GLONASS
E141894
GLONASS is Russia’s global satellite navigation system, providing worldwide positioning and timing services as an alternative to GPS.
All labels observed (8)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| GLONASS canonical | 53 |
| GLONASS satellites | 2 |
| GLONASS (cellular models) | 1 |
| GLONASS navigation satellite system | 1 |
| GLONASS navigation satellites | 1 |
| GLONASS-K | 1 |
| GLONASS-K2 | 1 |
| GLONASS-M | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1248859 — 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: GLONASS Context triple: [GPS, competesWith, GLONASS]
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A.
Galileo satellite navigation system
The Galileo satellite navigation system is the European Union’s global navigation satellite system designed to provide highly accurate positioning and timing services worldwide as an independent alternative to GPS and other GNSS constellations.
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B.
GPS
GPS (Global Positioning System) is a satellite-based navigation system that provides precise location and timing information to military and civilian users worldwide.
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C.
WGS84
WGS84 is the global geodetic reference system and standard coordinate framework used for GPS and most modern mapping applications.
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D.
Knickebein radio navigation system
The Knickebein radio navigation system was a World War II German Luftwaffe beam-guidance technology used to direct bombers accurately to their targets at night and in poor visibility.
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E.
Joint Polar Satellite System
The Joint Polar Satellite System is a series of next-generation U.S. polar-orbiting weather satellites that provide critical data for global weather forecasting, climate monitoring, and environmental observation.
- 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: GLONASS Target entity description: GLONASS is Russia’s global satellite navigation system, providing worldwide positioning and timing services as an alternative to GPS.
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A.
Galileo satellite navigation system
The Galileo satellite navigation system is the European Union’s global navigation satellite system designed to provide highly accurate positioning and timing services worldwide as an independent alternative to GPS and other GNSS constellations.
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B.
GPS
GPS (Global Positioning System) is a satellite-based navigation system that provides precise location and timing information to military and civilian users worldwide.
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C.
WGS84
WGS84 is the global geodetic reference system and standard coordinate framework used for GPS and most modern mapping applications.
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D.
Knickebein radio navigation system
The Knickebein radio navigation system was a World War II German Luftwaffe beam-guidance technology used to direct bombers accurately to their targets at night and in poor visibility.
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E.
Joint Polar Satellite System
The Joint Polar Satellite System is a series of next-generation U.S. polar-orbiting weather satellites that provide critical data for global weather forecasting, climate monitoring, and environmental observation.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
global navigation satellite system
ⓘ
satellite navigation system ⓘ |
| alternativeTo |
BeiDou
ⓘ
GPS ⓘ Galileo ⓘ |
| application |
civilian navigation
ⓘ
geodesy ⓘ surveying ⓘ telecommunications timing ⓘ transportation ⓘ |
| civilUse | yes ⓘ |
| controlSegment | ground control stations ⓘ |
| coordinateSystem | PZ-90 ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Russia ⓘ |
| coverage | global ⓘ |
| developedBy | Soviet Union ⓘ |
| frequencyBand |
L1
ⓘ
L2 ⓘ L3 ⓘ |
| fullOperationalCapabilityYear | 1995 ⓘ |
| initialLaunchYear | 1982 ⓘ |
| launchVehicle |
Proton-K
ⓘ
linked to:
Proton rocket
Proton-M ⓘ
linked to:
Proton rocket
Soyuz-2 ⓘ
linked to:
Soyuz rocket
|
| managedBy |
Russian Space Forces
ⓘ
linked to:
Russian Aerospace Forces
|
| militaryUse | yes ⓘ |
| modernizationProgram |
GLONASS-K
ⓘ
linked to:
GLONASS
GLONASS-K2 ⓘ
linked to:
GLONASS
GLONASS-M ⓘ
linked to:
GLONASS
|
| nominalSatelliteCount | 24 ⓘ |
| operator |
Roscosmos
ⓘ
Russian Federation ⓘ
linked to:
Russia
Russian Ministry of Defence ⓘ |
| orbitalAltitude | about 19100 km ⓘ |
| orbitalInclination | 64.8 degrees ⓘ |
| orbitalPeriod | about 11 hours 15 minutes ⓘ |
| orbitalPlaneCount | 3 ⓘ |
| primaryApplication | navigation for Russian military ⓘ |
| providesService |
navigation
ⓘ
positioning ⓘ timing ⓘ |
| signalType |
CDMA
ⓘ
FDMA ⓘ |
| spaceSegment |
GLONASS satellites
ⓘ
linked to:
GLONASS
|
| status | operational ⓘ |
| successorTo | Tsiklon navigation system ⓘ |
| timeReference | UTC(SU) ⓘ |
| userSegment | GNSS receivers ⓘ |
| usesTimeScale | GLONASS Time ⓘ |
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: GLONASS Description of subject: GLONASS is Russia’s global satellite navigation system, providing worldwide positioning and timing services as an alternative to GPS.
Referenced by (61)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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subject linked to:
LG Wing smartphone
linked to: GLONASS
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subject linked to:
IGS