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There have been news about most of these. In general, they're all late. SpaceX was the last I saw that publicly stated the problem was harder than they expected
by shaklee3 8y ago
There have been news about most of these. In general, they're all late. SpaceX was the last I saw that publicly stated the problem was harder than they expected, and it will be delayed an unknown amount.
- imglorp 8y agoThey launched a couple of test articles 4 months ago. One might expect they're taking data and iterating. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16438716#16439996 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16438716#16439996
- shaklee3 8y agoThey originally said they were launching the constellation back in 2019. New estimates as of yesterday say the first 800 in 2020/2021. Not to mention they have to launch half within 6 years to retain their license from the FCC. And Boeing's Leo looks like it was cancelled/never started: http://spacenews.com/boeing-constellation-stalled-spacex-constellation-progressing/ http://spacenews.com/boeing-constellation-stalled-spacex-con...