You ALWAYS try to dance around things. SpaceX controls their own rockets. They lease launch facilities currently, but are building their own in Texas which is to be open next year. Also, they aren't the only players. NASA does NOT control all space launches. They don't even control MOST space launches.
One question, Tom - why would DirecTV spend millions on launching a satellite that their business depends on knowing it would fail and they couldn't provide their service??
SpaceX needs to follow the instructions of its customer, NASA. If NASA says that they wants ultimate control, then NASA gets ultimate control.
Why are you bringing up a contractor who has to follow the instructions of its boss as some kind of proof that the boss is innocent?
OMG - Stick with me here, DirecTV
can't operate without satellites!!! If they pay someone to launch their satellite into space,
it has to get there or they have no service to offer their customers!!! There is no faking that. NASA can't fake DirecTV or Sirius radio, or any other commercial enterprise that relies on the satellites they build.
Now for the kicker, NASA didn't launch or control any of DirecTV's satellites.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DirecTV_satellite_fleet They used European launch vehicles! (Russian and French)
That is what a win looks like, Tom. Logic and backing proof. You say yourself that there is no conspiracy.