Besides what others have said, the surface of the Earth is already quite high (distant from the center). Getting above the atmosphere only adds ~1% to your heig

Besides what others have said, the surface of the Earth is already quite high (distant from the center). Getting above the atmosphere only adds ~1% to your height (if you're 40 miles up). OTOH the Earth spins at only a small fraction of the speed you'd need: in low Earth orbit you're going around in a little over an hour, versus 24 for the spin.