I might be wrong but I don't think they have been "launching" any satellite but using transponders of already in orbit satellites. So yes, it is just a matter of deals.
Oh gotcha. Yeah makes sense. Such amazing genius and talent over there at Blockstream!
So what has Roger Ver's camp been dreaming up to expand Bitcoin into the future? Oh yeah, that's right. Changing a single config line in the code to 8mb and calling it revolutionary.
/facepalm