Disabling auto-launch of satellites/mines/fighters/drones? Boosting Tactical Combat

Ships with Satellite Bays and with satellites in their cargo automatically launch them in Tactical Combat even when I disable "autotargeting/moving". I developed SE IV tactics that relied on me being able to decide where to launch satellites in tactical combat and would like to replicate them someday in SE V. At present, the 'Launch Units' command is useless as the computer decides to do it automatically as fast as possible.

On the subject of Tactical combat... would it be possible in a distant future patch to allow task forces to change formation mid-combat? Maybe not change which ships are Core, Escort and Picket, but the positionings of them. Of further use would be telling ships to slow down to stick to formation, but I can live without this if it would slow down Tactical combat that much further.