Brazilian Space Agency
E181430
The Brazilian Space Agency is Brazil’s national civil space organization responsible for coordinating the country’s space activities, including satellite development, space research, and international cooperation.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Brazilian Space Agency canonical | 2 |
| Agência Espacial Brasileira | 1 |
| Brazilian Space Commission | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1592756 — 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: Brazilian Space Agency Context triple: [China National Space Administration, collaboratesWith, Brazilian Space Agency]
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A.
Guiana Space Centre
The Guiana Space Centre is a major European spaceport located in French Guiana, used for launching a wide range of commercial and scientific missions including flagship observatories.
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B.
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) is Japan’s national space agency responsible for the country’s space and satellite development, scientific research, and exploration missions.
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C.
United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs
The United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs is the UN agency responsible for promoting international cooperation in the peaceful use and exploration of outer space and for administering the main treaties governing space activities.
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D.
Telespazio
Telespazio is a major European space services company specializing in satellite operations, telecommunications, Earth observation, and navigation solutions.
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E.
ESA
ESA is a landmark U.S. environmental law that provides for the conservation and protection of threatened and endangered plant and animal species and their habitats.
- 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: Brazilian Space Agency Target entity description: The Brazilian Space Agency is Brazil’s national civil space organization responsible for coordinating the country’s space activities, including satellite development, space research, and international cooperation.
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A.
Guiana Space Centre
The Guiana Space Centre is a major European spaceport located in French Guiana, used for launching a wide range of commercial and scientific missions including flagship observatories.
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B.
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) is Japan’s national space agency responsible for the country’s space and satellite development, scientific research, and exploration missions.
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C.
United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs
The United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs is the UN agency responsible for promoting international cooperation in the peaceful use and exploration of outer space and for administering the main treaties governing space activities.
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D.
Telespazio
Telespazio is a major European space services company specializing in satellite operations, telecommunications, Earth observation, and navigation solutions.
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E.
ESA
ESA is a landmark U.S. environmental law that provides for the conservation and protection of threatened and endangered plant and animal species and their habitats.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
government agency
ⓘ
space agency ⓘ |
| abbreviation | AEB ⓘ |
| collaboratesWith |
China National Space Administration
ⓘ
European Space Agency ⓘ Indian Space Research Organisation ⓘ NASA ⓘ National Institute for Space Research ⓘ
linked to:
Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais
Roscosmos ⓘ |
| continent | South America ⓘ |
| coordinatesWith |
Brazilian Air Force
ⓘ
Brazilian Army ⓘ Brazilian Navy ⓘ |
| country | Brazil ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Brazil ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
Earth observation
ⓘ
launch vehicle development ⓘ remote sensing ⓘ satellite technology ⓘ space exploration ⓘ space research ⓘ space science ⓘ telecommunications ⓘ |
| governmentBranch | executive branch of Brazil ⓘ |
| hasFacility |
Alcântara Launch Center
ⓘ
Barreira do Inferno Launch Center ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation | Brasília ⓘ |
| inception | 1994 ⓘ |
| industry | space ⓘ |
| jurisdiction |
Federal government of Brazil
ⓘ
linked to:
Brazilian government
|
| languageOfWorkOrName | Portuguese ⓘ |
| locatedInTimeZone | Brasília time ⓘ |
| nativeName |
Agência Espacial Brasileira
ⓘ
linked to:
Brazilian Space Agency
|
| notableProject |
Amazonia-1 satellite
ⓘ
CBERS satellites ⓘ China–Brazil Earth Resources Satellite program ⓘ SCD data-collection satellites ⓘ VLM launch vehicle program ⓘ
linked to:
VLS launch vehicle program
VLS launch vehicle program ⓘ |
| operatesIn |
Brazilian Space Program
ⓘ
linked to:
Brazilian space program
|
| parentOrganization | Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation of Brazil ⓘ |
| purpose |
coordination of Brazilian space activities
ⓘ
development of national space technology ⓘ promotion of international space cooperation ⓘ |
| replaced |
Brazilian Space Commission
ⓘ
linked to:
Brazilian Space Agency
|
| responsibleFor |
Brazilian National Program of Space Activities
ⓘ
linked to:
Brazilian space program
Brazilian National Space Policy ⓘ
linked to:
Brazilian space program
|
| website | https://www.gov.br/aeb ⓘ |
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: Brazilian Space Agency Description of subject: The Brazilian Space Agency is Brazil’s national civil space organization responsible for coordinating the country’s space activities, including satellite development, space research, and international cooperation.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Brazilian Space Agency
linked to: Brazilian Space Agency