NOAA-16
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NOAA-16 was a U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration polar-orbiting weather satellite used for global environmental monitoring and forecasting.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| NOAA-16 canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8378596 — 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: NOAA-16 Context triple: [Polar Operational Environmental Satellites, notableSpacecraft, NOAA-16]
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A.
NOAA-15
NOAA-15 is a U.S. weather and environmental monitoring satellite that provides global data for forecasting, climate research, and environmental observation from a polar orbit.
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B.
NOAA-11
NOAA-11 was a U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration weather satellite that provided global atmospheric and environmental data from a polar orbit.
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C.
NOAA-14
NOAA-14 is a U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration weather satellite that provided polar-orbiting environmental observations for forecasting and climate monitoring.
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D.
NOAA-10
NOAA-10 was a U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration polar-orbiting weather satellite used for global environmental monitoring and forecasting.
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E.
NOAA-6
NOAA-6 was a U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration polar-orbiting weather satellite used for global environmental monitoring and forecasting.
- 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: NOAA-16 Target entity description: NOAA-16 was a U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration polar-orbiting weather satellite used for global environmental monitoring and forecasting.
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A.
NOAA-15
NOAA-15 is a U.S. weather and environmental monitoring satellite that provides global data for forecasting, climate research, and environmental observation from a polar orbit.
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B.
NOAA-11
NOAA-11 was a U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration weather satellite that provided global atmospheric and environmental data from a polar orbit.
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C.
NOAA-14
NOAA-14 is a U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration weather satellite that provided polar-orbiting environmental observations for forecasting and climate monitoring.
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D.
NOAA-10
NOAA-10 was a U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration polar-orbiting weather satellite used for global environmental monitoring and forecasting.
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E.
NOAA-6
NOAA-6 was a U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration polar-orbiting weather satellite used for global environmental monitoring and forecasting.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (52)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
NOAA satellite
ⓘ
polar-orbiting satellite ⓘ weather satellite ⓘ |
| application |
climate trend analysis
ⓘ
cloud cover analysis ⓘ numerical weather prediction ⓘ sea surface temperature monitoring ⓘ |
| COSPARId | 2000-055A ⓘ |
| countryOfOperator |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| dataType |
infrared imagery
ⓘ
microwave sounding data ⓘ visible imagery ⓘ |
| dataUser |
National Weather Service
ⓘ
global meteorological agencies ⓘ |
| deactivationDate | 2014-06-09 ⓘ |
| endOfMissionReason |
loss of attitude control
ⓘ
spacecraft anomaly ⓘ |
| enteredService | 2000 ⓘ |
| inclination | approximately 98.7 degrees ⓘ |
| instrument |
Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit
ⓘ
linked to:
Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit-A
Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer ⓘ High Resolution Infrared Radiation Sounder ⓘ
linked to:
High-resolution Infrared Radiation Sounder
TIROS Operational Vertical Sounder ⓘ |
| instrumentAbbreviation |
AMSU
ⓘ
linked to:
Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit-A
AVHRR ⓘ
linked to:
Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer
HIRS ⓘ TOVS ⓘ |
| launchContractor | United States Air Force ⓘ |
| launchDate | 2000-09-21 ⓘ |
| launchSite |
Space Launch Complex 4W
ⓘ
linked to:
Space Launch Complex 4
Vandenberg Air Force Base ⓘ
linked to:
Vandenberg Space Force Base
|
| launchVehicle | Titan II ⓘ |
| manufacturer | Lockheed Martin ⓘ |
| massClass | approximately 1400 kilograms ⓘ |
| missionStart | 2000-09-21 ⓘ |
| missionType |
environmental monitoring
ⓘ
meteorology ⓘ weather forecasting support ⓘ |
| NORADId | 26536 ⓘ |
| operator | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ⓘ |
| operatorAbbreviation | NOAA ⓘ |
| orbitalPeriod | approximately 102 minutes ⓘ |
| orbitRegime | Low Earth orbit ⓘ |
| orbitType | Sun-synchronous orbit ⓘ |
| predecessor | NOAA-15 ⓘ |
| primaryPurpose |
climate research support
ⓘ
global environmental monitoring ⓘ weather data collection ⓘ |
| program |
NOAA Polar Operational Environmental Satellites program
ⓘ
linked to:
Polar Operational Environmental Satellites
|
| programAbbreviation | POES ⓘ |
| spacecraftBus | TIROS-N ⓘ |
| successor | NOAA-18 ⓘ |
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: NOAA-16 Description of subject: NOAA-16 was a U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration polar-orbiting weather satellite used for global environmental monitoring and forecasting.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.