A2100
E221841
A2100 is a widely used modular satellite bus platform developed by Lockheed Martin for commercial and military communications satellites.
All labels observed (3)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1979684 — 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: A2100 Context triple: [Arabsat-6A, spacecraftBus, A2100]
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A.
A20
A20 is a major Australian highway route designation used for the Sturt Highway, an important east–west transport corridor.
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B.
A22
A22 is a major Portuguese motorway, commonly known as Via do Infante, that runs across the Algarve region in southern Portugal.
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C.
A12
The A12 is a major road in England that connects London with East Anglia, serving key towns and cities including Ipswich and Colchester.
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D.
A24
A24 is an independent entertainment company known for producing and distributing critically acclaimed and distinctive films and television series.
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E.
A24
A24 is a major road designation used in several countries, typically referring to important regional or intercity routes.
- 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: A2100 Target entity description: A2100 is a widely used modular satellite bus platform developed by Lockheed Martin for commercial and military communications satellites.
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A.
A20
A20 is a major Australian highway route designation used for the Sturt Highway, an important east–west transport corridor.
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B.
A22
A22 is a major Portuguese motorway, commonly known as Via do Infante, that runs across the Algarve region in southern Portugal.
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C.
A12
The A12 is a major road in England that connects London with East Anglia, serving key towns and cities including Ipswich and Colchester.
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D.
A24
A24 is an independent entertainment company known for producing and distributing critically acclaimed and distinctive films and television series.
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E.
A24
A24 is a major road designation used in several countries, typically referring to important regional or intercity routes.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
satellite bus
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spacecraft platform ⓘ |
| application |
direct-to-home television
ⓘ
fixed-satellite service ⓘ protected military communications ⓘ satellite internet ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| designLife | typically 15 years or more ⓘ |
| developer | Lockheed Martin ⓘ |
| feature |
chemical propulsion
ⓘ
electric propulsion options ⓘ high-power capability ⓘ long design life ⓘ modular design ⓘ redundant subsystems ⓘ scalable payload capacity ⓘ three-axis stabilization ⓘ |
| hasVariant |
A2100-derived GPS III bus
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A2100A ⓘ A2100AX ⓘ A2100AXS ⓘ A2100M ⓘ A2100 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
A2100MHP
|
| launchVehicleCompatibility |
Ariane 5
ⓘ
Atlas V ⓘ Delta IV ⓘ Falcon 9 rocket ⓘ
surface form:
Falcon 9
Proton ⓘ |
| manufacturer |
Lockheed Martin Space
ⓘ
surface form:
Lockheed Martin Space Systems
|
| market |
global commercial communications satellite market
ⓘ
military communications satellite market ⓘ |
| notableProgram |
AEHF military communications satellites
ⓘ
surface form:
Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) satellites
Defense Satellite Communications System (DSCS) satellites ⓘ
surface form:
Defense Satellite Communications System (DSCS) follow-on spacecraft
commercial direct broadcast satellites ⓘ |
| notableUser |
United States Air Force
ⓘ
surface form:
U.S. Air Force
Department of Defense ⓘ
surface form:
U.S. Department of Defense
United States Space Force ⓘ
surface form:
U.S. Space Force
|
| operator |
commercial satellite operators
ⓘ
defense customers ⓘ |
| powerRange | approximately 3 to 15 kilowatts ⓘ |
| status | operational ⓘ |
| typicalOrbit | geostationary orbit ⓘ |
| use |
broadband services
ⓘ
broadcast services ⓘ commercial communications ⓘ communications satellite platform ⓘ government communications ⓘ military communications ⓘ mobile communications ⓘ |
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: A2100 Description of subject: A2100 is a widely used modular satellite bus platform developed by Lockheed Martin for commercial and military communications satellites.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
A2100MHP
subject surface form:
Anik C2
this entity surface form:
A2100AX