lift launch vehicle developed by the European Space Agency and partners, primarily used to place light payloads into low Earth orbit.
Referenced by (18)
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