SpaceX's Falcon 9 v1.1 launches, delivers 4 sats, and almost returns intact..

[Two Skies]

Pretty impressive effort!  It put 4 (smaller) satellites into orbit simultaneously, and still had enough fuel to perform a controlled re-entry the the atmosphere, although it then had issues and ended up hitting the ocean pretty hard...

Once they iron out the bugs r.e. the controlled re-entry & landing, the cost savings of re-using the first stage will begin to add up.  Go SpaceX!

http://arstechnica.com/science/2013/09/spacex-launches-falcon-9-v1-1-preps-for-reusable-boost-stage/