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by Animats 3807 days ago
Space-X does have a problem with launch rate. They have a backlog of 50 launch orders and are about two years behind. They stopped posting future launch dates on their web site last year; comparing old launch manifests with new ones made their slip rate too clear.

The plan was to open their Brownsville TX launch facility this year, but they've having foundation problems and may slip to 2018.[1]

The first Falcon Heavy is supposed to launch this spring/summer. That will be a major milestone. Nobody has launched anything that big since the Saturn V.

[1] http://www.krgv.com/story/30994915/foundation-problems-delay...

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> They stopped posting future launch dates on their web site last year;

The people at Wikipedia have added up between 20 and 30 launches scheduled for 2016. But obviously lack of an official list makes is speculative.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Falcon_9_and_Falcon_He...