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2.8 days to disaster: Why we are running out of time in low earth orbit (phys.org)
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[–] hayvan@piefed.world 17 points 1 week ago (1 children)

It's pretty hard without state-level resources. A balloon can go abou 60km up. LEO begins like 400km IIRC.

[–] 4am@lemmy.zip 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

LEO begins at around 160km. The ISS is between 400 and 420km at any given moment

[–] hayvan@piefed.world 2 points 1 week ago

Thank you, I stand corrected.