CBAS-1 military communications satellite
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CBAS-1 is a classified U.S. military communications satellite designed to provide secure, high-capacity relay capabilities for defense and national security operations in geostationary orbit.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| CBAS-1 military communications satellite canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9413671 — 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: CBAS-1 military communications satellite Context triple: [CBAS-2, relatedTo, CBAS-1 military communications satellite]
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A.
SBS-4 communications satellite
The SBS-4 communications satellite was a commercial telecommunications spacecraft operated by Satellite Business Systems to provide business-oriented communication services in North America.
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B.
ANIK C2 communications satellite
ANIK C2 is a Canadian commercial communications satellite used to provide telecommunications and broadcasting services.
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C.
PALAPA B1 communications satellite
PALAPA B1 was an Indonesian communications satellite launched in the early 1980s to expand the country's domestic and regional telecommunications capabilities.
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D.
Telstar 3C communications satellite
Telstar 3C was a commercial communications satellite launched in 1984 to provide telecommunications services, including television and data transmission, primarily over North America.
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E.
Molniya communications satellites
Molniya communications satellites are Soviet/Russian spacecraft placed in highly elliptical Molniya orbits to provide long-duration communications coverage over high-latitude regions such as northern Russia.
- 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: CBAS-1 military communications satellite Target entity description: CBAS-1 is a classified U.S. military communications satellite designed to provide secure, high-capacity relay capabilities for defense and national security operations in geostationary orbit.
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A.
SBS-4 communications satellite
The SBS-4 communications satellite was a commercial telecommunications spacecraft operated by Satellite Business Systems to provide business-oriented communication services in North America.
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B.
ANIK C2 communications satellite
ANIK C2 is a Canadian commercial communications satellite used to provide telecommunications and broadcasting services.
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C.
PALAPA B1 communications satellite
PALAPA B1 was an Indonesian communications satellite launched in the early 1980s to expand the country's domestic and regional telecommunications capabilities.
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D.
Telstar 3C communications satellite
Telstar 3C was a commercial communications satellite launched in 1984 to provide telecommunications services, including television and data transmission, primarily over North America.
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E.
Molniya communications satellites
Molniya communications satellites are Soviet/Russian spacecraft placed in highly elliptical Molniya orbits to provide long-duration communications coverage over high-latitude regions such as northern Russia.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
U.S. military spacecraft
ⓘ
military communications satellite ⓘ |
| abbreviation |
CBAS-1
ⓘ
linked to:
CBAS
|
| affiliation | U.S. Department of Defense space assets ⓘ |
| associatedProgram | U.S. national security space program ⓘ |
| belongsTo | U.S. national security space constellation ⓘ |
| capability |
high-capacity communications relay
ⓘ
secure communications links ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| dataTypeRelayed |
military communications traffic
ⓘ
secure command and control data ⓘ |
| deploymentOrbit | near-equatorial geostationary orbit ⓘ |
| designation |
Continuous Broadcast Augmenting SATCOM-1
ⓘ
linked to:
Continuous Broadcast Augmenting SATCOM‑2
|
| domain | space ⓘ |
| frequencyBand | classified ⓘ |
| isPartOf | U.S. military satellite communications architecture ⓘ |
| launchCountry |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| launchDate | 2018-04-14 ⓘ |
| launchMass | classified ⓘ |
| launchPad | Space Launch Complex 41 ⓘ |
| launchProvider | United Launch Alliance ⓘ |
| launchSite |
Cape Canaveral Air Force Station
ⓘ
linked to:
Cape Canaveral Space Force Station
Cape Canaveral, Florida ⓘ
linked to:
Cape Canaveral
|
| launchVehicle | Atlas V 551 ⓘ |
| launchYear | 2018 ⓘ |
| manufacturer | classified ⓘ |
| missionDuration | classified ⓘ |
| missionStatus | operational ⓘ |
| missionType | communications ⓘ |
| operator |
United States Air Force
ⓘ
United States Department of Defense ⓘ
linked to:
Department of Defense
|
| orbitRegime | geosynchronous Earth orbit ⓘ |
| orbitType | geostationary orbit ⓘ |
| purpose |
military communications
ⓘ
national security support ⓘ secure communications relay ⓘ |
| securityClassification | classified ⓘ |
| serviceArea | global military communications ⓘ |
| spacecraftBus | classified ⓘ |
| supports |
defense operations
ⓘ
national security operations ⓘ secure data relay ⓘ |
| user |
U.S. military
ⓘ
linked to:
United States Armed Forces
U.S. national security community ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: CBAS-1 military communications satellite Description of subject: CBAS-1 is a classified U.S. military communications satellite designed to provide secure, high-capacity relay capabilities for defense and national security operations in geostationary orbit.
Referenced by (1)
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