• LastYearsIrritant@sopuli.xyz
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    11 hours ago

    Anything thrown up just creates a more elliptical orbit, not a higher orbit. There would have to be a second thrust at the top to bring it into an actual higher orbit.

    It would still deorbit fairly quickly because the lowest part of that ellipse would still degrade quickly.