GSAT-12
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GSAT-12 is an Indian communications satellite launched by ISRO to provide extended telecommunication, television, and data services across the Indian subcontinent.
All labels observed (2)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9808767 — 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: GSAT-12 Context triple: [GSAT, hasComponent, GSAT-12]
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A.
GSAT-10
GSAT-10 is an Indian geostationary communications satellite used to provide telecommunications, direct-to-home broadcasting, and navigation services.
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B.
GSAT-11
GSAT-11 is a high-throughput Indian communications satellite designed to provide advanced broadband and connectivity services across the country.
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C.
GSAT-19
GSAT-19 is an Indian high-throughput communications satellite designed to test next-generation technologies and significantly enhance the country’s data transmission capabilities.
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D.
GSAT-1
GSAT-1 is an Indian communications satellite that served as the inaugural payload for the Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV) program.
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E.
GSAT-2
GSAT-2 is an Indian communications satellite developed by ISRO to provide telecommunication, broadcasting, and experimental services in orbit.
- 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: GSAT-12 Target entity description: GSAT-12 is an Indian communications satellite launched by ISRO to provide extended telecommunication, television, and data services across the Indian subcontinent.
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A.
GSAT-10
GSAT-10 is an Indian geostationary communications satellite used to provide telecommunications, direct-to-home broadcasting, and navigation services.
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B.
GSAT-11
GSAT-11 is a high-throughput Indian communications satellite designed to provide advanced broadband and connectivity services across the country.
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C.
GSAT-19
GSAT-19 is an Indian high-throughput communications satellite designed to test next-generation technologies and significantly enhance the country’s data transmission capabilities.
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D.
GSAT-1
GSAT-1 is an Indian communications satellite that served as the inaugural payload for the Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV) program.
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E.
GSAT-2
GSAT-2 is an Indian communications satellite developed by ISRO to provide telecommunication, broadcasting, and experimental services in orbit.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (35)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Indian satellite
ⓘ
communications satellite ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | GSAT-12 (India) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| applications |
VSAT connectivity
ⓘ
satellite-based internet services ⓘ tele-education ⓘ telemedicine ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | India ⓘ |
| coverageArea | Indian subcontinent NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| designLife | 8 years ⓘ |
| dryMass | approx 600 kg ⓘ |
| launchCountry | India NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| launchDate | 2011-07-15 ⓘ |
| launchOutcome | success ⓘ |
| launchSite |
Satish Dhawan Space Centre
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Sriharikota NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| launchVehicle |
PSLV-C17
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
PSLV-XL NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| manufacturer | ISRO Satellite Centre NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| massAtLiftOff | 1410 kg ⓘ |
| missionType | communications ⓘ |
| numberOfTransponders | 12 ⓘ |
| operator |
ISRO
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Indian Space Research Organisation ⓘ |
| orbitRegime | geosynchronous ⓘ |
| orbitType | geostationary orbit ⓘ |
| placedInOrbitBy | PSLV-C17 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| powerGeneration | approx 1.4 kW ⓘ |
| purpose |
data services
ⓘ
telecommunication services ⓘ television services ⓘ |
| replaced | INSAT-3B NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spacecraftBus | I-1K NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| transponderBand |
C-band
ⓘ
extended C-band ⓘ |
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: GSAT-12 Description of subject: GSAT-12 is an Indian communications satellite launched by ISRO to provide extended telecommunication, television, and data services across the Indian subcontinent.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
GSAT-12R