> it's quite unclear why everyone assumes fed's authority over foreign satellite launches Unless I'm misreading something, I don't think anyone is assuming tha

> it's quite unclear why everyone assumes fed's authority over foreign satellite launches Unless I'm misreading something, I don't think anyone is assuming that (or are you making a deeper point about the dollar as a world reserve currency or something?). For my part, I also don't understand why the FCC has de facto authority for launches (as contrasted to the de jure authority for transmission).