$50 million
Not having the means, or the money, to build it, and/or launch it into orbit. Satellites are expensive to build and to launch into orbit. A great many countries just can not afford the price tag.
France was the third country to build and launch both its own satellite and rocket into space (Diamant rocket, Astérix satellite, November 26, 1965). The United Kingdom was the third country to have a satellite launched into space (Ariel, April 26th, 1962), but this satellite was built and launched by the United States. Canada was the third country to build its own satellite, but it was launched by the United State (Alouette 1 sept 29 1962).
An Indian teenager has won an international competition to build a functioning satellite, and not only has he produced what is reportedly the world's lightest satellite device - NASA has also agreed to launch it next month.
To build up water in a controlled area, and generate electricity off of them.
There are some books that people can purchase to show them how to build a satellite dish. One of these books is called Scroungers Guide to Satellite TV.
Russian scientists worked together to build the first satellite
Sputnik I was launched by Soviet Union on October 4,1957. The world's first artificial satellite was about the size of the football. Answer The idea was first suggested in 1954 by Korolev, and development started in early 1956, so it took about a year and a half to build until launch in 1957.
The sputniks themselves - not much. They were rather crude devices with a limited ability. But they proved that we could build stuff that worked in space, and launch them there. This opened the road for space exploration, and the more widely useful satellites like weather satellites, Communications satellites, satellite television satellite navigation and such.
NASA did not build Sputnik. Sputnik was a Russian satellite, not an American one.The Soviets have not released any information about how long it took to design and build the satellite.
Build a catapult. Launch things at them.
In Cuba.
Poland