GSAT-16
E848623
GSAT-16 is an Indian communications satellite operated by ISRO, designed to enhance telecommunications, television broadcasting, and VSAT services across the Indian subcontinent.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| GSAT-16 canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9808771 — 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-16 Context triple: [GSAT, hasComponent, GSAT-16]
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A.
GSAT-14
GSAT-14 is an Indian communications satellite launched by ISRO to provide advanced telecommunication services and replace older INSAT series satellites.
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B.
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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C.
GSAT-15
GSAT-15 is an Indian communications satellite operated by ISRO to provide telecommunications, broadcasting, and navigation services.
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D.
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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E.
GSAT-12
GSAT-12 is an Indian communications satellite launched by ISRO to provide extended telecommunication, television, and data services across the Indian subcontinent.
- 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-16 Target entity description: GSAT-16 is an Indian communications satellite operated by ISRO, designed to enhance telecommunications, television broadcasting, and VSAT services across the Indian subcontinent.
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A.
GSAT-14
GSAT-14 is an Indian communications satellite launched by ISRO to provide advanced telecommunication services and replace older INSAT series satellites.
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B.
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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C.
GSAT-15
GSAT-15 is an Indian communications satellite operated by ISRO to provide telecommunications, broadcasting, and navigation services.
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D.
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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E.
GSAT-12
GSAT-12 is an Indian communications satellite launched by ISRO to provide extended telecommunication, television, and data services across the Indian subcontinent.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (38)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
communications satellite
ⓘ
geostationary satellite ⓘ |
| belongsToProgramme | GSAT programme NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| callsignOrDesignation | GSAT-16 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| CbandTransponders | 24 ⓘ |
| countryOfOperator | India NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| coverageArea | Indian subcontinent ⓘ |
| extendedCbandTransponders | 12 ⓘ |
| KubandTransponders | 12 ⓘ |
| launchContractor | Arianespace NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| launchDate | 2014-12-07 ⓘ |
| launchLocation | Kourou, French Guiana NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| launchSite | Guiana Space Centre NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| launchVehicle | Ariane 5 ECA NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| manufacturer | Indian Space Research Organisation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| massAtLaunch | 3100 kg ⓘ |
| missionDurationDesign | 12 years ⓘ |
| missionType | communications ⓘ |
| numberOfTransponders | 48 ⓘ |
| operator | Indian Space Research Organisation ⓘ |
| operatorAbbreviation | ISRO NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| orbitalLongitude | 55° East ⓘ |
| orbitRegime | geostationary orbit ⓘ |
| orbitType | GEO ⓘ |
| power | ~6500 W ⓘ |
| providesServiceTo |
India
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
neighbouring regions of Indian subcontinent ⓘ |
| purpose |
VSAT services
ⓘ
telecommunications ⓘ television broadcasting ⓘ |
| replaces | INSAT series capacity ⓘ |
| spacecraftBus | I-3K ⓘ |
| spacecraftType | geostationary communications satellite ⓘ |
| status | in service ⓘ |
| transponderBand |
C-band
ⓘ
Ku-band ⓘ |
| usesFrequencyBand |
C-band
ⓘ
Ku-band NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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-16 Description of subject: GSAT-16 is an Indian communications satellite operated by ISRO, designed to enhance telecommunications, television broadcasting, and VSAT services across the Indian subcontinent.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.