INSAT-4B
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INSAT-4B is an Indian communications satellite in the INSAT series, used primarily for telecommunications, broadcasting, and meteorological services.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| INSAT-4B canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2373104 — 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-4B Context triple: [INSAT series, hasMember, INSAT-4B]
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A.
INSAT-4A
INSAT-4A is an Indian communications satellite in the INSAT series, used primarily for telecommunications and broadcasting services.
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B.
INSAT-3B
INSAT-3B is an Indian communications satellite in the INSAT series used for telecommunication, broadcasting, and meteorological services.
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C.
INSAT-1B
INSAT-1B was an early Indian multipurpose geostationary satellite used for telecommunications, broadcasting, and meteorological services as part of the INSAT program.
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D.
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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E.
INSAT-3E
INSAT-3E is an Indian communications satellite in the INSAT series used primarily for telecommunication and broadcasting services.
- 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-4B Target entity description: INSAT-4B is an Indian communications satellite in the INSAT series, used primarily for telecommunications, broadcasting, and meteorological services.
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A.
INSAT-4A
INSAT-4A is an Indian communications satellite in the INSAT series, used primarily for telecommunications and broadcasting services.
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B.
INSAT-3B
INSAT-3B is an Indian communications satellite in the INSAT series used for telecommunication, broadcasting, and meteorological services.
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C.
INSAT-1B
INSAT-1B was an early Indian multipurpose geostationary satellite used for telecommunications, broadcasting, and meteorological services as part of the INSAT program.
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D.
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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E.
INSAT-3E
INSAT-3E is an Indian communications satellite in the INSAT series used primarily for telecommunication and broadcasting services.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
artificial satellite
ⓘ
communications satellite ⓘ geostationary satellite ⓘ |
| abbreviation |
INSAT
ⓘ
linked to:
INSAT series
|
| agency |
Department of Space, Government of India
ⓘ
linked to:
Department of Space (India)
|
| belongsToProgramme |
Indian National Satellite System
ⓘ
linked to:
INSAT series
|
| callsign | INSAT-4B ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | India ⓘ |
| coverageArea |
India
ⓘ
South Asia ⓘ |
| followedBy | INSAT-4CR ⓘ |
| launchDate |
12 March 2007
ⓘ
2007-03-12 ⓘ |
| launchMass | approximately 3025 kg ⓘ |
| launchServiceProvider | Arianespace ⓘ |
| launchSite |
Guiana Space Centre
ⓘ
Kourou ⓘ |
| launchVehicle | Ariane 5 ⓘ |
| manufacturer |
ISRO Satellite Centre
ⓘ
Indian Space Research Organisation ⓘ |
| missionType |
communications
ⓘ
meteorology ⓘ |
| operator |
ISRO
ⓘ
linked to:
Indian Space Research Organisation
Indian Space Research Organisation ⓘ |
| orbitalLongitude | 93.5° East ⓘ |
| orbitRegime | geostationary orbit ⓘ |
| orbitType | GEO ⓘ |
| partOfSeries | INSAT series ⓘ |
| powerSource | solar panels ⓘ |
| precededBy | INSAT-4A ⓘ |
| program |
INSAT-4 series
ⓘ
linked to:
INSAT series
|
| purpose |
VSAT communications
ⓘ
broadcasting ⓘ direct-to-home television ⓘ meteorological services ⓘ telecommunications ⓘ |
| spacecraftBus | I-3K ⓘ |
| spacecraftType | communications satellite ⓘ |
| status | operational ⓘ |
| transponderBand |
C-band
ⓘ
Ku-band ⓘ |
| usedFor |
data transmission
ⓘ
meteorological data relay ⓘ telephony ⓘ television broadcasting ⓘ |
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-4B Description of subject: INSAT-4B is an Indian communications satellite in the INSAT series, used primarily for telecommunications, broadcasting, and meteorological services.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.