INSAT-3B
E282799
INSAT-3B is an Indian communications satellite in the INSAT series used for telecommunication, broadcasting, and meteorological services.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| INSAT-3B canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2373099 — 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: INSAT-3B Context triple: [INSAT series, hasMember, INSAT-3B]
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A.
INSAT-3A
INSAT-3A is an Indian multipurpose geostationary satellite used for telecommunications, television broadcasting, meteorology, and search-and-rescue services.
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B.
INSAT-1C
INSAT-1C was an Indian geostationary communications satellite in the first-generation INSAT-1 series, used for telecommunications, broadcasting, and meteorological services.
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C.
INSAT-1B
INSAT-1B was an early Indian multipurpose geostationary satellite used for telecommunications, broadcasting, and meteorological services as part of the INSAT program.
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D.
INSAT-2E
INSAT-2E is an Indian multipurpose geostationary satellite used primarily for telecommunications, meteorology, and broadcasting as part of the INSAT-2 series.
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E.
INSAT-1D
INSAT-1D was an Indian geostationary meteorological and communications satellite in the first-generation INSAT-1 series, used for weather observation and telecommunication services.
- 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: INSAT-3B Target entity description: INSAT-3B is an Indian communications satellite in the INSAT series used for telecommunication, broadcasting, and meteorological services.
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A.
INSAT-3A
INSAT-3A is an Indian multipurpose geostationary satellite used for telecommunications, television broadcasting, meteorology, and search-and-rescue services.
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B.
INSAT-1C
INSAT-1C was an Indian geostationary communications satellite in the first-generation INSAT-1 series, used for telecommunications, broadcasting, and meteorological services.
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C.
INSAT-1B
INSAT-1B was an early Indian multipurpose geostationary satellite used for telecommunications, broadcasting, and meteorological services as part of the INSAT program.
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D.
INSAT-2E
INSAT-2E is an Indian multipurpose geostationary satellite used primarily for telecommunications, meteorology, and broadcasting as part of the INSAT-2 series.
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E.
INSAT-1D
INSAT-1D was an Indian geostationary meteorological and communications satellite in the first-generation INSAT-1 series, used for weather observation and telecommunication services.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
INSAT series satellite
ⓘ
artificial satellite ⓘ communications satellite ⓘ |
| belongsToProgramme |
INSAT series
ⓘ
surface form:
Indian National Satellite System
|
| category |
Indian communications satellite
ⓘ
geostationary satellite ⓘ satellite of India ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | India ⓘ |
| followedBy | INSAT-3C ⓘ |
| hasTransponderType |
C-band
ⓘ
Extended C-band ⓘ Ku-band ⓘ |
| isPartOf |
INSAT series
ⓘ
surface form:
INSAT-3 series
|
| launchCountry | France ⓘ |
| launchServiceProvider | Arianespace ⓘ |
| launchSite |
Guiana Space Centre
ⓘ
Kourou ⓘ |
| launchVehicle | Ariane 5 ⓘ |
| manufacturer | Indian Space Research Organisation ⓘ |
| missionType |
broadcasting
ⓘ
communications ⓘ meteorology ⓘ search and rescue ⓘ telecommunication ⓘ |
| operator |
INSAT series
ⓘ
surface form:
INSAT system
Indian Space Research Organisation ⓘ |
| orbitRegime | geosynchronous ⓘ |
| orbitType | geostationary orbit ⓘ |
| partOf | INSAT series ⓘ |
| precededBy | INSAT-2E ⓘ |
| purpose |
meteorological services in India
ⓘ
search and rescue support ⓘ telecommunication services in India ⓘ television broadcasting services in India ⓘ |
| serviceArea |
Indian subcontinent
ⓘ
South Asia ⓘ |
| spaceAgency |
Indian Space Research Organisation
ⓘ
surface form:
ISRO
|
| spacecraftBus | I-2K ⓘ |
| usedFor |
VSAT communication
ⓘ
data transmission ⓘ distress alert services ⓘ meteorological data relay ⓘ telephone communication ⓘ television distribution ⓘ |
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: INSAT-3B Description of subject: INSAT-3B is an Indian communications satellite in the INSAT series used for telecommunication, broadcasting, and meteorological services.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.