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[-] Olgratin_Magmatoe@slrpnk.net 5 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

The lower your orbit, the quicker your orbit decays due to atmospheric drag.

That's the problem here though, that effect is lessening. So they're gonna stay up their longer, potentially past the limits of what they can do to avoid collisions. That's going to create problems for lower orbits.

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