INSAT-3C
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INSAT-3C is an Indian geostationary communications satellite in the INSAT series, used for telecommunication, broadcasting, and meteorological services.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| INSAT-3C canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2373100 — 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: INSAT-3C Context triple: [INSAT series, hasMember, INSAT-3C]
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A.
INSAT-3A
INSAT-3A is an Indian multipurpose geostationary satellite used for telecommunications, television broadcasting, meteorology, and search-and-rescue services.
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B.
INSAT-3B
INSAT-3B is an Indian communications satellite in the INSAT series used for telecommunication, broadcasting, and meteorological services.
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C.
INSAT-1C
INSAT-1C was an Indian geostationary communications satellite in the first-generation INSAT-1 series, used for telecommunications, broadcasting, and meteorological services.
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D.
INSAT-2C
INSAT-2C is an Indian geostationary communications satellite in the INSAT-2 series, used for telecommunications, broadcasting, and meteorological services.
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E.
INSAT-2E
INSAT-2E is an Indian multipurpose geostationary satellite used primarily for telecommunications, meteorology, and broadcasting as part of the INSAT-2 series.
- 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: INSAT-3C Target entity description: INSAT-3C is an Indian geostationary communications satellite in the INSAT series, used for telecommunication, broadcasting, and meteorological services.
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A.
INSAT-3A
INSAT-3A is an Indian multipurpose geostationary satellite used for telecommunications, television broadcasting, meteorology, and search-and-rescue services.
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B.
INSAT-3B
INSAT-3B is an Indian communications satellite in the INSAT series used for telecommunication, broadcasting, and meteorological services.
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C.
INSAT-1C
INSAT-1C was an Indian geostationary communications satellite in the first-generation INSAT-1 series, used for telecommunications, broadcasting, and meteorological services.
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D.
INSAT-2C
INSAT-2C is an Indian geostationary communications satellite in the INSAT-2 series, used for telecommunications, broadcasting, and meteorological services.
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E.
INSAT-2E
INSAT-2E is an Indian multipurpose geostationary satellite used primarily for telecommunications, meteorology, and broadcasting as part of the INSAT-2 series.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (38)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
INSAT series satellite
ⓘ
communications satellite ⓘ geostationary satellite ⓘ |
| abbreviation |
INSAT series
ⓘ
surface form:
INSAT
|
| application |
broadcast satellite services
ⓘ
fixed satellite services ⓘ mobile satellite services ⓘ |
| belongsToSeries |
INSAT series
ⓘ
surface form:
INSAT-3 series
|
| countryOfOrigin | India ⓘ |
| coverageArea |
India
ⓘ
Indian subcontinent ⓘ |
| followedBy | INSAT-3D ⓘ |
| launchSite |
Guiana Space Centre
ⓘ
Kourou ⓘ
surface form:
Kourou, French Guiana
|
| launchVehicle | Ariane 5 ⓘ |
| missionType |
broadcasting
ⓘ
communications ⓘ meteorological services ⓘ meteorology ⓘ telecommunication ⓘ |
| operator |
Indian Space Research Organisation
ⓘ
surface form:
ISRO
Indian Space Research Organisation ⓘ |
| orbitType | geostationary orbit ⓘ |
| owner | Government of India ⓘ |
| partOf |
INSAT series
ⓘ
surface form:
Indian National Satellite System
|
| precededBy | INSAT-3B ⓘ |
| program |
INSAT series
ⓘ
surface form:
INSAT programme
|
| purpose |
broadcasting services
ⓘ
meteorological services ⓘ telecommunication services ⓘ |
| spaceAgency | Indian Space Research Organisation ⓘ |
| spacecraftBus | INSAT-3 bus ⓘ |
| usedFor |
VSAT communication
ⓘ
data transmission ⓘ meteorological data relay ⓘ satellite-based communication over India ⓘ telephone services ⓘ television broadcasting ⓘ |
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: INSAT-3C Description of subject: INSAT-3C is an Indian geostationary communications satellite in the INSAT series, used for telecommunication, broadcasting, and meteorological services.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.