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You'd have to have a lot of energy to knock something from VLEO to GEO. I don't see it being a possibility, but I could be wrong, maybe someone smarter than me

You'd have to have a lot of energy to knock something from VLEO to GEO. I don't see it being a possibility, but I could be wrong, maybe someone smarter than me can do the math... Space is vast, if you have debris with a lifespan of 5 years, you won't accumulate enough for it to be unavoidable, and the issue will literally solve itself.

lutorm 5y ago
It is _impossible_ to "knock" something from LEO to GEO. You can kick it to raise the apogee to GEO altitude, but the perigee will still be LEO. To change between two circular orbits, you need at least two impulses.