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Re:SpaceX successfully deploys the Star man by teraflop on Tuesday February 06, 2018 @04:33PM (#16320017)
I think you're correct. At stage 2 cutoff, they were showing a speed of ~26,000 km/h, which is approximately orbital velocity, not escape velocity.
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Re:SpaceX successfully deploys the Star man by Klathmon on Tuesday February 06, 2018 @04:56PM (#16320257)
Although I'm not fully correct. Mr. Musk just tweeted this:

>Upper stage restart nominal, apogee raised to 7000 km. Will spend 5 hours getting zapped in Van Allen belts & then attempt final burn for Mars.

https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/960988527159795712

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