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6gvONxR4sf7o
2637 days ago
Orbits are periodic. If it is boosted up, it'll come back down. Orbital decay will still happen.
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delinka
2637 days ago
Eventually.
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natch
2637 days ago
Yeah it will come down... nobody is disputing that. The worry is that in the meantime it could hit some other satellite, causing more debris. Yes the likelihood is vanishingly small. But the consequences of an unlucky event could be large.
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