Al Yah 2
E1000021
Al Yah 2 is a communications satellite operated by Yahsat that provides telecommunications and broadband services to regions in the Middle East, Africa, and surrounding areas.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Al Yah 2 canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12601350 — 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: Al Yah 2 Context triple: [Yahsat, fleet, Al Yah 2]
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A.
Al Yah 4
Al Yah 4 is a communications satellite in the Yahsat fleet, providing advanced broadband and connectivity services to regions within its coverage footprint.
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B.
Al Yah 3
Al Yah 3 is a communications satellite providing broadband and telecommunication services, particularly aimed at expanding coverage across Africa and Brazil.
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C.
Al Yah 5
Al Yah 5 is a communications satellite in the Yahsat fleet providing satellite broadband and related services.
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D.
Al Yah 1
Al Yah 1 is a communications satellite providing telecommunications and broadband services, primarily covering the Middle East, Africa, and Southwest Asia.
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E.
Yah
Yah is a shortened form of the Hebrew divine name often used in religious texts and songs to refer to the God of Israel.
- 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: Al Yah 2 Target entity description: Al Yah 2 is a communications satellite operated by Yahsat that provides telecommunications and broadband services to regions in the Middle East, Africa, and surrounding areas.
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A.
Al Yah 4
Al Yah 4 is a communications satellite in the Yahsat fleet, providing advanced broadband and connectivity services to regions within its coverage footprint.
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B.
Al Yah 3
Al Yah 3 is a communications satellite providing broadband and telecommunication services, particularly aimed at expanding coverage across Africa and Brazil.
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C.
Al Yah 5
Al Yah 5 is a communications satellite in the Yahsat fleet providing satellite broadband and related services.
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D.
Al Yah 1
Al Yah 1 is a communications satellite providing telecommunications and broadband services, primarily covering the Middle East, Africa, and Southwest Asia.
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E.
Yah
Yah is a shortened form of the Hebrew divine name often used in religious texts and songs to refer to the God of Israel.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
communications satellite
ⓘ
geostationary communications satellite ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Yahsat 1B
ⓘ
linked to:
Yahsat
|
| callsign | Al Yah 2 ⓘ |
| cosparId | 2011-020B ⓘ |
| countryOfOperator | United Arab Emirates ⓘ |
| coverageType | multi-spot-beam coverage ⓘ |
| designLife | 15 years (approximate) ⓘ |
| hasPayload |
Ka-band transponders
ⓘ
Ku-band transponders ⓘ |
| launchCountry | France ⓘ |
| launchDate | 2011-04-22 ⓘ |
| launchDateTimeUTC | 2011-04-22T22:37:00Z ⓘ |
| launchServiceProvider | Arianespace ⓘ |
| launchSite |
Guiana Space Centre
ⓘ
Kourou, French Guiana ⓘ
linked to:
Kourou
|
| launchVehicle | Ariane 5 ECA ⓘ |
| locatedInGeostationarySlot | about 49 degrees East longitude ⓘ |
| manufacturer |
Astrium
ⓘ
EADS Astrium ⓘ
linked to:
Astrium
|
| massAtLaunch | 6000 kg (approximate) ⓘ |
| missionStatus | operational (as of mid-2020s) ⓘ |
| missionType | commercial communications ⓘ |
| noradId | 37393 ⓘ |
| operator |
Al Yah Satellite Communications Company
ⓘ
Yahsat ⓘ |
| orbitRegime | Earth orbit ⓘ |
| orbitType | geostationary orbit ⓘ |
| owner | Yahsat ⓘ |
| partOfConstellation |
Yahsat fleet
ⓘ
linked to:
Yahsat
|
| powerType | solar-powered ⓘ |
| primaryCustomer | Yahsat ⓘ |
| providesService |
VSAT services
ⓘ
backhaul for telecom operators ⓘ broadband services ⓘ enterprise broadband connectivity ⓘ government communications services ⓘ telecommunications services ⓘ |
| relatedSatellite |
Al Yah 1
ⓘ
Al Yah 3 ⓘ |
| serviceArea |
Africa
ⓘ
Central Asia ⓘ Europe (edge coverage) ⓘ Middle East ⓘ Southwest Asia ⓘ
linked to:
Western Asia
|
| spacecraftBus | Eurostar E3000 ⓘ |
| usesFrequencyBand |
Ka-band
ⓘ
Ku-band ⓘ |
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
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Al Yah 2 Description of subject: Al Yah 2 is a communications satellite operated by Yahsat that provides telecommunications and broadband services to regions in the Middle East, Africa, and surrounding areas.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.