> Are there not processes in place, with the FCC?
The impartiality of those processes is a bit in question when the prime mover here is so far in bed with the executive that he gets to go up on stage during inauguration to sieg a few heils.
(And is then given a free hand to fire whomever he wants from the federal government.)
SpaceX has launched satellite under a previous government and even got them to fund deployment.
The ITU has also approved SpaceX actions.