The Falcon 1 launch last night was mostly successful. A perfect liftoff, first stage burn, staging and second stage ignition. About a minute into the second stage burn the vehicle started “coning” — tumbling around its long axis — and the engine was shut down. So the second stage didn’t quite make it to orbit, but it did get to 300km on a ballistic trajectory.
So while not a completely successful test, it was a pretty good validation for SpaceX.