When designer Calvin Teoh decided to make a James Bond-themed costume for a Halloween party, he cooked up something a bit more interesting than a tuxedo and a British accent. He made himself a cardboard Nintendo 64 cartridge and showed up dressed as the GoldenEye game.

If you've already got the white cat, the diamond-powered laser, and the army of henchpersons, all you need to complete your villainous lifestyle is a satellite tracking station to call home. The Jamesburg Earth Station could be yours for just under $3 million.

Today, a satellite was involved in your life. Whether you checked a weather report, watched SportsCenter or looked for your mom's house on Google Maps, you did something that would have been impossible without an automated spacecraft orbiting hundreds of miles above your head. But how many of these satellites do you…