Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 18
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Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 18 is a historic launch facility at Cape Canaveral, Florida, primarily known for supporting early U.S. space and missile tests, including launches in the Vanguard program.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 18 canonical | 2 |
| Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 18A | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4012932 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 18 Context triple: [Vanguard program, launchSite, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 18]
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Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Space Launch Complex 40
Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Space Launch Complex 40 is a major launch pad on Florida’s Space Coast used primarily by SpaceX for Falcon 9 missions to low Earth orbit and beyond.
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Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Space Launch Complex 17A
Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Space Launch Complex 17A is a historic launch pad at Cape Canaveral, Florida, long used for Delta rocket missions and various NASA scientific satellites.
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Cape Canaveral Launch Complex 36
Cape Canaveral Launch Complex 36 is a historic Florida launch site that supported numerous NASA and commercial Atlas-Centaur rocket missions, including early planetary and communications satellite launches.
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Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Space Launch Complex 17B
Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Space Launch Complex 17B is a former U.S. launch pad on Florida’s Space Coast that historically supported numerous Delta rocket missions for NASA and the U.S. military.
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Cape Canaveral Missile Annex Launch Complex 26A
Cape Canaveral Missile Annex Launch Complex 26A is a historic launch pad at Cape Canaveral, Florida, best known as the site from which the United States’ first successful satellite, Explorer 1, was launched.
- 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: Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 18 Target entity description: Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 18 is a historic launch facility at Cape Canaveral, Florida, primarily known for supporting early U.S. space and missile tests, including launches in the Vanguard program.
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A.
Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Space Launch Complex 40
Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Space Launch Complex 40 is a major launch pad on Florida’s Space Coast used primarily by SpaceX for Falcon 9 missions to low Earth orbit and beyond.
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B.
Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Space Launch Complex 17A
Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Space Launch Complex 17A is a historic launch pad at Cape Canaveral, Florida, long used for Delta rocket missions and various NASA scientific satellites.
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C.
Cape Canaveral Launch Complex 36
Cape Canaveral Launch Complex 36 is a historic Florida launch site that supported numerous NASA and commercial Atlas-Centaur rocket missions, including early planetary and communications satellite launches.
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Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Space Launch Complex 17B
Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Space Launch Complex 17B is a former U.S. launch pad on Florida’s Space Coast that historically supported numerous Delta rocket missions for NASA and the U.S. military.
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Cape Canaveral Missile Annex Launch Complex 26A
Cape Canaveral Missile Annex Launch Complex 26A is a historic launch pad at Cape Canaveral, Florida, best known as the site from which the United States’ first successful satellite, Explorer 1, was launched.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (31)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historic site
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missile launch complex ⓘ rocket launch site ⓘ |
| associatedWithProgram |
Vanguard program
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early U.S. Navy space efforts ⓘ |
| country |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| era |
early Cold War
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early Space Age ⓘ |
| hasFunction |
supporting satellite launch attempts
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testing launch vehicles ⓘ |
| hasLaunchPad |
Launch Pad 18A
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Launch Pad 18B ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | considered historically significant in U.S. space history ⓘ |
| launchVehicleUsed | Vanguard rocket ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Brevard County, Florida
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linked to:
Brevard County
Cape Canaveral ⓘ Cape Canaveral Air Force Station ⓘ
linked to:
Cape Canaveral Space Force Station
Florida ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Atlantic coast of Florida ⓘ |
| notableFor |
supporting Vanguard program launches
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supporting early U.S. space and missile tests ⓘ |
| operatedBy |
U.S. Space Force (as successor to USAF space operations)
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linked to:
United States Space Force
United States Air Force ⓘ |
| partOf |
Cape Canaveral Space Force Station launch complexes
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linked to:
Cape Canaveral launch complexes
Eastern Range ⓘ |
| status | historic launch complex ⓘ |
| usedBy |
U.S. space program
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linked to:
United States rocket program
United States military ⓘ
linked to:
United States Armed Forces
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| usedFor |
missile testing
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orbital launch attempts ⓘ space launch ⓘ |
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
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Input
Subject: Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 18 Description of subject: Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 18 is a historic launch facility at Cape Canaveral, Florida, primarily known for supporting early U.S. space and missile tests, including launches in the Vanguard program.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 18