>the literal record for the lowest satellite orbit (Tsubame; which merely sustained it for 7d) being 2711.5km Source? Wikipedia says it was 167.4 km.[0] Heck,

>the literal record for the lowest satellite orbit (Tsubame; which merely sustained it for 7d) being 2711.5km Source? Wikipedia says it was 167.4 km.[0] Heck, even the ISS is well below 2700 km. It orbits at roughly 420 km altitude.[1] [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_Low_Altitude_Test_Satellite https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_Low_Altitude_Test_Satell... [1] https://www.heavens-above.com/IssHeight.aspx https://www.heavens-above.com/IssHeight.aspx