It orbited Earth several times before heading to the Moon. The maneuver that connected the LEM to the top of the command module happened in Earth orbit.
I thought the reconfiguration happened after the TLI burn and that the S4-B stage did the TLI burn. So technically it’s not in LEO but it at a point in its orbit close to earth. At one point it was in orbit so I guess you could call it an orbital rocket…
It wasn’t an orbital rocket afaik. It went further than orbit, as it traveled to the gravitational influence of the moon and back.
It orbited Earth several times before heading to the Moon. The maneuver that connected the LEM to the top of the command module happened in Earth orbit.
It happened again in lunar orbit
That’s true.
I thought the reconfiguration happened after the TLI burn and that the S4-B stage did the TLI burn. So technically it’s not in LEO but it at a point in its orbit close to earth. At one point it was in orbit so I guess you could call it an orbital rocket…