I have two uplink stations, I just built two satellites, and I have two already launched. It kept telling me I needed more uplinks to launch satellites, so I did, now it says I need satellites, but I just built them.

Am I missing something?

I assume the satellites have finished building.

Things take 3 weeks to make. Uplinks, conversely, take just over a week.

What?

Could you be a little more clear?

Perhaps you need to wait, satellites take 20 days to complete, and until then you can not launch them.

Not sure exactly, but I finally figured out how to get more uplinks, built those and then the satellites. Took a bit but it worked out. Probably just have to wait until they are finished.

You can actually build the satellites in advance and save a considerable amount of time. You can't launch them but they are ready for you when you get your uplink up. Pretty important thing that the game never tells you, satellites take forever to build and I thought I had to make the uplink/nexus before I could make them.