The satellite has been up for years. The test firing is whenever they press a button.
And they give a shit because the UK is making serious noises about tightening up on money laundering - I mean FFS one of our own lawmakers has been implicated in taking russian cash for putting down amendments - that's basically Russian cash paying for UK laws - it's huge. And it will make it harder for Russian money to move in London.
The whole and only reason Brexit was pushed through was because they wanted to avoid tightening up on money laundering. It's literally the City of London's business model and the EU were making regulatory noises.
They are political establishment "Leavers" like ex-trader Farage in this context. There is a whole load of investment and banking money behind the Leave movement.
