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Re:Decluttering low-Earth orbit: It's time to tidy up space by JshWright on Monday January 18, 2021 @08:11AM (#25821444)
Faster orbits are lower, not higher.
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Re:Decluttering low-Earth orbit: It's time to tidy up space by steerablesafe on Monday January 18, 2021 @09:06AM (#25821887)
This is in fact correct, orbital velocity is sqrt(G*M/r) for circular orbits.
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