Arabsat
E223660
Arabsat is a Saudi Arabia-based satellite communications organization that provides television, radio, and broadband services across the Middle East, Africa, and parts of Europe.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Arabsat canonical | 9 |
| Arabsat satellite program | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1979661 — 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: Arabsat Context triple: [Arabsat-6A, operator, Arabsat]
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A.
Arabsat-6A
Arabsat-6A is a high-capacity Saudi communications satellite launched in 2019 to provide television, internet, and telecommunications services across the Middle East, Africa, and Europe.
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B.
Arab League Telecommunications Council
The Arab League Telecommunications Council is a specialized ministerial body of the League of Arab States that coordinates and harmonizes telecommunications and information and communication technology policies among Arab countries.
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C.
Badr Airlines
Badr Airlines is a Sudanese airline that operates passenger and cargo services, primarily based in Khartoum.
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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.
Arab League Broadcasting Union
The Arab League Broadcasting Union is a specialized media organization that coordinates and supports cooperation among Arab radio and television broadcasters across member states.
- 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: Arabsat Target entity description: Arabsat is a Saudi Arabia-based satellite communications organization that provides television, radio, and broadband services across the Middle East, Africa, and parts of Europe.
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A.
Arabsat-6A
Arabsat-6A is a high-capacity Saudi communications satellite launched in 2019 to provide television, internet, and telecommunications services across the Middle East, Africa, and Europe.
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B.
Arab League Telecommunications Council
The Arab League Telecommunications Council is a specialized ministerial body of the League of Arab States that coordinates and harmonizes telecommunications and information and communication technology policies among Arab countries.
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C.
Badr Airlines
Badr Airlines is a Sudanese airline that operates passenger and cargo services, primarily based in Khartoum.
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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.
Arab League Broadcasting Union
The Arab League Broadcasting Union is a specialized media organization that coordinates and supports cooperation among Arab radio and television broadcasters across member states.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
communications satellite operator
ⓘ
satellite communications organization ⓘ |
| broadcastsIn |
C-band
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Ka-band ⓘ Ku-band ⓘ |
| country | Saudi Arabia ⓘ |
| foundedBy | Arab League ⓘ |
| hasBrand | Badr ⓘ |
| hasCustomer |
corporate customers
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government entities ⓘ internet service providers ⓘ radio broadcasters ⓘ telecommunications operators ⓘ television broadcasters ⓘ |
| hasNetworkCoverage |
Middle East and North Africa
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large parts of Africa ⓘ parts of Europe ⓘ |
| hasPurpose |
internet connectivity
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radio distribution ⓘ regional satellite communications ⓘ television distribution ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation |
Riyadh
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Saudi Arabia ⓘ |
| industry |
broadcasting
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satellite communications ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName |
Arabic
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English ⓘ |
| majorShareholder | Saudi Arabia ⓘ |
| operates |
Arabsat satellite fleet
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Arabsat-5 series satellites ⓘ Arabsat-6 series satellites ⓘ Badr satellite series ⓘ |
| ownedBy | Arab League member states ⓘ |
| regionServed |
Africa
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Europe ⓘ Middle East ⓘ |
| service |
VSAT services
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broadband internet ⓘ data services ⓘ direct-to-home television ⓘ radio broadcasting ⓘ satellite capacity leasing ⓘ telecommunications services ⓘ television broadcasting ⓘ |
| serviceArea |
MENA region
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Sub-Saharan Africa ⓘ parts of Europe ⓘ |
| typeOfBusiness | intergovernmental organization ⓘ |
| usesTechnology | geostationary communications satellites ⓘ |
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: Arabsat Description of subject: Arabsat is a Saudi Arabia-based satellite communications organization that provides television, radio, and broadband services across the Middle East, Africa, and parts of Europe.
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Arabsat
subject linked to:
Arabsat-5 series satellites
subject linked to:
Arabsat-5 series satellites
subject linked to:
Arabsat-5 series satellites