Communications Satellite Corporation
E406893
United States corporation
public company
satellite communications company
telecommunications company
Communications Satellite Corporation (COMSAT) was a U.S. government-authorized, publicly owned company established in the 1960s to develop and operate commercial satellite communications systems, notably participating in the creation of the global Intelsat network.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Communications Satellite Corporation canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4023959 — 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: Communications Satellite Corporation Context triple: [Communications Satellite Act of 1962, created, Communications Satellite Corporation]
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A.
Hughes Aircraft Company
Hughes Aircraft Company was a major American aerospace and defense contractor founded by Howard Hughes, known for pioneering work in aviation, electronics, and space systems.
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B.
Aerospace Corporation
Aerospace Corporation is a U.S.-based nonprofit research and development center that provides technical expertise and systems engineering support to national security and civil space programs.
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C.
Northrop Grumman Space Technology
Northrop Grumman Space Technology was a major aerospace and defense division of Northrop Grumman specializing in space systems, satellites, and related technologies.
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D.
Lockheed Martin Space
Lockheed Martin Space is a major division of Lockheed Martin Corporation that designs, develops, and manufactures advanced space systems and technologies for government and commercial customers.
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E.
Collins Radio Company
Collins Radio Company was a prominent American manufacturer of radio and avionics equipment, best known for its high-quality communications systems used in aviation, military, and space applications.
- 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: Communications Satellite Corporation Target entity description: Communications Satellite Corporation (COMSAT) was a U.S. government-authorized, publicly owned company established in the 1960s to develop and operate commercial satellite communications systems, notably participating in the creation of the global Intelsat network.
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A.
Hughes Aircraft Company
Hughes Aircraft Company was a major American aerospace and defense contractor founded by Howard Hughes, known for pioneering work in aviation, electronics, and space systems.
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B.
Aerospace Corporation
Aerospace Corporation is a U.S.-based nonprofit research and development center that provides technical expertise and systems engineering support to national security and civil space programs.
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C.
Northrop Grumman Space Technology
Northrop Grumman Space Technology was a major aerospace and defense division of Northrop Grumman specializing in space systems, satellites, and related technologies.
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D.
Lockheed Martin Space
Lockheed Martin Space is a major division of Lockheed Martin Corporation that designs, develops, and manufactures advanced space systems and technologies for government and commercial customers.
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E.
Collins Radio Company
Collins Radio Company was a prominent American manufacturer of radio and avionics equipment, best known for its high-quality communications systems used in aviation, military, and space applications.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States corporation
ⓘ
public company ⓘ satellite communications company ⓘ telecommunications company ⓘ |
| acquiredBy | Lockheed Martin ⓘ |
| acquiredInYear | 1990s ⓘ |
| authorizedBy | United States government ⓘ |
| collaboratedWith | international telecommunications administrations through Intelsat ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| developed |
satellite communications technology
ⓘ
satellite ground stations ⓘ |
| foundedInDecade | 1960s ⓘ |
| foundedInYear | 1963 ⓘ |
| hadSubsidiary |
COMSAT
ⓘ
surface form:
COMSAT General
COMSAT ⓘ
surface form:
COMSAT Laboratories
COMSAT ⓘ
surface form:
COMSAT World Systems
|
| headquartersLocation | Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance |
helped establish global satellite communications infrastructure
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pioneer in commercial satellite communications ⓘ |
| industry |
satellite communications
ⓘ
telecommunications ⓘ |
| keyActivity |
domestic satellite telecommunications
ⓘ
international satellite telecommunications ⓘ |
| legalBasis | Communications Satellite Act of 1962 ⓘ |
| listedOn | New York Stock Exchange ⓘ |
| market |
broadcasters
ⓘ
global telecommunications carriers ⓘ government users ⓘ |
| notableContribution |
expansion of transoceanic telephone capacity via satellite
ⓘ
support of live global television broadcasts via satellite ⓘ |
| operated |
Intelsat satellites (as part of the Intelsat system)
ⓘ
domestic U.S. communications satellites ⓘ |
| ownership | publicly traded company with mixed private and government-related ownership ⓘ |
| participatedIn | creation of the Intelsat network ⓘ |
| providedService |
data communications via satellite
ⓘ
international telephone services via satellite ⓘ television distribution via satellite ⓘ |
| purpose |
develop commercial satellite communications systems
ⓘ
operate commercial satellite communications systems ⓘ |
| regulator | Federal Communications Commission ⓘ |
| roleInIntelsat |
U.S. signatory to Intelsat
ⓘ
major shareholder in Intelsat ⓘ |
| sector |
communications infrastructure
ⓘ
space industry ⓘ |
| servedAs | U.S. representative in the global satellite consortium Intelsat ⓘ |
| shortName | COMSAT ⓘ |
| status | defunct ⓘ |
| technologyFocus | geostationary communications satellites ⓘ |
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: Communications Satellite Corporation Description of subject: Communications Satellite Corporation (COMSAT) was a U.S. government-authorized, publicly owned company established in the 1960s to develop and operate commercial satellite communications systems, notably participating in the creation of the global Intelsat network.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.