Badr satellite series
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The Badr satellite series is a group of communications satellites providing television broadcasting and telecommunication services primarily to the Middle East and North Africa region.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Badr satellite series canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9232158 — 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: Badr satellite series Context triple: [Arab Satellite Communications Organization, operates, Badr satellite series]
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A.
Arabsat-1B
Arabsat-1B was an early communications satellite operated by the Arab Satellite Communications Organization (Arabsat) to provide television, telephone, and data services across the Arab world.
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B.
Arabsat-6A
Arabsat-6A is a high-capacity Saudi communications satellite launched in 2019 to provide television, internet, and telecommunications services across the Middle East, Africa, and Europe.
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C.
PALAPA B1 communications satellite
PALAPA B1 was an Indonesian communications satellite launched in the early 1980s to expand the country's domestic and regional telecommunications capabilities.
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D.
ANIK C2 communications satellite
ANIK C2 is a Canadian commercial communications satellite used to provide telecommunications and broadcasting services.
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E.
SBS-4 communications satellite
The SBS-4 communications satellite was a commercial telecommunications spacecraft operated by Satellite Business Systems to provide business-oriented communication services in North America.
- 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: Badr satellite series Target entity description: The Badr satellite series is a group of communications satellites providing television broadcasting and telecommunication services primarily to the Middle East and North Africa region.
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A.
Arabsat-1B
Arabsat-1B was an early communications satellite operated by the Arab Satellite Communications Organization (Arabsat) to provide television, telephone, and data services across the Arab world.
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B.
Arabsat-6A
Arabsat-6A is a high-capacity Saudi communications satellite launched in 2019 to provide television, internet, and telecommunications services across the Middle East, Africa, and Europe.
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C.
PALAPA B1 communications satellite
PALAPA B1 was an Indonesian communications satellite launched in the early 1980s to expand the country's domestic and regional telecommunications capabilities.
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D.
ANIK C2 communications satellite
ANIK C2 is a Canadian commercial communications satellite used to provide telecommunications and broadcasting services.
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E.
SBS-4 communications satellite
The SBS-4 communications satellite was a commercial telecommunications spacecraft operated by Satellite Business Systems to provide business-oriented communication services in North America.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
communications satellite series
ⓘ
geostationary communications satellite constellation ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Arabsat Badr
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Badr constellation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| commercialStatus | operational ⓘ |
| countryOfOperator | Saudi Arabia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| coverageIncludes |
Gulf Cooperation Council countries
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Levant NERFINISHED ⓘ North Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ parts of Central Asia ⓘ parts of Europe ⓘ |
| frequencyBands |
C-band
ⓘ
Ka-band ⓘ Ku-band ⓘ |
| hasMember |
Arabsat-1C (Badr-1)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Arabsat-2C (Badr-2) NERFINISHED ⓘ Arabsat-3A (Badr-3) NERFINISHED ⓘ Badr-4 NERFINISHED ⓘ Badr-5 NERFINISHED ⓘ Badr-6 NERFINISHED ⓘ Badr-7 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| launchSiteUsed |
Baikonur Cosmodrome
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Guiana Space Centre NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| launchVehicleUsed |
Ariane 5
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Proton-M NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| operator | Arabsat NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| orbitalRegime | geostationary orbit ⓘ |
| ownedBy | Arab Satellite Communications Organization NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryFunction |
telecommunication services
ⓘ
television broadcasting ⓘ |
| providesServiceType |
DTH TV platforms
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IP trunking ⓘ occasional use video links ⓘ |
| regionFocus | Arab world NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sector | satellite communications industry ⓘ |
| serviceArea |
MENA region
ⓘ
Middle East NERFINISHED ⓘ North Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| targetMarket |
broadcast operators
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enterprise customers ⓘ government users ⓘ telecom operators ⓘ |
| typicalOrbitalLongitude | 26° East GENERATED ⓘ |
| usedFor |
VSAT services
ⓘ
broadband services ⓘ data transmission ⓘ direct-to-home television ⓘ radio broadcasting ⓘ |
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: Badr satellite series Description of subject: The Badr satellite series is a group of communications satellites providing television broadcasting and telecommunication services primarily to the Middle East and North Africa region.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.