Follow the $$$

[Titanium]

https://arstechnica.com/space/2023/...illion-payday-after-clearing-c-band-spectrum/

 

[comfortably_numb]

I guess that explains why SES-3 has got to go.

 

[N6BY]

The FCC got most of the money - $80 billion according to that article (less the $9 billion paid back to the satellite operators).