Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 14
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Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 14 is a historic launch pad in Florida best known as the site of several early NASA Mercury missions during the dawn of U.S. human spaceflight.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 14 canonical | 11 |
| Cape Canaveral Launch Complex 14 | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5876257 — 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 14 Context triple: [Mercury-Atlas 9, launchSite, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 14]
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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 Launch Complex 18
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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Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 5
Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 5 is a historic launch pad in Florida best known as the site of early U.S. crewed spaceflights during the Mercury program.
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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 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.
- 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 14 Target entity description: Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 14 is a historic launch pad in Florida best known as the site of several early NASA Mercury missions during the dawn of U.S. human spaceflight.
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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 Launch Complex 18
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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C.
Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 5
Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 5 is a historic launch pad in Florida best known as the site of early U.S. crewed spaceflights during the Mercury program.
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D.
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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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historic site
ⓘ
rocket launch complex ⓘ |
| associatedProgram | early Atlas ICBM test program ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Gordon Cooper
ⓘ
John Glenn ⓘ Scott Carpenter ⓘ Wally Schirra ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| era |
dawn of U.S. human spaceflight
ⓘ
early Cold War ⓘ |
| firstCrewedOrbitalUSFlightFrom | Mercury-Atlas 6 ⓘ |
| hasHeritageMarker | historical plaque commemorating Project Mercury launches ⓘ |
| hasStructure |
blockhouse
ⓘ
concrete launch pad ⓘ service tower ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation | listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | National Historic Landmark ⓘ |
| launchedMission |
Mercury-Atlas 6
ⓘ
Mercury-Atlas 7 ⓘ Mercury-Atlas 8 ⓘ Mercury-Atlas 9 ⓘ uncrewed Mercury-Atlas test flights ⓘ |
| launchPadNumber | 14 ⓘ |
| launchVehicleFamily | Atlas ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Brevard County, Florida
ⓘ
linked to:
Brevard County
Cape Canaveral Air Force Station ⓘ
linked to:
Cape Canaveral Space Force Station
Cape Canaveral, Florida ⓘ
linked to:
Cape Canaveral
Florida ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Launch Complex 14 designation within Cape Canaveral ⓘ |
| notableEvent |
first American to orbit Earth
ⓘ
launch of Friendship 7 ⓘ |
| notableFor | launching early NASA Mercury missions ⓘ |
| operator | United States Air Force ⓘ |
| partOf | Cape Canaveral Space Force Station ⓘ |
| preservation | maintained as a historic spaceflight site ⓘ |
| program |
Project Mercury
ⓘ
linked to:
Mercury program
|
| rocketTypeSupported | Atlas LV-3B ⓘ |
| status | inactive ⓘ |
| tourism | occasionally accessible on guided tours ⓘ |
| usedBy |
NASA
ⓘ
United States Air Force ⓘ |
| usedFor |
Project Mercury missions
ⓘ
linked to:
Mercury program
human spaceflight launches ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 14 Description of subject: Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 14 is a historic launch pad in Florida best known as the site of several early NASA Mercury missions during the dawn of U.S. human spaceflight.
Referenced by (12)
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linked to: Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 14