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Tom McHale on 07 Jun 10Cape Canaveral, Florida (CNN) -- Friday's test launch of the Falcon 9 rocket was "essentially a bullseye," SpaceX officials said after the rocket successfully pushed past the earth's atmosphere and deposited a mock-up of its Dragon space capsule in orbit.The successful launch is the latest step toward commercial space ventures that could eventually ferry astronauts and cargo to the international space station.