Yes because most high schools with money to hitch a ride with spacex are in the USA. So they aren't first launches, which is besides the point. The point is tha

Yes because most high schools with money to hitch a ride with spacex are in the USA. So they aren't first launches, which is besides the point. The point is that launching a cubesat is nowhere near the complexity that NASA (or any other real space program) operates at, and it's actually at the level of a US rich high school. This is no detriment to anyone, it's just what it is. I'd say with enough money for the spacex ticket any "tech maker" youtuber has enough sophistication to launch a cubesat too. Also I never mentioned the satellite you reference.