Anik C-2
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Anik C-2 is a Canadian geostationary communications satellite used to provide television, data, and telecommunications services across North America.
All labels observed (2)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9591810 — 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: Anik C-2 Context triple: [Anik C2, hasDesignation, Anik C-2]
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A.
Antonov An-32
The Antonov An-32 is a twin-engine turboprop military transport aircraft designed for hot-and-high operations, widely used for tactical airlift and cargo missions.
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B.
An-24
The An-24 is a twin-turboprop Soviet-built regional airliner and utility transport aircraft widely used for passenger, cargo, and military operations.
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C.
C-21A
The C-21A is a U.S. military transport and medical evacuation aircraft derived from the Learjet 35 business jet.
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D.
C-20
C-20 is the NATO reporting name for the Gulfstream C-20, a military transport and VIP aircraft derived from the Gulfstream III business jet.
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E.
Antonov An-72
The Antonov An-72 is a Soviet-designed short takeoff and landing (STOL) transport aircraft known for its distinctive overwing engine configuration and use in both military and civilian roles.
- 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: Anik C-2 Target entity description: Anik C-2 is a Canadian geostationary communications satellite used to provide television, data, and telecommunications services across North America.
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A.
Antonov An-32
The Antonov An-32 is a twin-engine turboprop military transport aircraft designed for hot-and-high operations, widely used for tactical airlift and cargo missions.
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B.
An-24
The An-24 is a twin-turboprop Soviet-built regional airliner and utility transport aircraft widely used for passenger, cargo, and military operations.
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C.
C-21A
The C-21A is a U.S. military transport and medical evacuation aircraft derived from the Learjet 35 business jet.
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D.
C-20
C-20 is the NATO reporting name for the Gulfstream C-20, a military transport and VIP aircraft derived from the Gulfstream III business jet.
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E.
Antonov An-72
The Antonov An-72 is a Soviet-designed short takeoff and landing (STOL) transport aircraft known for its distinctive overwing engine configuration and use in both military and civilian roles.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
communications satellite
ⓘ
geostationary satellite ⓘ |
| apogee | 35794 km ⓘ |
| belongsToProgram | Anik program ⓘ |
| callsign |
Anik C2
ⓘ
linked to:
Anik C-2
|
| category |
Canadian satellite
ⓘ
commercial satellite ⓘ telecommunications satellite ⓘ |
| COSPARId | 1991-002B ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Canada ⓘ |
| epochOfData | 1991 ⓘ |
| inclination | 0.0 degrees ⓘ |
| launchCountry |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| launchDate | 1991-01-09 ⓘ |
| launchedBy | NASA ⓘ |
| launchSite | Kennedy Space Center ⓘ |
| launchVehicle | Space Shuttle Discovery ⓘ |
| locatedInOrbitOver | Americas ⓘ |
| manufacturer | Hughes Aircraft Company ⓘ |
| missionType | communications ⓘ |
| NORADId | 21054 ⓘ |
| operatedBy | Telesat Canada ⓘ |
| operator | Telesat Canada ⓘ |
| orbitalPeriod | 1436.1 minutes ⓘ |
| orbitRegime | geosynchronous ⓘ |
| orbitType | geostationary orbit ⓘ |
| ownedBy | Telesat ⓘ |
| partOfSeries |
Anik satellite series
ⓘ
linked to:
Anik satellites
|
| perigee | 35768 km ⓘ |
| providesServiceType |
business communications
ⓘ
data networking ⓘ television distribution ⓘ |
| purpose | commercial communications ⓘ |
| registration | Canadian satellite registry ⓘ |
| serviceArea |
Canada
ⓘ
Mexico ⓘ North America ⓘ United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| spacecraftBus | HS-601 ⓘ |
| status | retired ⓘ |
| transponderBand |
C-band
ⓘ
Ku-band ⓘ |
| uses |
data communications
ⓘ
telecommunications services ⓘ 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: Anik C-2 Description of subject: Anik C-2 is a Canadian geostationary communications satellite used to provide television, data, and telecommunications services across North America.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
ANIK C2 communications satellite