JAXA Tsukuba Space Center

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mission control center research facility space center

The JAXA Tsukuba Space Center is Japan’s primary space research and mission control facility, responsible for operating and managing many of the nation’s satellite and human spaceflight activities.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Tsukuba Space Center	5
JAXA Tsukuba Space Center canonical	2
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) Tsukuba Space Center	1
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency Tsukuba Space Center	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T679669 — 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: JAXA Tsukuba Space Center
Context triple: [International Space Station program, locationOfOperationsCenter, JAXA Tsukuba Space Center]

A. Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) is Japan’s national space agency responsible for the country’s space and satellite development, scientific research, and exploration missions.
B. Guiana Space Centre
The Guiana Space Centre is a major European spaceport located in French Guiana, used for launching a wide range of commercial and scientific missions including flagship observatories.
C. Graduate School of Frontier Sciences
The Graduate School of Frontier Sciences is an interdisciplinary graduate school of the University of Tokyo that focuses on cutting-edge research and education across emerging scientific and technological fields.
D. Glenn Research Center
Glenn Research Center is a major NASA research facility in Ohio specializing in aeronautics and space propulsion technologies.
E. Goddard Space Flight Center
Goddard Space Flight Center is a major NASA research laboratory in Maryland that leads scientific spacecraft development, Earth and space observation missions, and related technology.
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: JAXA Tsukuba Space Center
Target entity description: The JAXA Tsukuba Space Center is Japan’s primary space research and mission control facility, responsible for operating and managing many of the nation’s satellite and human spaceflight activities.

A. Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) is Japan’s national space agency responsible for the country’s space and satellite development, scientific research, and exploration missions.
B. Guiana Space Centre
The Guiana Space Centre is a major European spaceport located in French Guiana, used for launching a wide range of commercial and scientific missions including flagship observatories.
C. Graduate School of Frontier Sciences
The Graduate School of Frontier Sciences is an interdisciplinary graduate school of the University of Tokyo that focuses on cutting-edge research and education across emerging scientific and technological fields.
D. Glenn Research Center
Glenn Research Center is a major NASA research facility in Ohio specializing in aeronautics and space propulsion technologies.
E. Goddard Space Flight Center
Goddard Space Flight Center is a major NASA research laboratory in Maryland that leads scientific spacecraft development, Earth and space observation missions, and related technology.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (38)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	mission control center ⓘ research facility ⓘ space center ⓘ
abbreviation	TKSC ⓘ
affiliation	Japanese space program ⓘ
coordinates	36.061°N 140.126°E ⓘ
country	Japan ⓘ
establishedBy	Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency ⓘ
hasFacility	astronaut training support facilities ⓘ mission control room ⓘ satellite control room ⓘ spacecraft integration facility ⓘ test facilities ⓘ
hasFunction	International Space Station operations support ⓘ astronaut support ⓘ human spaceflight operations ⓘ mission control ⓘ satellite operations ⓘ space technology research ⓘ spacecraft testing ⓘ spacecraft tracking ⓘ
language	Japanese ⓘ
locatedIn	Honshu ⓘ Ibaraki Prefecture NERFINISHED ⓘ Japan ⓘ Kantō region ⓘ Tsukuba ⓘ
operator	Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency ⓘ
ownedBy	Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency ⓘ
partOf	Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency ⓘ
primaryRole	Japan’s main space operations center ⓘ Japan’s primary mission control facility ⓘ Japan’s primary space research center ⓘ
responsibleFor	HTV cargo spacecraft operations ⓘ Japanese Experiment Module operations ⓘ operation of Japanese satellites ⓘ operation of Kibo module on the International Space Station ⓘ
website	https://www.jaxa.jp/about/centers/tksc/ ⓘ

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