Hypothetically, let's say a company sold satellite internet gear to people in a country during a time when the internet was not being cracked down on for politi

Hypothetically, let's say a company sold satellite internet gear to people in a country during a time when the internet was not being cracked down on for political reasons. When the "shit goes down", how would the government shut down this service? The satellites could drop all packets during the few minutes they were over the country in question, but what leverage does the oppressive government have over the satellite internet company?