Delta IV
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Delta IV is an expendable heavy-lift launch vehicle family developed by Boeing and operated by United Launch Alliance for launching military, government, and commercial payloads into orbit.
All labels observed (11)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Delta IV canonical | 17 |
| Delta IV Medium | 8 |
| Delta IV launch vehicle | 3 |
| Delta IV M+(4,2) | 1 |
| Delta IV M+(5,2) | 1 |
| Delta IV Medium+ (4,2) | 1 |
| Delta IV Medium+ (5,2) | 1 |
| Delta IV Medium+ (5,4) | 1 |
| Delta IV Medium+ variants | 1 |
| Delta IV program | 1 |
| ULA Delta IV launch program | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2864394 — 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.
Target entity: Delta IV Context triple: [United Launch Alliance, operatesRocket, Delta IV]
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A.
Delta IV Heavy
Delta IV Heavy is a powerful American expendable heavy-lift launch vehicle developed by United Launch Alliance, known for carrying large payloads to orbit and supporting national security and scientific missions.
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B.
Space Delta 4
Space Delta 4 is a unit of the U.S. Space Force responsible for providing strategic and tactical missile warning and related space-based surveillance capabilities.
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C.
Atlas V
Atlas V is an expendable, medium- to heavy-lift launch vehicle developed by United Launch Alliance and widely used for deploying satellites and space probes into orbit.
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D.
Delta IV upper stage
The Delta IV upper stage is the cryogenic second stage of the Delta IV launch vehicle, designed to perform precise orbital insertions using liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen propellants.
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E.
Atlas II
Atlas II was an American expendable launch vehicle family developed by General Dynamics and later Lockheed Martin, used primarily in the 1990s to launch commercial and military satellites into orbit.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Delta IV Target entity description: Delta IV is an expendable heavy-lift launch vehicle family developed by Boeing and operated by United Launch Alliance for launching military, government, and commercial payloads into orbit.
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A.
Delta IV Heavy
Delta IV Heavy is a powerful American expendable heavy-lift launch vehicle developed by United Launch Alliance, known for carrying large payloads to orbit and supporting national security and scientific missions.
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B.
Space Delta 4
Space Delta 4 is a unit of the U.S. Space Force responsible for providing strategic and tactical missile warning and related space-based surveillance capabilities.
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C.
Atlas V
Atlas V is an expendable, medium- to heavy-lift launch vehicle developed by United Launch Alliance and widely used for deploying satellites and space probes into orbit.
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D.
Delta IV upper stage
The Delta IV upper stage is the cryogenic second stage of the Delta IV launch vehicle, designed to perform precise orbital insertions using liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen propellants.
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E.
Atlas II
Atlas II was an American expendable launch vehicle family developed by General Dynamics and later Lockheed Martin, used primarily in the 1990s to launch commercial and military satellites into orbit.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
expendable launch vehicle family
ⓘ
heavy-lift launch vehicle ⓘ orbital launch vehicle ⓘ |
| configuration | two-stage rocket ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| designFeature | Common Booster Core ⓘ |
| developer | Boeing ⓘ |
| engineType |
RS-68
ⓘ
linked to:
RS-68 engine
|
| family | Delta IV ⓘ |
| familyMember |
Delta IV Heavy
ⓘ
Delta IV Medium ⓘ
linked to:
Delta IV
Delta IV Medium+ (4,2) ⓘ
linked to:
Delta IV
Delta IV Medium+ (5,2) ⓘ
linked to:
Delta IV
Delta IV Medium+ (5,4) ⓘ
linked to:
Delta IV
|
| firstFlightDate |
2002-11-20
ⓘ
2004-12-21 ⓘ |
| firstFlightLaunchSite | Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Space Launch Complex 37B ⓘ |
| firstFlightVehicle |
Delta IV Medium
ⓘ
linked to:
Delta IV
|
| launchCapability |
heavy-lift
ⓘ
medium-lift ⓘ |
| launchConfiguration |
single-core
ⓘ
three Common Booster Cores ⓘ triple-core ⓘ |
| launchProvider | United Launch Alliance ⓘ |
| launchSite |
Cape Canaveral Space Force Station SLC-37B
ⓘ
linked to:
Cape Canaveral LC-37B
Vandenberg Space Force Base SLC-6 ⓘ
linked to:
Space Launch Complex 6
|
| manufacturer | Boeing ⓘ |
| marketSegment | EELV program ⓘ |
| notableCustomer |
National Reconnaissance Office
ⓘ
United States Air Force ⓘ |
| operator | United Launch Alliance ⓘ |
| oxidizer | liquid oxygen ⓘ |
| predecessor |
Delta II
ⓘ
linked to:
Delta rocket
Delta III ⓘ |
| program | Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle program ⓘ |
| propellantType |
liquid hydrogen
ⓘ
liquid oxygen ⓘ |
| retirementReason | high launch cost compared to competitors ⓘ |
| status | retired ⓘ |
| successor | Vulcan Centaur ⓘ |
| upperStageEngine |
RL10B-2
ⓘ
linked to:
RL10
|
| usedFor |
commercial payload launches
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geostationary transfer orbit missions ⓘ government payload launches ⓘ high-energy missions ⓘ high-mass payloads to geostationary transfer orbit ⓘ military payload launches ⓘ national security space missions ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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.
Subject: Delta IV Description of subject: Delta IV is an expendable heavy-lift launch vehicle family developed by Boeing and operated by United Launch Alliance for launching military, government, and commercial payloads into orbit.
Referenced by (36)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.