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I never understood why this company couldn't make do with the orbit spacex left it in?

• mikeash 14y ago
  No, orbit isn't orbit. Among many other considerations, the key problem here was that the initial orbit was low enough for atmospheric drag to be a factor, thus why it fell back to Earth after just a few days.
  • mturmon 14y ago
    And specifically, being underpowered, the orbit was probably highly elliptical.