INSAT series
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The INSAT series is a fleet of Indian multipurpose geostationary satellites that provide telecommunications, broadcasting, meteorology, and search-and-rescue services across the Indian subcontinent.
All labels observed (14)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Indian National Satellite System | 18 |
| INSAT | 11 |
| INSAT programme | 10 |
| INSAT series canonical | 10 |
| INSAT-3 series | 4 |
| INSAT-4 series | 4 |
| INSAT-1 series | 3 |
| INSAT-2 series | 3 |
| INSAT satellites | 2 |
| INSAT system | 2 |
| Indian National Satellite Programme | 2 |
| INSAT series satellites | 1 |
| Indian National Satellite programme | 1 |
| Indian national satellite system | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T364103 — 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.
Target entity: INSAT series Context triple: [Indian Space Research Organisation, developedSystem, INSAT series]
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Indian Space Research Organisation
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is India’s national space agency, known for its cost-effective satellite launches, lunar and Mars missions, and growing role in global space collaboration.
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B.
Arabsat-6A
Arabsat-6A is a high-capacity Saudi communications satellite launched in 2019 to provide television, internet, and telecommunications services across the Middle East, Africa, and Europe.
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C.
Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite program
The Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES) program is a series of U.S. weather satellites in geostationary orbit that provide continuous monitoring of atmospheric, oceanic, and environmental conditions for forecasting and research.
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D.
Joint Polar Satellite System
The Joint Polar Satellite System is a series of next-generation U.S. polar-orbiting weather satellites that provide critical data for global weather forecasting, climate monitoring, and environmental observation.
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E.
Suomi NPP satellite
The Suomi NPP satellite is a joint NASA–NOAA Earth-observing mission that provides critical weather, climate, and environmental data as a bridge between earlier Earth observation satellites and the next-generation JPSS series.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: INSAT series Target entity description: The INSAT series is a fleet of Indian multipurpose geostationary satellites that provide telecommunications, broadcasting, meteorology, and search-and-rescue services across the Indian subcontinent.
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A.
Indian Space Research Organisation
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is India’s national space agency, known for its cost-effective satellite launches, lunar and Mars missions, and growing role in global space collaboration.
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B.
Arabsat-6A
Arabsat-6A is a high-capacity Saudi communications satellite launched in 2019 to provide television, internet, and telecommunications services across the Middle East, Africa, and Europe.
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C.
Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite program
The Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES) program is a series of U.S. weather satellites in geostationary orbit that provide continuous monitoring of atmospheric, oceanic, and environmental conditions for forecasting and research.
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D.
Joint Polar Satellite System
The Joint Polar Satellite System is a series of next-generation U.S. polar-orbiting weather satellites that provide critical data for global weather forecasting, climate monitoring, and environmental observation.
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E.
Suomi NPP satellite
The Suomi NPP satellite is a joint NASA–NOAA Earth-observing mission that provides critical weather, climate, and environmental data as a bridge between earlier Earth observation satellites and the next-generation JPSS series.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (55)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Indian communications satellite series
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geostationary satellite constellation ⓘ |
| application |
VSAT connectivity
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data relay ⓘ direct-to-home broadcasting ⓘ distress alert and search-and-rescue support ⓘ meteorological imaging ⓘ telephone services ⓘ television distribution ⓘ |
| country | India ⓘ |
| coverageArea |
India
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Indian subcontinent ⓘ |
| hasMember |
INSAT-1A
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INSAT-1B ⓘ INSAT-1C ⓘ INSAT-1D ⓘ INSAT-2A ⓘ INSAT-2B ⓘ INSAT-2C ⓘ INSAT-2D ⓘ INSAT-2E ⓘ INSAT-3A ⓘ INSAT-3B ⓘ INSAT-3C ⓘ INSAT-3D ⓘ INSAT-3DR ⓘ INSAT-3DS ⓘ INSAT-3E ⓘ INSAT-4A ⓘ INSAT-4B ⓘ INSAT-4CR ⓘ INSAT-4E ⓘ INSAT-4G ⓘ |
| hasPayloadType |
C-band transponders
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Extended C-band transponders ⓘ Ku-band transponders ⓘ S-band transponders ⓘ meteorological imager ⓘ sounder instrument ⓘ |
| launchVehicleUsed |
Ariane launch vehicle programme
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surface form:
Ariane family of launch vehicles
Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle ⓘ
surface form:
GSLV
PSLV launch vehicle family ⓘ
surface form:
PSLV
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| managedBy |
Department of Space (India)
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surface form:
Department of Space, India
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| operator |
Indian Space Research Organisation
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surface form:
ISRO
Indian Space Research Organisation ⓘ |
| orbitType | geostationary orbit ⓘ |
| ownedBy | Government of India ⓘ |
| partOf |
INSAT series
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Indian National Satellite System
|
| purpose |
meteorology
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search and rescue ⓘ telecommunications ⓘ television broadcasting ⓘ |
| sector |
civilian communications
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disaster management support ⓘ meteorological services ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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.
Subject: INSAT series Description of subject: The INSAT series is a fleet of Indian multipurpose geostationary satellites that provide telecommunications, broadcasting, meteorology, and search-and-rescue services across the Indian subcontinent.
Referenced by (72)
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