Intelsat
E410778
Intelsat is a major global satellite communications company that operates one of the world’s largest fleets of commercial communications satellites, providing video, data, and connectivity services worldwide.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Intelsat canonical | 2 |
| INTELSAT | 1 |
| Intelsat General Corporation | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4046353 — 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 Context triple: [Proton rocket, notableCustomer, Intelsat]
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A.
Eutelsat
Eutelsat is a major European satellite operator that provides telecommunications, broadcasting, and broadband services worldwide through a large fleet of geostationary satellites.
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B.
International Telecommunications Satellite Organization
The International Telecommunications Satellite Organization (ITSO) is an intergovernmental organization established to oversee and ensure public service obligations in the global commercial satellite communications system originally developed under the INTELSAT framework.
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C.
Inmarsat
Inmarsat is a British satellite telecommunications company that provides global mobile and fixed satellite services for maritime, aviation, government, and enterprise customers.
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D.
Communications Satellite Corporation
Communications Satellite Corporation (COMSAT) was a U.S. government-authorized, publicly owned company established in the 1960s to develop and operate commercial satellite communications systems, notably participating in the creation of the global Intelsat network.
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E.
Inmarsat Government
Inmarsat Government is a provider of secure, global satellite communications and managed network services to U.S. government and military customers.
- 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 Target entity description: Intelsat is a major global satellite communications company that operates one of the world’s largest fleets of commercial communications satellites, providing video, data, and connectivity services worldwide.
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A.
Eutelsat
Eutelsat is a major European satellite operator that provides telecommunications, broadcasting, and broadband services worldwide through a large fleet of geostationary satellites.
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B.
International Telecommunications Satellite Organization
The International Telecommunications Satellite Organization (ITSO) is an intergovernmental organization established to oversee and ensure public service obligations in the global commercial satellite communications system originally developed under the INTELSAT framework.
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C.
Inmarsat
Inmarsat is a British satellite telecommunications company that provides global mobile and fixed satellite services for maritime, aviation, government, and enterprise customers.
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D.
Communications Satellite Corporation
Communications Satellite Corporation (COMSAT) was a U.S. government-authorized, publicly owned company established in the 1960s to develop and operate commercial satellite communications systems, notably participating in the creation of the global Intelsat network.
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E.
Inmarsat Government
Inmarsat Government is a provider of secure, global satellite communications and managed network services to U.S. government and military customers.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
multinational corporation
ⓘ
satellite communications company ⓘ telecommunications company ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| emergedFromBankruptcy | 2022 ⓘ |
| filedForChapter11 | 2020 ⓘ |
| formerHeadquartersLocation |
Luxembourg City, Luxembourg
ⓘ
surface form:
Luxembourg City
Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
| formerLegalForm | intergovernmental organization ⓘ |
| foundedBy | International Telecommunications Satellite Organization ⓘ |
| hasCustomer |
aeronautical service providers
ⓘ
enterprise customers ⓘ governments ⓘ internet service providers ⓘ maritime service providers ⓘ telecommunications operators ⓘ television broadcasters ⓘ |
| hasNetworkInfrastructure |
fiber network
ⓘ
ground stations ⓘ teleports ⓘ |
| hasSubsidiary |
Intelsat
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Intelsat General Corporation
|
| headquartersLocation |
McLean
ⓘ
surface form:
McLean, Virginia
United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| inception | 1964 ⓘ |
| industry |
broadcasting
ⓘ
satellite communications ⓘ telecommunications ⓘ |
| legalForm | corporation ⓘ |
| operates |
geostationary communications satellites
ⓘ
one of the world’s largest commercial satellite fleets ⓘ |
| privatizationDate | 2001 ⓘ |
| productOrService |
aeronautical connectivity
ⓘ
broadband services ⓘ data connectivity services ⓘ managed network services ⓘ maritime connectivity ⓘ satellite capacity ⓘ teleport services ⓘ video distribution services ⓘ |
| providesServiceTo |
aviation sector
ⓘ
enterprise sector ⓘ government sector ⓘ maritime sector ⓘ media industry ⓘ |
| serviceArea |
global
ⓘ
worldwide ⓘ |
| stockExchangeListing | New York Stock Exchange ⓘ |
| tickerSymbol | I ⓘ |
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: Intelsat Description of subject: Intelsat is a major global satellite communications company that operates one of the world’s largest fleets of commercial communications satellites, providing video, data, and connectivity services worldwide.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
INTELSAT
this entity surface form:
Intelsat General Corporation