Shuttle Imaging Radar-B
E230069
Shuttle Imaging Radar-B was a spaceborne synthetic aperture radar instrument flown on the Space Shuttle to study Earth's surface and environmental features through all-weather, day-and-night imaging.
All labels observed (10)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2053992 — 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: Shuttle Imaging Radar-B Context triple: [STS-41-G, carriedPayload, Shuttle Imaging Radar-B]
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A.
Terra satellite
Terra is a flagship NASA Earth observation satellite that carries multiple instruments to monitor the planet’s climate, land, oceans, and atmosphere from polar orbit.
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B.
RADARSAT-2
RADARSAT-2 is a Canadian Earth observation satellite equipped with advanced synthetic aperture radar (SAR) technology used for environmental monitoring, resource management, and surveillance.
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C.
Cross-track Infrared Sounder
The Cross-track Infrared Sounder is a high-resolution infrared spectrometer used on U.S. weather satellites to measure atmospheric temperature and moisture profiles for improved weather forecasting and climate monitoring.
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D.
ALOS Earth observation satellites
ALOS Earth observation satellites are Japanese remote-sensing spacecraft designed to collect high-resolution imagery and data for mapping, disaster monitoring, and environmental observation.
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E.
Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite
The Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) is a key Earth-observing sensor that collects high-resolution visible and infrared imagery for weather, climate, ocean, and environmental monitoring from polar-orbiting satellites.
- 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: Shuttle Imaging Radar-B Target entity description: Shuttle Imaging Radar-B was a spaceborne synthetic aperture radar instrument flown on the Space Shuttle to study Earth's surface and environmental features through all-weather, day-and-night imaging.
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A.
Terra satellite
Terra is a flagship NASA Earth observation satellite that carries multiple instruments to monitor the planet’s climate, land, oceans, and atmosphere from polar orbit.
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B.
RADARSAT-2
RADARSAT-2 is a Canadian Earth observation satellite equipped with advanced synthetic aperture radar (SAR) technology used for environmental monitoring, resource management, and surveillance.
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C.
Cross-track Infrared Sounder
The Cross-track Infrared Sounder is a high-resolution infrared spectrometer used on U.S. weather satellites to measure atmospheric temperature and moisture profiles for improved weather forecasting and climate monitoring.
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D.
ALOS Earth observation satellites
ALOS Earth observation satellites are Japanese remote-sensing spacecraft designed to collect high-resolution imagery and data for mapping, disaster monitoring, and environmental observation.
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E.
Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite
The Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) is a key Earth-observing sensor that collects high-resolution visible and infrared imagery for weather, climate, ocean, and environmental monitoring from polar-orbiting satellites.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Earth observation instrument
ⓘ
Space Shuttle payload ⓘ spaceborne synthetic aperture radar instrument ⓘ |
| alternateName | SIR-B ⓘ |
| capability |
all-weather imaging
ⓘ
day-and-night imaging ⓘ |
| countryOfOperator |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| dataType | radar imagery ⓘ |
| dataUsedBy |
environmental scientists
ⓘ
geologists ⓘ oceanographers ⓘ |
| flownOnMission |
STS-41G
ⓘ
linked to:
STS-41-G
|
| followedBy |
Shuttle Imaging Radar-C
ⓘ
linked to:
Shuttle Imaging Radar-B
|
| frequencyBand | L-band ⓘ |
| hostSpacecraft | Space Shuttle orbiter ⓘ |
| imagingMode |
side-looking radar
ⓘ
synthetic aperture ⓘ |
| landingDate | 1984-10-13 ⓘ |
| launchDate | 1984-10-05 ⓘ |
| launchVehicle | Space Shuttle Challenger ⓘ |
| missionDuration | about 8 days ⓘ |
| notableFeature | first spaceborne SAR with variable incidence angle capability ⓘ |
| objective |
demonstrate advanced spaceborne SAR techniques
ⓘ
investigate ocean surface phenomena ⓘ map large-scale geologic structures ⓘ study soil moisture and vegetation ⓘ |
| operatedOn | Space Shuttle Challenger ⓘ |
| orbits | low Earth orbit ⓘ |
| partOf |
Spaceborne Imaging Radar program
ⓘ
linked to:
Shuttle Imaging Radar-B
|
| polarizationModes |
HH
ⓘ
HV ⓘ VH ⓘ VV ⓘ |
| precededBy |
Shuttle Imaging Radar-A
ⓘ
linked to:
Shuttle Imaging Radar-B
|
| program | NASA Space Shuttle imaging radar experiments ⓘ |
| repeatPassCapability | yes ⓘ |
| sensorType | L-band synthetic aperture radar ⓘ |
| spaceAgency | NASA ⓘ |
| swathWidth | approximately 50 kilometers ⓘ |
| usedFor |
Earth surface imaging
ⓘ
environmental monitoring ⓘ geological studies ⓘ hydrological studies ⓘ land use mapping ⓘ oceanographic studies ⓘ |
| wavelength | approximately 23.5 centimeters ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Shuttle Imaging Radar-B Description of subject: Shuttle Imaging Radar-B was a spaceborne synthetic aperture radar instrument flown on the Space Shuttle to study Earth's surface and environmental features through all-weather, day-and-night imaging.
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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