Jason-1
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Jason-1 was a joint U.S.-French oceanography satellite dedicated to precisely measuring sea surface height to study ocean circulation, climate change, and sea-level rise.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Jason-1 canonical | 7 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9838133 — 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: Jason-1 Context triple: [Jason oceanography satellites, hasMember, Jason-1]
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A.
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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B.
NOAA-17
NOAA-17 was a U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration polar-orbiting weather satellite used for global environmental monitoring and forecasting.
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C.
NOAA-20
NOAA-20 is a U.S. polar-orbiting weather and environmental satellite operated by NOAA that provides critical data for global weather forecasting and climate monitoring.
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D.
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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E.
NOAA-18
NOAA-18 is 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: Jason-1 Target entity description: Jason-1 was a joint U.S.-French oceanography satellite dedicated to precisely measuring sea surface height to study ocean circulation, climate change, and sea-level rise.
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A.
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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B.
NOAA-17
NOAA-17 was a U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration polar-orbiting weather satellite used for global environmental monitoring and forecasting.
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C.
NOAA-20
NOAA-20 is a U.S. polar-orbiting weather and environmental satellite operated by NOAA that provides critical data for global weather forecasting and climate monitoring.
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D.
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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E.
NOAA-18
NOAA-18 is 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 (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Earth observation satellite
ⓘ
altimetry satellite ⓘ oceanography satellite ⓘ |
| collaboration | joint NASA–CNES mission ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
France
ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ |
| dataUse |
El Niño and La Niña monitoring
ⓘ
global sea-level trend estimation ⓘ ocean eddy and current studies ⓘ wave and wind field analysis ⓘ |
| decommissioned | 2013-07-03 ⓘ |
| endOfLifeReason | risk from space debris ⓘ |
| instrument |
DORIS tracking system
ⓘ
GPS receiver ⓘ Jason Microwave Radiometer (JMR) ⓘ Laser Retroreflector Array (LRA) ⓘ Poseidon-2 radar altimeter ⓘ |
| launchDate | 2001-12-07 ⓘ |
| launchSite |
Space Launch Complex 2W
ⓘ
linked to:
Space Launch Complex 2
Vandenberg Air Force Base ⓘ
linked to:
Vandenberg Space Force Base
|
| launchVehicle |
Delta II 7920
ⓘ
linked to:
Delta II
|
| manufacturer |
Thales Alenia Space
ⓘ
linked to:
Thales Alenia Space Italia
|
| massAtLaunch | about 500 kg ⓘ |
| missionEnd | 2013-07-03 ⓘ |
| missionPurpose |
measure sea surface height
ⓘ
monitor climate change ⓘ monitor sea-level rise ⓘ study ocean circulation ⓘ support marine meteorology ⓘ support operational oceanography ⓘ |
| missionStart | 2002-01 ⓘ |
| naming | named after Jason of Greek mythology ⓘ |
| operator |
CNES
ⓘ
EUMETSAT ⓘ NASA ⓘ NOAA ⓘ |
| orbitInclination | 66 degrees ⓘ |
| orbitPeriod | about 112 minutes ⓘ |
| orbitRegime |
Low Earth orbit
ⓘ
linked to:
low Earth orbit
|
| orbitType |
near-circular orbit
ⓘ
non-sun-synchronous orbit ⓘ |
| predecessor | TOPEX/Poseidon ⓘ |
| program |
Jason satellite series
ⓘ
Ocean Surface Topography Mission ⓘ
linked to:
Jason oceanography satellites
|
| repeatCycle | 10 days ⓘ |
| spacecraftBus | Proteus bus ⓘ |
| status | deorbited ⓘ |
| successor |
Jason-2
ⓘ
Jason-3 ⓘ |
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: Jason-1 Description of subject: Jason-1 was a joint U.S.-French oceanography satellite dedicated to precisely measuring sea surface height to study ocean circulation, climate change, and sea-level rise.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.