Long March 2E
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Long March 2E is a Chinese expendable orbital launch vehicle developed by the China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology and used primarily in the 1990s to place communications satellites into geostationary transfer orbit.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Long March 2E canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7922833 — 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: Long March 2E Context triple: [Xichang Satellite Launch Center, launchVehicleUsed, Long March 2E]
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Long March 2C
Long March 2C is a Chinese two-stage orbital launch vehicle used primarily to place satellites into low Earth orbit.
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B.
Long March 2D
Long March 2D is a Chinese two-stage orbital launch vehicle primarily used to place satellites into low Earth and sun-synchronous orbits.
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C.
Long March 4B
Long March 4B is a Chinese three-stage orbital launch vehicle used primarily to place satellites into sun-synchronous and low Earth orbits.
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D.
Long March 4A
Long March 4A is a Chinese three-stage orbital launch vehicle used primarily to place satellites into sun-synchronous and low Earth orbits.
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E.
Long March 7
Long March 7 is a Chinese medium-lift launch vehicle designed primarily to deliver cargo spacecraft and components for China’s crewed space program into orbit.
- 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: Long March 2E Target entity description: Long March 2E is a Chinese expendable orbital launch vehicle developed by the China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology and used primarily in the 1990s to place communications satellites into geostationary transfer orbit.
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Long March 2C
Long March 2C is a Chinese two-stage orbital launch vehicle used primarily to place satellites into low Earth orbit.
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B.
Long March 2D
Long March 2D is a Chinese two-stage orbital launch vehicle primarily used to place satellites into low Earth and sun-synchronous orbits.
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C.
Long March 4B
Long March 4B is a Chinese three-stage orbital launch vehicle used primarily to place satellites into sun-synchronous and low Earth orbits.
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Long March 4A
Long March 4A is a Chinese three-stage orbital launch vehicle used primarily to place satellites into sun-synchronous and low Earth orbits.
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E.
Long March 7
Long March 7 is a Chinese medium-lift launch vehicle designed primarily to deliver cargo spacecraft and components for China’s crewed space program into orbit.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
expendable orbital launch vehicle
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launch vehicle ⓘ |
| configuration | two core stages plus four strap-on boosters and an upper stage ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | China ⓘ |
| developer | China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology ⓘ |
| diameter | 3.35 m (core stage) ⓘ |
| failedLaunches | 2 ⓘ |
| failureCause | fairing structural failure on some missions ⓘ |
| familyVariantOf | Long March 2C ⓘ |
| firstFlightDate | 1990-07-16 ⓘ |
| firstFlightPayload | AsiaSat 1 ⓘ |
| firstStageOxidizer | dinitrogen tetroxide ⓘ |
| firstStagePropellant | unsymmetrical dimethylhydrazine ⓘ |
| hasBooster | strap-on liquid rocket boosters ⓘ |
| height | ~49.7 m ⓘ |
| introduced | early 1990s ⓘ |
| lastFlightDate | 1995-12-28 ⓘ |
| launchAzimuth | optimized for GTO missions from Xichang ⓘ |
| launchEnvironment | commercial satellite launch market ⓘ |
| launchMass | ~460,000 kg ⓘ |
| launchPeriod | 1990s ⓘ |
| launchSite |
Launch Area 2, Xichang Satellite Launch Center
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linked to:
Xichang Satellite Launch Center
Launch Complex 2, Xichang Satellite Launch Center ⓘ
linked to:
Xichang Satellite Launch Center
Xichang Satellite Launch Center ⓘ |
| manufacturer | China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology ⓘ |
| marketRole | Chinese heavy-lift GTO launcher of the early 1990s ⓘ |
| notableFailure |
Apstar 2 launch failure
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Optus B2 launch failure ⓘ |
| numberOfStages | 3 ⓘ |
| operator |
China Great Wall Industry Corporation
ⓘ
China National Space Administration ⓘ |
| partOfFamily |
Long March 2
ⓘ
Long March rocket family ⓘ
linked to:
Long March launch vehicles
|
| payloadToGTO | approximately 3,500 kg ⓘ |
| primaryOrbit | geostationary transfer orbit ⓘ |
| primaryUse | launching communications satellites ⓘ |
| propellantType | hypergolic propellants ⓘ |
| retiredFromService | mid-1990s ⓘ |
| secondStageOxidizer | dinitrogen tetroxide ⓘ |
| secondStagePropellant | unsymmetrical dimethylhydrazine ⓘ |
| status | retired ⓘ |
| successfulLaunches | 5 ⓘ |
| successor | Long March 3B ⓘ |
| totalLaunches | 7 ⓘ |
| upperStageType | solid-propellant upper stage ⓘ |
| usedFor |
international commercial satellite launches
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launching foreign-built communications satellites ⓘ |
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: Long March 2E Description of subject: Long March 2E is a Chinese expendable orbital launch vehicle developed by the China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology and used primarily in the 1990s to place communications satellites into geostationary transfer orbit.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.