INSAT-3A
E282044
INSAT-3A is an Indian multipurpose geostationary satellite used for telecommunications, television broadcasting, meteorology, and search-and-rescue services.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| INSAT-3A canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2373098 — 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: INSAT-3A Context triple: [INSAT series, hasMember, INSAT-3A]
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A.
INSAT-1C
INSAT-1C was an Indian geostationary communications satellite in the first-generation INSAT-1 series, used for telecommunications, broadcasting, and meteorological services.
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B.
INSAT-1D
INSAT-1D was an Indian geostationary meteorological and communications satellite in the first-generation INSAT-1 series, used for weather observation and telecommunication services.
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C.
INSAT-2E
INSAT-2E is an Indian multipurpose geostationary satellite used primarily for telecommunications, meteorology, and broadcasting as part of the INSAT-2 series.
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D.
INSAT-2C
INSAT-2C is an Indian geostationary communications satellite in the INSAT-2 series, used for telecommunications, broadcasting, and meteorological services.
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E.
INSAT-1B
INSAT-1B was an early Indian multipurpose geostationary satellite used for telecommunications, broadcasting, and meteorological services as part of the INSAT program.
- 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: INSAT-3A Target entity description: INSAT-3A is an Indian multipurpose geostationary satellite used for telecommunications, television broadcasting, meteorology, and search-and-rescue services.
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A.
INSAT-1C
INSAT-1C was an Indian geostationary communications satellite in the first-generation INSAT-1 series, used for telecommunications, broadcasting, and meteorological services.
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B.
INSAT-1D
INSAT-1D was an Indian geostationary meteorological and communications satellite in the first-generation INSAT-1 series, used for weather observation and telecommunication services.
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C.
INSAT-2E
INSAT-2E is an Indian multipurpose geostationary satellite used primarily for telecommunications, meteorology, and broadcasting as part of the INSAT-2 series.
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D.
INSAT-2C
INSAT-2C is an Indian geostationary communications satellite in the INSAT-2 series, used for telecommunications, broadcasting, and meteorological services.
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E.
INSAT-1B
INSAT-1B was an early Indian multipurpose geostationary satellite used for telecommunications, broadcasting, and meteorological services as part of the INSAT program.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Indian satellite
ⓘ
communications satellite ⓘ geostationary satellite ⓘ meteorological satellite ⓘ |
| application |
TV broadcasting
ⓘ
disaster warning ⓘ telecom services ⓘ weather monitoring ⓘ |
| band |
C-band
ⓘ
Extended C-band ⓘ Ku-band ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | India ⓘ |
| coversRegion |
Indian Ocean region
ⓘ
linked to:
Indian Ocean Region
Indian subcontinent ⓘ |
| followedBy | INSAT-3C ⓘ |
| inclination | near-zero inclination ⓘ |
| launchContractor | Arianespace ⓘ |
| launchDate | 2003-04-09 ⓘ |
| launchSite |
Guiana Space Centre
ⓘ
Kourou, French Guiana ⓘ
linked to:
Kourou
|
| launchVehicle | Ariane 5 ⓘ |
| launchYear | 2003 ⓘ |
| manufacturer |
ISRO Satellite Centre
ⓘ
Indian Space Research Organisation ⓘ |
| missionType |
communications
ⓘ
meteorology ⓘ search and rescue ⓘ television broadcasting ⓘ |
| operator |
ISRO
ⓘ
linked to:
Indian Space Research Organisation
Indian Space Research Organisation ⓘ |
| orbitRegime | geostationary ⓘ |
| orbitType | geostationary orbit ⓘ |
| partOf | INSAT series ⓘ |
| payload |
communication transponders
ⓘ
data relay transponder ⓘ meteorological imager ⓘ search and rescue transponder ⓘ |
| precededBy | INSAT-3B ⓘ |
| purpose |
meteorology
ⓘ
search and rescue services ⓘ telecommunications ⓘ television broadcasting ⓘ |
| series |
INSAT-3 series
ⓘ
linked to:
INSAT series
|
| spaceAgency | Indian Space Research Organisation ⓘ |
| spacecraftBus | I-3000 bus ⓘ |
| status | operational ⓘ |
| uses | COSPAS-SARSAT system ⓘ |
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: INSAT-3A Description of subject: INSAT-3A is an Indian multipurpose geostationary satellite used for telecommunications, television broadcasting, meteorology, and search-and-rescue services.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.