Inmarsat
E408521
Inmarsat is a British satellite telecommunications company that provides global mobile and fixed satellite services for maritime, aviation, government, and enterprise customers.
All labels observed (6)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4046351 — 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: Inmarsat Context triple: [Proton rocket, notableCustomer, Inmarsat]
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A.
Inmarsat Government
Inmarsat Government is a provider of secure, global satellite communications and managed network services to U.S. government and military customers.
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B.
International Telecommunications Satellite Organization
The International Telecommunications Satellite Organization (ITSO) is an intergovernmental organization established to oversee and ensure public service obligations in the global commercial satellite communications system originally developed under the INTELSAT framework.
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C.
Argos satellite system
The Argos satellite system is a global satellite-based data collection and location system used to relay environmental and oceanographic measurements from remote platforms such as Argo floats to data centers.
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D.
Communications Satellite Corporation
Communications Satellite Corporation (COMSAT) was a U.S. government-authorized, publicly owned company established in the 1960s to develop and operate commercial satellite communications systems, notably participating in the creation of the global Intelsat network.
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E.
Iridium satellite system
The Iridium satellite system is a global network of low Earth orbit communication satellites that provides worldwide voice and data coverage, including for remote sensing platforms like Argo floats.
- 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: Inmarsat Target entity description: Inmarsat is a British satellite telecommunications company that provides global mobile and fixed satellite services for maritime, aviation, government, and enterprise customers.
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A.
Inmarsat Government
Inmarsat Government is a provider of secure, global satellite communications and managed network services to U.S. government and military customers.
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B.
International Telecommunications Satellite Organization
The International Telecommunications Satellite Organization (ITSO) is an intergovernmental organization established to oversee and ensure public service obligations in the global commercial satellite communications system originally developed under the INTELSAT framework.
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C.
Argos satellite system
The Argos satellite system is a global satellite-based data collection and location system used to relay environmental and oceanographic measurements from remote platforms such as Argo floats to data centers.
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D.
Communications Satellite Corporation
Communications Satellite Corporation (COMSAT) was a U.S. government-authorized, publicly owned company established in the 1960s to develop and operate commercial satellite communications systems, notably participating in the creation of the global Intelsat network.
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E.
Iridium satellite system
The Iridium satellite system is a global network of low Earth orbit communication satellites that provides worldwide voice and data coverage, including for remote sensing platforms like Argo floats.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
public limited company
ⓘ
satellite telecommunications company ⓘ |
| abbreviation | Inmarsat ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
aviation safety communications
ⓘ
maritime safety communications ⓘ |
| foundedAs |
International Maritime Satellite Organization
ⓘ
linked to:
Inmarsat
|
| hasCustomerBase |
NGOs
ⓘ
airline industry ⓘ energy sector ⓘ government agencies ⓘ shipping industry ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation |
London
ⓘ
linked to:
London, England
|
| industry |
fixed satellite services
ⓘ
mobile satellite services ⓘ satellite telecommunications ⓘ |
| networkType | global satellite network ⓘ |
| notableProduct |
BGAN
ⓘ
FleetBroadband ⓘ
linked to:
VSAT
GX Aviation ⓘ Global Xpress ⓘ Inmarsat-C ⓘ
linked to:
Inmarsat
SwiftBroadband ⓘ |
| offersService |
aircraft connectivity
ⓘ
emergency communications ⓘ satellite internet access ⓘ satellite phone services ⓘ ship connectivity ⓘ |
| operates |
Inmarsat satellite constellation
ⓘ
linked to:
Inmarsat
Ka-band satellite services ⓘ L-band satellite network ⓘ |
| provides |
broadband satellite communications
ⓘ
data communications services ⓘ global fixed satellite services ⓘ global mobile satellite services ⓘ narrowband satellite communications ⓘ safety communications services ⓘ voice communications services ⓘ |
| regulatoryStatus | global mobile satellite operator ⓘ |
| serves |
aviation customers
ⓘ
enterprise customers ⓘ government customers ⓘ maritime customers ⓘ |
| serviceArea | global ⓘ |
| specializesIn |
mission-critical communications
ⓘ
mobile satellite communications for remote areas ⓘ |
| targetMarket | remote and underserved regions ⓘ |
| technology | 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: Inmarsat Description of subject: Inmarsat is a British satellite telecommunications company that provides global mobile and fixed satellite services for maritime, aviation, government, and enterprise customers.
Referenced by (11)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Inmarsat
linked to: Inmarsat
linked to: Inmarsat