Hot Bird 6
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Hot Bird 6 is a European communications satellite in the Hot Bird series, operated from geostationary orbit to provide television and radio broadcasting services over Europe and surrounding regions.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Hot Bird 6 canonical | 2 |
| Eutelsat Hot Bird 13A | 1 |
| Hot Bird | 1 |
| Hot Bird 13A | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5458656 — 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: Hot Bird 6 Context triple: [Atlas V, firstFlightMission, Hot Bird 6]
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A.
Arabsat-6A
Arabsat-6A is a high-capacity Saudi communications satellite launched in 2019 to provide television, internet, and telecommunications services across the Middle East, Africa, and Europe.
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B.
SBS-4 communications satellite
The SBS-4 communications satellite was a commercial telecommunications spacecraft operated by Satellite Business Systems to provide business-oriented communication services in North America.
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C.
Yahsat
Yahsat is a United Arab Emirates-based satellite communications company providing broadband, broadcast, and government services across the Middle East, Africa, Europe, and Asia.
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D.
PALAPA B1 communications satellite
PALAPA B1 was an Indonesian communications satellite launched in the early 1980s to expand the country's domestic and regional telecommunications capabilities.
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E.
Arabsat
Arabsat is a Saudi Arabia-based satellite communications organization that provides television, radio, and broadband services across the Middle East, Africa, and parts of Europe.
- 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: Hot Bird 6 Target entity description: Hot Bird 6 is a European communications satellite in the Hot Bird series, operated from geostationary orbit to provide television and radio broadcasting services over Europe and surrounding regions.
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A.
Arabsat-6A
Arabsat-6A is a high-capacity Saudi communications satellite launched in 2019 to provide television, internet, and telecommunications services across the Middle East, Africa, and Europe.
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B.
SBS-4 communications satellite
The SBS-4 communications satellite was a commercial telecommunications spacecraft operated by Satellite Business Systems to provide business-oriented communication services in North America.
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C.
Yahsat
Yahsat is a United Arab Emirates-based satellite communications company providing broadband, broadcast, and government services across the Middle East, Africa, Europe, and Asia.
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D.
PALAPA B1 communications satellite
PALAPA B1 was an Indonesian communications satellite launched in the early 1980s to expand the country's domestic and regional telecommunications capabilities.
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E.
Arabsat
Arabsat is a Saudi Arabia-based satellite communications organization that provides television, radio, and broadband services across the Middle East, Africa, and parts of Europe.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
artificial satellite
ⓘ
communications satellite ⓘ geostationary satellite ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Eutelsat Hot Bird 13A
ⓘ
linked to:
Hot Bird 6
Hot Bird 13A ⓘ
linked to:
Hot Bird 6
|
| application |
data transmission
ⓘ
digital television ⓘ |
| belongsToConstellation | Hot Bird constellation ⓘ |
| callsign | Hot Bird 6 ⓘ |
| COSPARId | 2002-041A ⓘ |
| countryOfOperator | France ⓘ |
| coverageArea |
Europe
ⓘ
Middle East ⓘ North Africa ⓘ |
| launchContractor | International Launch Services ⓘ |
| launchCountry |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| launchDate | 2002-08-21 ⓘ |
| launchOutcome | successful ⓘ |
| launchSite |
Cape Canaveral Air Force Station
ⓘ
linked to:
Cape Canaveral Space Force Station
Cape Canaveral, Florida ⓘ
linked to:
Cape Canaveral
|
| launchVehicle | Atlas V 401 ⓘ |
| locatedInOrbitArc | Hot Bird orbital slot at 13°E ⓘ |
| manufacturer | Astrium ⓘ |
| massType | launch mass ⓘ |
| missionDurationDesign | 15 years ⓘ |
| missionType | communications ⓘ |
| NORADId | 27499 ⓘ |
| operator | Eutelsat ⓘ |
| orbitLongitude | 13° East ⓘ |
| orbitRegime | geostationary orbit ⓘ |
| owner | Eutelsat ⓘ |
| powerType | solar panels ⓘ |
| program |
Eutelsat communications satellites
ⓘ
linked to:
Eutelsat
|
| propulsionType |
chemical propulsion
ⓘ
electric propulsion ⓘ |
| purpose |
radio broadcasting
ⓘ
television broadcasting ⓘ |
| regionServed | Europe and surrounding regions ⓘ |
| series |
Hot Bird
ⓘ
linked to:
Hot Bird 6
|
| serviceType |
direct-to-home television
ⓘ
radio distribution ⓘ |
| spacecraftBus |
Eurostar E3000
ⓘ
linked to:
Eurostar e300 trainsets
|
| spacecraftType | Eurostar E3000-based satellite ⓘ |
| telemetryTrackingAndCommandProvider |
Eutelsat control centre
ⓘ
linked to:
Eutelsat
|
| transponderType | Ku-band transponders ⓘ |
| usesFrequencyBand | Ku band ⓘ |
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: Hot Bird 6 Description of subject: Hot Bird 6 is a European communications satellite in the Hot Bird series, operated from geostationary orbit to provide television and radio broadcasting services over Europe and surrounding regions.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Hot Bird 6
linked to: Hot Bird 6
linked to: Hot Bird 6