You're off by orders of magnitude what "reasonably pricey" on means in this context. For reference, the US plans to spend about 7 million per day over the next

You're off by orders of magnitude what "reasonably pricey" on means in this context. For reference, the US plans to spend about 7 million per day over the next five years to build new satellite systems. https://spacenews.com/dod-satcom-big-money-for-military-satellites-slow-shift-to-commercial-services/ https://spacenews.com/dod-satcom-big-money-for-military-sate...