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Re:Decluttering low-Earth orbit: It's time to tidy up space by CodesInChaos on Tuesday January 19, 2021 @07:22AM (#25832766)
> The surface area of the sphere at 1400km is far greater than the earth's surface area

It's only about 50% larger (1+1400/6371)^2 = 1.49

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