“One theory put forth by Peter B. de Selding, editor of SpaceIntelReport, is that this may be some kind of push back from NOAA because SpaceX did not have a proper license for the cameras on the Falcon Heavy’s Starman launch, which showed a mannequin in a red Tesla in Earth orbit for several hours. At the same time, in recent weeks, both President Trump and the Commerce Department Secretary Wilbur Ross have praised SpaceX for that launch and the views from Starman, so it’s difficult to see this as some kind of top-down punishment for the company.”—Eric Berger
That’s the exact theory I espoused on reddit. Selding probably ripped it off from my post.