International Launch Services
E408518
International Launch Services is a commercial space launch company that markets and manages satellite launches, historically using Russia’s Proton rocket for missions to orbit.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| International Launch Services canonical | 7 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4046327 — 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: International Launch Services Context triple: [Proton rocket, operator, International Launch Services]
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A.
Rocket Lab
Rocket Lab is a private aerospace company best known for its Electron small-lift launch vehicle and frequent commercial satellite launches to low Earth orbit.
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B.
Astra Space
Astra Space is an American aerospace company focused on developing small, cost-effective launch vehicles to provide frequent, flexible access to low Earth orbit for small satellites.
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C.
Arianespace
Arianespace is a European launch service provider that markets and operates Ariane, Vega, and Soyuz rockets for commercial and institutional satellite missions.
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D.
Orbital Sciences Corporation
Orbital Sciences Corporation was an American aerospace company known for developing and launching satellites, rockets, and space systems for commercial, military, and scientific customers.
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E.
SpaceDev
SpaceDev was a private aerospace company known for developing small spacecraft and propulsion systems and for its early involvement in commercial spaceflight initiatives.
- 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: International Launch Services Target entity description: International Launch Services is a commercial space launch company that markets and manages satellite launches, historically using Russia’s Proton rocket for missions to orbit.
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A.
Rocket Lab
Rocket Lab is a private aerospace company best known for its Electron small-lift launch vehicle and frequent commercial satellite launches to low Earth orbit.
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B.
Astra Space
Astra Space is an American aerospace company focused on developing small, cost-effective launch vehicles to provide frequent, flexible access to low Earth orbit for small satellites.
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C.
Arianespace
Arianespace is a European launch service provider that markets and operates Ariane, Vega, and Soyuz rockets for commercial and institutional satellite missions.
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D.
Orbital Sciences Corporation
Orbital Sciences Corporation was an American aerospace company known for developing and launching satellites, rockets, and space systems for commercial, military, and scientific customers.
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E.
SpaceDev
SpaceDev was a private aerospace company known for developing small spacecraft and propulsion systems and for its early involvement in commercial spaceflight initiatives.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
commercial space launch company
ⓘ
launch service provider ⓘ |
| businessModel | commercial launch services ⓘ |
| businessModelAspect | acts as intermediary between satellite operators and Russian launch providers ⓘ |
| collaboratesWith | Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center ⓘ |
| coreActivity |
managing satellite launch campaigns
ⓘ
marketing satellite launches ⓘ mission integration services ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
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| customerType |
commercial satellite operators
ⓘ
defense customers ⓘ government agencies ⓘ |
| focus |
commercial satellite operators
ⓘ
telecommunications satellites ⓘ |
| historicalEra | post-Cold War commercial space era ⓘ |
| historicallyAssociatedWith |
Proton launch vehicle family
ⓘ
linked to:
Proton rocket
|
| historicalRole | major provider of commercial Proton launches ⓘ |
| industry |
aerospace industry
ⓘ
space launch industry ⓘ |
| launchSiteUsed |
Baikonur Cosmodrome
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Baikonur Cosmodrome Site 200 ⓘ
linked to:
Baikonur Cosmodrome
Baikonur Cosmodrome Site 81 ⓘ
linked to:
Baikonur Cosmodrome
|
| launchVehicleProvider | Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center ⓘ |
| launchVehicleUsed |
Angara rocket
ⓘ
linked to:
Angara rocket family
Proton rocket ⓘ Proton-M rocket ⓘ
linked to:
Proton rocket
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| marketPosition | competitor in global commercial launch market ⓘ |
| notableFeature | marketed Russian Proton rockets to international customers ⓘ |
| orbitTypeServed |
geostationary Earth orbit
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geostationary transfer orbit ⓘ low Earth orbit ⓘ medium Earth orbit ⓘ |
| payloadType |
broadband satellites
ⓘ
broadcast satellites ⓘ communications satellites ⓘ navigation satellites ⓘ scientific satellites ⓘ |
| primaryMissionType |
commercial communications satellite launches
ⓘ
geostationary transfer orbit launches ⓘ |
| regionServed | global ⓘ |
| riskProfile | dependent on Russian launch vehicle availability ⓘ |
| serviceOffered |
launch campaign management
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launch services for commercial customers ⓘ launch services for governmental customers ⓘ mission management ⓘ payload integration ⓘ |
| usesTechnologyFrom | Russian space industry ⓘ |
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: International Launch Services Description of subject: International Launch Services is a commercial space launch company that markets and manages satellite launches, historically using Russia’s Proton rocket for missions to orbit.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.