Progress spacecraft

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spacecraft class uncrewed cargo spacecraft

The Progress spacecraft is an uncrewed Russian cargo vehicle used to deliver supplies, equipment, and fuel to space stations in low Earth orbit.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Progress cargo spacecraft	4
Progress spacecraft canonical	4
Progress-M	2
Progress-MS cargo spacecraft series	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T679645 — 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: Progress spacecraft
Context triple: [International Space Station program, usesSpacecraft, Progress spacecraft]

A. Dragon spacecraft
The Dragon spacecraft is SpaceX’s reusable cargo and crew capsule designed to transport supplies and astronauts between Earth and the International Space Station and other orbital destinations.
B. Orion spacecraft
The Orion spacecraft is NASA’s next-generation crewed space vehicle designed to carry astronauts beyond low Earth orbit on deep-space missions, including journeys to the Moon and eventually Mars.
C. Space Transportation System
Space Transportation System is the formal name for NASA’s Space Shuttle program, which developed and operated reusable spacecraft for human spaceflight and orbital missions from 1981 to 2011.
D. Starliner spacecraft
The Starliner spacecraft is Boeing’s crewed space capsule designed to transport astronauts to and from low Earth orbit, including missions to the International Space Station.
E. Commercial Crew Program
The Commercial Crew Program is a NASA initiative that partners with private companies to develop and operate crewed spacecraft for transporting astronauts to and from low Earth orbit, including the International Space Station.
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: Progress spacecraft
Target entity description: The Progress spacecraft is an uncrewed Russian cargo vehicle used to deliver supplies, equipment, and fuel to space stations in low Earth orbit.

A. Dragon spacecraft
The Dragon spacecraft is SpaceX’s reusable cargo and crew capsule designed to transport supplies and astronauts between Earth and the International Space Station and other orbital destinations.
B. Orion spacecraft
The Orion spacecraft is NASA’s next-generation crewed space vehicle designed to carry astronauts beyond low Earth orbit on deep-space missions, including journeys to the Moon and eventually Mars.
C. Space Transportation System
Space Transportation System is the formal name for NASA’s Space Shuttle program, which developed and operated reusable spacecraft for human spaceflight and orbital missions from 1981 to 2011.
D. Starliner spacecraft
The Starliner spacecraft is Boeing’s crewed space capsule designed to transport astronauts to and from low Earth orbit, including missions to the International Space Station.
E. Commercial Crew Program
The Commercial Crew Program is a NASA initiative that partners with private companies to develop and operate crewed spacecraft for transporting astronauts to and from low Earth orbit, including the International Space Station.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	spacecraft class ⓘ uncrewed cargo spacecraft ⓘ
cargoType	food ⓘ oxygen ⓘ propellant ⓘ scientific equipment ⓘ spare parts ⓘ water ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	Russia ⓘ Soviet Union ⓘ
crewed	no ⓘ
designBasedOn	Soyuz spacecraft ⓘ
disposalMethod	destructive reentry ⓘ
dockingCapability	autonomous docking ⓘ
dockingSystem	Kurs automatic docking system ⓘ
firstFlight	1978 ⓘ
firstMission	Progress 1 ⓘ
guidance	ground control guidance ⓘ inertial guidance ⓘ
hasModule	pressurized cargo module ⓘ propellant module ⓘ service module ⓘ
launchSite	Baikonur Cosmodrome ⓘ
launchVehicle	Soyuz rocket family ⓘ linked to: Soyuz rocket
manufacturer	RKK Energia ⓘ
missionProfile	orbit reboost mission ⓘ resupply mission ⓘ
missionType	logistics support ⓘ
operator	Roscosmos ⓘ
primaryDestination	International Space Station ⓘ linked to: International Space Station program Mir space station ⓘ Salyut space stations ⓘ linked to: Salyut 1 space stations in low Earth orbit ⓘ
propulsion	chemical propulsion ⓘ
reentryType	controlled ⓘ
spaceAgency	Russian Federal Space Agency ⓘ linked to: Roscosmos Soviet space program ⓘ
status	in service ⓘ
successorVariant	Progress-M ⓘ linked to: Progress spacecraft Progress-M1 ⓘ Progress-MS ⓘ
targetUser	space station crews ⓘ
typicalOrbit	low Earth orbit ⓘ
usedFor	cargo resupply ⓘ delivery of equipment ⓘ delivery of fuel ⓘ delivery of supplies ⓘ orbit raising of space stations ⓘ waste disposal from space stations ⓘ

How these facts were elicited