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by 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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Eventually.
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.