CBERS satellites
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The CBERS satellites are a series of Earth observation spacecraft jointly developed by Brazil and China to provide remote sensing data for environmental monitoring, agriculture, and land management.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| CBERS satellites canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9890157 — 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: CBERS satellites Context triple: [Brazilian Space Agency, notableProject, CBERS satellites]
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A.
Cartosat series satellites
The Cartosat series satellites are Indian Earth observation spacecraft designed primarily for high-resolution cartographic imaging and remote sensing applications, supporting mapping, urban planning, and resource management.
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B.
Indian Remote Sensing satellite series
The Indian Remote Sensing satellite series is a fleet of Earth observation satellites developed by India to provide data for applications such as agriculture, forestry, land-use mapping, and disaster management.
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C.
RISAT series satellites
The RISAT series satellites are India’s radar imaging Earth observation spacecraft designed for all-weather, day-and-night surveillance and reconnaissance.
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D.
SPOT Earth observation satellites
SPOT Earth observation satellites are a series of French-led remote sensing spacecraft that provide high-resolution optical imagery of Earth for applications such as mapping, environmental monitoring, and land-use analysis.
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E.
Landsat satellites
Landsat satellites are a series of Earth-observing spacecraft that provide long-term, continuous multispectral imagery used worldwide for environmental monitoring, land-use mapping, and resource management.
- 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: CBERS satellites Target entity description: The CBERS satellites are a series of Earth observation spacecraft jointly developed by Brazil and China to provide remote sensing data for environmental monitoring, agriculture, and land management.
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A.
Cartosat series satellites
The Cartosat series satellites are Indian Earth observation spacecraft designed primarily for high-resolution cartographic imaging and remote sensing applications, supporting mapping, urban planning, and resource management.
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B.
Indian Remote Sensing satellite series
The Indian Remote Sensing satellite series is a fleet of Earth observation satellites developed by India to provide data for applications such as agriculture, forestry, land-use mapping, and disaster management.
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C.
RISAT series satellites
The RISAT series satellites are India’s radar imaging Earth observation spacecraft designed for all-weather, day-and-night surveillance and reconnaissance.
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D.
SPOT Earth observation satellites
SPOT Earth observation satellites are a series of French-led remote sensing spacecraft that provide high-resolution optical imagery of Earth for applications such as mapping, environmental monitoring, and land-use analysis.
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E.
Landsat satellites
Landsat satellites are a series of Earth-observing spacecraft that provide long-term, continuous multispectral imagery used worldwide for environmental monitoring, land-use mapping, and resource management.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (53)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Earth observation satellite
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Earth observation satellite program ⓘ remote sensing satellite series ⓘ |
| application |
deforestation monitoring in the Amazon
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urban expansion monitoring ⓘ water resources management ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
Brazil
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China ⓘ |
| dataPolicy | free and open access (for many products) ⓘ |
| developer |
China Academy of Space Technology (CAST)
NERFINISHED
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National Institute for Space Research (INPE) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPart |
CBERS-1
NERFINISHED
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CBERS-2 NERFINISHED ⓘ CBERS-2B NERFINISHED ⓘ CBERS-3 NERFINISHED ⓘ CBERS-4 NERFINISHED ⓘ CBERS-4A NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| launchDate |
1999-10-14
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2003-10-21 ⓘ 2007-09-19 ⓘ 2013-12-09 ⓘ 2014-12-07 ⓘ 2019-12-20 ⓘ |
| launchOutcome | launch failure ⓘ |
| launchSite |
Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center
NERFINISHED
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Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center NERFINISHED ⓘ Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center NERFINISHED ⓘ Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center NERFINISHED ⓘ Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| launchVehicle |
Long March 4
NERFINISHED
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Long March 4B NERFINISHED ⓘ Long March 4B NERFINISHED ⓘ Long March 4B NERFINISHED ⓘ Long March 4B NERFINISHED ⓘ Long March 4B NERFINISHED ⓘ Long March 4B NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| operator |
China National Space Administration
NERFINISHED
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INPE NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| orbitType | Sun-synchronous orbit ⓘ |
| primaryUsers |
Brazilian government agencies
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Chinese government agencies NERFINISHED ⓘ scientific community ⓘ |
| programStart | 1988 ⓘ |
| purpose |
Earth observation
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agricultural monitoring ⓘ environmental monitoring ⓘ land management ⓘ remote sensing ⓘ |
| status |
decommissioned
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decommissioned ⓘ decommissioned ⓘ operational ⓘ operational ⓘ |
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: CBERS satellites Description of subject: The CBERS satellites are a series of Earth observation spacecraft jointly developed by Brazil and China to provide remote sensing data for environmental monitoring, agriculture, and land management.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.