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by Rebelgecko 3061 days ago
It's not that elliptical (at least not for another 5 hours or so when burns resume)
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It is quite elliptical. Right now the second stage is in GTO, with an apogee of 7000km and perigee (presumably) of ~200 or so. When it arrives at apogee, it'll reignite and go hyperbolic, onto a trajectory that escapes the Earth's SOI - then it will no longer be in Earth orbit.