Intelsat VI F-3
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Intelsat VI F-3 is a communications satellite from the Intelsat VI series that was famously retrieved, repaired, and redeployed in orbit during NASA’s STS-49 space shuttle mission.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Intelsat VI F-3 canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T15555522 — 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: Intelsat VI F-3 Context triple: [STS-49, payload, Intelsat VI F-3]
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A.
SBS-4 communications satellite
The SBS-4 communications satellite was a commercial telecommunications spacecraft operated by Satellite Business Systems to provide business-oriented communication services in North America.
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B.
Anik C3 communications satellite
Anik C3 is a Canadian commercial communications satellite used to provide telecommunications and broadcasting services, launched into orbit in the early 1980s.
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C.
SBS-3 communications satellite
The SBS-3 communications satellite was a commercial geostationary communications spacecraft operated by Satellite Business Systems to provide telecommunications services in the early 1980s.
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D.
Telstar 3C communications satellite
Telstar 3C was a commercial communications satellite launched in 1984 to provide telecommunications services, including television and data transmission, primarily over North America.
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E.
Aussat-1 communications satellite
Aussat-1 was an Australian communications satellite launched in 1985 to provide domestic telecommunication and broadcasting services across Australia and nearby regions.
- 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: Intelsat VI F-3 Target entity description: Intelsat VI F-3 is a communications satellite from the Intelsat VI series that was famously retrieved, repaired, and redeployed in orbit during NASA’s STS-49 space shuttle mission.
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A.
SBS-4 communications satellite
The SBS-4 communications satellite was a commercial telecommunications spacecraft operated by Satellite Business Systems to provide business-oriented communication services in North America.
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B.
Anik C3 communications satellite
Anik C3 is a Canadian commercial communications satellite used to provide telecommunications and broadcasting services, launched into orbit in the early 1980s.
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C.
SBS-3 communications satellite
The SBS-3 communications satellite was a commercial geostationary communications spacecraft operated by Satellite Business Systems to provide telecommunications services in the early 1980s.
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D.
Telstar 3C communications satellite
Telstar 3C was a commercial communications satellite launched in 1984 to provide telecommunications services, including television and data transmission, primarily over North America.
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E.
Aussat-1 communications satellite
Aussat-1 was an Australian communications satellite launched in 1985 to provide domestic telecommunication and broadcasting services across Australia and nearby regions.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.