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How can Leo, as acceleration, exceed the speed? Acceleration is not measured in km/s.

The unit of acceleration in the International System of Units (SI) is meters per second squared (m/s2). If I made a mistake, it was only in the notation.
For example, near the Earth, a body falling to Earth, when air resistance can be neglected, increases its speed by approximately 9.8 m/s each second, that is, its acceleration is approximately 9.8 m/s². And I converted it to km/s to have fewer zeros. But the main point here is about elephants, the main subject of discussion is elephants-astronauts launched into orbit against their will.