query_space_satellite_filings_v1

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Query the verified FCC satellite licensing docket — every space-station (SAT) filing in the FCC's own daily IBFS database dump, back to the 1960s — by applicant, application type, status, and filing date. Use this for "who is authorized to operate what in orbit, what has been filed, and where does each filing stand" questions — the satellite-buildout licensing pipeline. Each filing carries the FCC's public filing key (`file_number`, e.g. "SATLOA2025061800149"), the `callsign` (e.g. "S3069" = SpaceX Gen2), the application type and status in the FCC's OWN vocabulary — verbatim codes plus the FCC's own decode text from the same dump vintage (`app_type_code` "LOA" = Launch and Operating Authority, "STA" = Special Temporary Authority, "MOD" = Modification; `status_code` "A/C" = Action Complete, "ATPN" = Action Taken Public Notice — codebooks in describe) — the full lifecycle date family (filed / granted / expires / …), the FCC's plain-English `description` of the filing, and the applicant identity (`applicant_name`, the FCC's verbatim registrant, e.g. "Space Exploration Holdings, LLC"). Filter by `applicant_name`, `app_type_code`, `status_code`, `callsign`, `file_number`, `state` (the APPLICANT's address state), `applicant_country`, `report_period` (the filing date) via `report_period_from`/`report_period_to`, or `date_grant`/`date_expire` ranges. Group by any of `applicant_name`, `app_type_code`, `status_code`, `state`, `applicant_country`. Pass each parameter as a top-level key of `params` (flat — not nested under a `filter`, `filters`, or `where` key). Example: `{"applicant_name": "Space Exploration Holdings, LLC", "group_by": ["app_type_code"]}` for one operator's filing mix; `{"report_period_from": "2020-01-01", "group_by": ["applicant_name"], "order_by": "source_record_count", "top_n": 10}` for the most active filers of the 2020s. Returns JSON aggregates with citations and optional row-level records when `include_records` is true — every record cites its exact row in the FCC's dump, re-verifiable via get_source_evidence_v1. THE ENGRAVED BOUNDARY: new-filing intake into IBFS structurally ENDED at the FCC's ICFS system cutover (~mid-2025), and ICFS publishes no bulk data — so filings SUBMITTED after the cutover are not in this docket, and counts near/after 2025 UNDERCOUNT new filing activity (say so when answering; every response carries an icfs_cutover note). Status and lifecycle updates on the filings that ARE here continue to flow daily. A filing is an authorization EVENT: never a satellite count (one NGSO grant can cover thousands of satellites), never an orbital catalog (satellites in orbit are not served here), never launch activity (FAA data, not served here). `state`/`applicant_city` are the APPLICANT's mailing address — satellites are not in states. Earth stations (SES) and non-satellite FCC dockets are out of scope. The one measure is `source_record_count` (filings in scope).