Maxar Technologies
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Maxar Technologies is an American space technology and intelligence company known for providing high-resolution Earth imagery, geospatial data, and satellite solutions to government and commercial customers.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Maxar Technologies canonical | 12 |
| DigitalGlobe | 1 |
| Maxar | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3516682 — 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: Maxar Technologies Context triple: [C. Robert Kehler, boardMemberOf, Maxar Technologies]
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A.
Northrop Grumman Space Technology
Northrop Grumman Space Technology was a major aerospace and defense division of Northrop Grumman specializing in space systems, satellites, and related technologies.
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B.
Astra Space
Astra Space is an American aerospace company focused on developing small, cost-effective launch vehicles to provide frequent, flexible access to low Earth orbit for small satellites.
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C.
Sierra Nevada Corporation
Sierra Nevada Corporation is a U.S. aerospace and defense contractor known for developing advanced space systems, including the Dream Chaser spaceplane, and providing technology solutions to government and commercial customers.
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D.
Nexter Systems
Nexter Systems is a French defense company specializing in the design and manufacture of military land systems, including armored vehicles, artillery, and ammunition.
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E.
L3Harris Technologies
L3Harris Technologies is a major American defense and aerospace technology company specializing in advanced communications, surveillance, and mission systems for military, government, and commercial customers.
- 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: Maxar Technologies Target entity description: Maxar Technologies is an American space technology and intelligence company known for providing high-resolution Earth imagery, geospatial data, and satellite solutions to government and commercial customers.
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A.
Northrop Grumman Space Technology
Northrop Grumman Space Technology was a major aerospace and defense division of Northrop Grumman specializing in space systems, satellites, and related technologies.
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B.
Astra Space
Astra Space is an American aerospace company focused on developing small, cost-effective launch vehicles to provide frequent, flexible access to low Earth orbit for small satellites.
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C.
Sierra Nevada Corporation
Sierra Nevada Corporation is a U.S. aerospace and defense contractor known for developing advanced space systems, including the Dream Chaser spaceplane, and providing technology solutions to government and commercial customers.
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D.
Nexter Systems
Nexter Systems is a French defense company specializing in the design and manufacture of military land systems, including armored vehicles, artillery, and ammunition.
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E.
L3Harris Technologies
L3Harris Technologies is a major American defense and aerospace technology company specializing in advanced communications, surveillance, and mission systems for military, government, and commercial customers.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
geospatial intelligence company
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public company ⓘ satellite imagery provider ⓘ space technology company ⓘ |
| country |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| formerName |
MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd.
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linked to:
MDA (MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates)
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| foundedAs |
MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd.
ⓘ
linked to:
MDA (MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates)
|
| hasBusinessModel |
business-to-business
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business-to-government ⓘ |
| hasCustomerType |
commercial customers
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government customers ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation |
Westminster, Colorado, United States
ⓘ
linked to:
Westminster, Colorado
|
| industry |
geospatial intelligence
ⓘ
remote sensing ⓘ satellite communications ⓘ space technology ⓘ |
| listedOn | New York Stock Exchange ⓘ |
| notableClient |
NASA
ⓘ
U.S. Department of Defense ⓘ
linked to:
Department of Defense
U.S. intelligence community ⓘ
linked to:
United States Intelligence Community
United States government ⓘ |
| operates |
Earth observation satellites
ⓘ
commercial imaging satellites ⓘ |
| product |
GeoEye satellite imagery
ⓘ
WorldView satellite imagery ⓘ geospatial analytics platforms ⓘ satellite buses ⓘ space robotics systems ⓘ |
| provides |
geospatial analytics
ⓘ
geospatial data ⓘ high-resolution Earth imagery ⓘ satellite solutions ⓘ space infrastructure services ⓘ |
| shortName |
Maxar
ⓘ
linked to:
Maxar Technologies
|
| specializesIn |
geospatial intelligence solutions
ⓘ
high-resolution satellite imagery ⓘ satellite communications payloads ⓘ satellite manufacturing ⓘ space robotics ⓘ |
| subsidiary |
DigitalGlobe
ⓘ
linked to:
Maxar Technologies
MDA ⓘ SSL ⓘ |
| tickerSymbol | MAXR ⓘ |
| usedFor |
defense and intelligence applications
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disaster response ⓘ energy and natural resources exploration ⓘ environmental monitoring ⓘ infrastructure planning ⓘ mapping and cartography ⓘ |
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: Maxar Technologies Description of subject: Maxar Technologies is an American space technology and intelligence company known for providing high-resolution Earth imagery, geospatial data, and satellite solutions to government and commercial customers.
Referenced by (14)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
General C. Robert Kehler
linked to: Maxar Technologies
linked to: Maxar Technologies