GaoFen 11, launched at 0300 UTC today, is in a 248 x 694 km x 97.4 deg elliptical low Earth orbit.
Per at least one article (from CAST which built the satellite, the elliptical orbit is intentional (a la KH-11? *ahem*).
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Yes, but the article is not super clear - I think still a small chance that it may mean an initial elliptical orbit that is later circularlized; but you're probably correct.
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Is the perigee over the north hemisphere?
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