By the time Space Exploration Technologies' (SpaceX) Falcon 9 rocket deposited a Dragon cargo capsule into orbit 10 minutes after liftoff March 1, its small, telltale smoke plume had all but disappeared from Central Florida's skies. A more lasting sign of the fast-growing, privately owned firm's success can be found in its launch manifest, which in addition to 10 more supply runs to the international space station includes science missions for the Canadian Space Agency, Argentina and NASA, two flights for the U.S. Air Force and 20 flights for communications satellite operators Iridium, Intelsat, Orbcomm, Space Systems/Loral, SES and AsiaSat, among others. "Every commercial launch that was competed last year in the Falcon 9 class, SpaceX won," said Gwynne Shotwell, president of the 3,000-employee, Hawthorne, Calif-based firm.
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机译：3月1日升空10分钟后，太空探索技术公司（SpaceX）的Falcon 9火箭将一只Dragon货舱降落入了轨道，它那小小的，讲故事的烟羽几乎从佛罗里达州中部的天空中消失了。快速发展的私营公司成功的一个更持久的迹象可以在其发射清单中找到，该清单除了向国际空间站提供了另外10笔供应外，还包括对加拿大航天局，阿根廷和NASA的科学飞行，两次飞行适用于美国空军，以及20架通讯卫星运营商，分别用于铱星，Intelsat，Orbcomm，Space Systems / Loral，SES和AsiaSat等。这家拥有3000名员工，总部位于加州霍桑的公司总裁格温妮·肖特韦尔（Gwynne Shotwell）表示：“去年在猎鹰9级竞赛中进行的每一次商业发射，SpaceX均获胜。”
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