Astra 19.2°E
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Astra 19.2°E is a major European geostationary satellite orbital position used to broadcast numerous television and radio channels across Europe.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Astra 19.2°E canonical | 2 |
| Astra 1P (planned or successor satellite) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6284321 — 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: Astra 19.2°E Context triple: [ProSieben, satelliteService, Astra 19.2°E]
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A.
Hot Bird 6
Hot Bird 6 is a European communications satellite in the Hot Bird series, operated from geostationary orbit to provide television and radio broadcasting services over Europe and surrounding regions.
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B.
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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C.
Hispasat
Hispasat is a Spanish communications satellite operator that provides television, broadband, and other telecommunications services primarily across Europe and the Americas.
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D.
Arabsat
Arabsat is a Saudi Arabia-based satellite communications organization that provides television, radio, and broadband services across the Middle East, Africa, and parts of Europe.
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E.
Arabsat-1B
Arabsat-1B was an early communications satellite operated by the Arab Satellite Communications Organization (Arabsat) to provide television, telephone, and data services across the Arab world.
- 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: Astra 19.2°E Target entity description: Astra 19.2°E is a major European geostationary satellite orbital position used to broadcast numerous television and radio channels across Europe.
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A.
Hot Bird 6
Hot Bird 6 is a European communications satellite in the Hot Bird series, operated from geostationary orbit to provide television and radio broadcasting services over Europe and surrounding regions.
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B.
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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C.
Hispasat
Hispasat is a Spanish communications satellite operator that provides television, broadband, and other telecommunications services primarily across Europe and the Americas.
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D.
Arabsat
Arabsat is a Saudi Arabia-based satellite communications organization that provides television, radio, and broadband services across the Middle East, Africa, and parts of Europe.
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E.
Arabsat-1B
Arabsat-1B was an early communications satellite operated by the Arab Satellite Communications Organization (Arabsat) to provide television, telephone, and data services across the Arab world.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
geostationary satellite orbital position
ⓘ
satellite television orbital position ⓘ |
| broadcastStandard |
DVB-S
ⓘ
DVB-S2 ⓘ |
| countryOfOperator | Luxembourg ⓘ |
| coversRegion |
Central Europe
ⓘ
Europe ⓘ France ⓘ Germany ⓘ Spain ⓘ Western Europe ⓘ parts of North Africa ⓘ |
| hostsService |
digital radio channels
ⓘ
free-to-air television channels ⓘ high-definition television channels ⓘ pay television channels ⓘ satellite broadband services ⓘ standard-definition television channels ⓘ ultra-high-definition television channels ⓘ |
| locatedInOrbit | geostationary orbit ⓘ |
| notableFor | being one of the most important DTH TV positions in Europe ⓘ |
| operatedBy |
SES Astra
ⓘ
SES S.A. ⓘ |
| orbitalLongitude | 19.2° East ⓘ |
| orbitalRegime | Earth orbit ⓘ |
| ownedBy | SES S.A. ⓘ |
| partOf | Astra satellite system ⓘ |
| primaryMarket |
French television market
ⓘ
German-speaking television market ⓘ |
| satellitesLocatedAt |
Astra 1KR
ⓘ
Astra 1L ⓘ Astra 1M ⓘ Astra 1N ⓘ Astra 1P (planned or successor satellite) ⓘ
linked to:
Astra 19.2°E
|
| signalPolarization |
horizontal polarization
ⓘ
vertical polarization ⓘ |
| typicalFrequencyBand |
Ka band
ⓘ
Ku band ⓘ |
| typicalReceptionEquipment |
DVB-S or DVB-S2 satellite receiver
ⓘ
small satellite dish ⓘ universal Ku-band LNB ⓘ |
| usedBy |
DTH satellite TV platforms in Europe
ⓘ
cable headends in Europe ⓘ |
| usedFor |
data services
ⓘ
direct-to-home television broadcasting ⓘ radio broadcasting ⓘ |
| usedSince | early 1990s ⓘ |
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: Astra 19.2°E Description of subject: Astra 19.2°E is a major European geostationary satellite orbital position used to broadcast numerous television and radio channels across Europe.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Astra 19.2°E