Slow and steady wins the race
Better to take their time and check and recheck than having the satellite end up in the Baltic Sea like their 2001 test did.
http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=10214315&BRD=1395&PAG=461&dept_id=216620&rfi=6
While I am here, what has happened to Team Encounter's solar sail plans? Will I ever get my DNA into space so it can be cloned millions of years from now by advanced aliens?
Their Web site has been "temporarily unavailable" for quite a while now.
http://www.teamencounter.com/