tensorust/satellite-earth-station-expirations-sample

Satellite Earth Station Licenses: free sample (Tensorust LLC)

35,910 FCC international bureau authorizations (earth stations, satellites, cable landings, Section 214) with expiry dates and flags for the 215 in force that lapse within 12 months.

Headline: An FCC earth station or space station authorization that is not renewed before it expires lapses, and the public ICFS table is the only place the dates sit.

This repository is a free teaser, not the dataset. It holds 25 example rows and a summary table with no names in it. The full file has 35,910 rows and is sold by Tensorust LLC: https://tensorust.com/datasets/satellite-earth-station-expirations/.

Files here

file	what it is
sample.csv	25 rows of the full file (the same sample shown on tensorust.com)
summary_by_applicant_state.csv	row counts by applicant state across the full file, no entity names (groups with fewer than 3 rows are folded into "Other")

Summary by applicant state (largest groups)

Applicant state	rows
CA	7,302
(blank)	3,012
DC	2,879
NY	1,957
VA	1,896
MO	1,887
TX	1,844
FL	1,765
PA	1,197
GA	1,168
MD	896
CO	844
TOTAL	35,910

Full table: summary_by_applicant_state.csv.

What the full file has

• 35,910 rows
• Key fields: call_sign, subsystem, subsystem_desc, type, licensee_name, licensee_frn, callsign_status, latest_filing_number, latest_filing_filing_type, latest_filing_state
• Parquet and CSV, a README with sources, method and limits, and the build script
• Free 25-row sample (no personal contact data)

Coverage: All ICFS call signs with a subsystem: 26,787 satellite earth stations, 7,160 international Section 214, 1,151 US space stations, 470 non-US space stations with market access, 257 submarine cable landings and smaller classes; 14,381 legacy call signs with no filing left out. ICFS fetched Nov 5 2026; built Nov 6 2026.

Columns in the full file

column	meaning
call_sign	ICFS call sign or authorization id and subsystem
subsystem	ICFS call sign or authorization id and subsystem
subsystem_desc	ICFS call sign or authorization id and subsystem
type	ICFS call sign or authorization id and subsystem
licensee_name	Licensee and FCC Registration Number
licensee_frn	Licensee and FCC Registration Number
callsign_status	ICFS call sign status
latest_filing_number	Latest filing on the call sign (state Current = in force)
latest_filing_filing_type	Latest filing on the call sign (state Current = in force)
latest_filing_state	Latest filing on the call sign (state Current = in force)
latest_filing_status	Latest filing on the call sign (state Current = in force)
latest_filing_grant_date	Dates and days from Nov 6 2026 to expiry
latest_filing_expiration_date	Dates and days from Nov 6 2026 to expiry
latest_filing_submission_date	Dates and days from Nov 6 2026 to expiry
days_to_expiry	Dates and days from Nov 6 2026 to expiry
in_force	Renewal flags
expires_within_12m	Renewal flags
expires_within_24m	Renewal flags
expired_but_current	Renewal flags
applicant_city	Applicant location (no street, phone, email or contact name)
applicant_state	Applicant location (no street, phone, email or contact name)
applicant_country	Applicant location (no street, phone, email or contact name)
operator_current_authorizations	In-force authorizations for the same FRN
ontology_org_id	Tensorust Ontology Organization
icfs_sys_id	ICFS record id

Get the full file

tier	price	includes
Expirations file	$750	All 35,910 authorizations with expiry dates and renewal flags, plus the 404 in force expiring within 24 months as a ranked list.
Monthly renewal watch	$3,600 a year	Rebuilt monthly from ICFS, with new grants, renewals filed and authorizations entering the 12-month window flagged.
Counsel license	$9,600 a year	Weekly refresh, watchlist of your clients' or targets' FRNs, history of filings per call sign, and internal use across a firm.

Email mattbusel@tensorust.com with the tier and a billing contact, and we will send a proper invoice (ACH or card). The file is delivered once the invoice is paid. Details and the live sample: https://tensorust.com/datasets/satellite-earth-station-expirations/. All datasets: https://tensorust.com/datasets/

Method and limits

Keep ICFS call signs that carry a subsystem. Take the latest filing's state (Current means in force) and expiration date. Flag in-force authorizations expiring within 12 and 24 months of Nov 6 2026 and current filings already past expiry. Drop phone, email, street and contact name.

Not the FCC's own current-authorization report (that needs a login); the in-force test rebuilds it from the public table and may differ. Not a renewal filing service. Receive-only registrations are included only where ICFS lists them.

Sources

• FCC ICFS public table x_fmc_ibfs_callsign, https://fccprod.servicenowservices.com/icfs, fetched Nov 5 2026
• Tensorust Ontology organization objects

License

The sample and summary here are free to view, analyze and cite with attribution to "Tensorust LLC, https://tensorust.com/datasets/satellite-earth-station-expirations/". The full dataset is licensed separately per tier. No resale or redistribution of Tensorust data without a written license.

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