INSAT-3DS
E305412
Earth observation satellite
communication satellite
geostationary satellite
meteorological satellite
INSAT-3DS is an Indian geostationary meteorological and communication satellite in the INSAT series, designed to support weather forecasting, disaster warning, and environmental monitoring.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| INSAT-3DS canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2373110 — 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-3DS Context triple: [INSAT series, hasMember, INSAT-3DS]
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A.
INSAT-3DR
INSAT-3DR is an Indian geostationary weather satellite designed to provide advanced meteorological observations, search and rescue services, and data relay capabilities.
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B.
INSAT-3C
INSAT-3C is an Indian geostationary communications satellite in the INSAT series, used for telecommunication, broadcasting, and meteorological services.
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C.
INSAT-3D
INSAT-3D is an Indian advanced meteorological satellite designed to provide enhanced weather forecasting, disaster warning, and search-and-rescue services.
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D.
INSAT-3E
INSAT-3E is an Indian communications satellite in the INSAT series used primarily for telecommunication and broadcasting services.
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E.
INSAT-3A
INSAT-3A is an Indian multipurpose geostationary satellite used for telecommunications, television broadcasting, meteorology, and search-and-rescue 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-3DS Target entity description: INSAT-3DS is an Indian geostationary meteorological and communication satellite in the INSAT series, designed to support weather forecasting, disaster warning, and environmental monitoring.
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A.
INSAT-3DR
INSAT-3DR is an Indian geostationary weather satellite designed to provide advanced meteorological observations, search and rescue services, and data relay capabilities.
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B.
INSAT-3C
INSAT-3C is an Indian geostationary communications satellite in the INSAT series, used for telecommunication, broadcasting, and meteorological services.
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C.
INSAT-3D
INSAT-3D is an Indian advanced meteorological satellite designed to provide enhanced weather forecasting, disaster warning, and search-and-rescue services.
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D.
INSAT-3E
INSAT-3E is an Indian communications satellite in the INSAT series used primarily for telecommunication and broadcasting services.
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E.
INSAT-3A
INSAT-3A is an Indian multipurpose geostationary satellite used for telecommunications, television broadcasting, meteorology, and search-and-rescue services.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Earth observation satellite
ⓘ
communication satellite ⓘ geostationary satellite ⓘ meteorological satellite ⓘ |
| application |
climate monitoring
ⓘ
cyclone tracking ⓘ data relay ⓘ disaster management support ⓘ meteorology ⓘ severe weather monitoring ⓘ telecommunication ⓘ |
| belongsTo |
INSAT series
ⓘ
surface form:
Indian National Satellite System
|
| countryOfOperator | India ⓘ |
| coverageArea |
Indian Ocean Region
ⓘ
surface form:
Indian Ocean region
South Asia ⓘ
surface form:
Indian subcontinent
|
| dataUser |
India Meteorological Department
ⓘ
Ministry of Earth Sciences (India) ⓘ
surface form:
Ministry of Earth Sciences of India
National Disaster Management Authority ⓘ
surface form:
National Disaster Management Authority of India
|
| hasFunction |
broadcast of meteorological data and warnings
ⓘ
collection of meteorological data from remote platforms ⓘ imaging of clouds and land surfaces ⓘ support to search and rescue transponders ⓘ temperature and humidity sounding ⓘ |
| isPartOf |
Indian space exploration programmes
ⓘ
surface form:
Indian space programme
|
| launchSite |
Satish Dhawan Space Centre
ⓘ
Sriharikota ⓘ |
| launchVehicle |
Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle
ⓘ
surface form:
GSLV Mk II
|
| manufacturer | Indian Space Research Organisation ⓘ |
| missionType |
operational communications
ⓘ
operational meteorology ⓘ |
| operator |
Indian Space Research Organisation
ⓘ
surface form:
ISRO
Indian Space Research Organisation ⓘ |
| orbitRegime | geosynchronous ⓘ |
| orbitType | geostationary orbit ⓘ |
| programme |
INSAT series
ⓘ
surface form:
INSAT programme
|
| purpose |
disaster warning
ⓘ
environmental monitoring ⓘ satellite communication services ⓘ search and rescue support ⓘ weather forecasting ⓘ |
| series | INSAT-3D series ⓘ |
| spaceAgency |
Indian Space Research Organisation
ⓘ
surface form:
ISRO
Indian Space Research Organisation ⓘ |
| spacecraftBus |
INSAT-3D
ⓘ
surface form:
INSAT-3D bus
|
| successorOf |
INSAT-3D
ⓘ
INSAT-3DR ⓘ |
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-3DS Description of subject: INSAT-3DS is an Indian geostationary meteorological and communication satellite in the INSAT series, designed to support weather forecasting, disaster warning, and environmental monitoring.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.