User blog comment:MeDeoPal/Assassin's Creed IV Story Ideas (Ye Be Warned Of Ye Spoilers)/@comment-5613267-20121108002405/@comment-3046679-20121108004213

They have Al's map, so most likely yes. It's one of the AC3's "convenient" plotholes, nobody seemed to even care about mind-control satelite Abstergo -will- launch now, given they don't need to worry about the solar flare anymore.