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US issues first ever fine for space junk to Dish Network
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this post was submitted on 03 Oct 2023
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My emphasis.
The satellite is orbiting Earth and to move further away from something you're orbiting, you need to raise your orbit. This basically means you need to go faster in the direction of orbit in order to move further from what you're orbiting.