Satellites offer the same capabilities. What satellites don't offer is the ability to retreive (capture) objects, and maneuver (evade) at all altitudes. From

Satellites offer the same capabilities. What satellites don't offer is the ability to retreive (capture) objects, and maneuver (evade) at all altitudes. From the anti satellite efforts by China this decade I infer that evading ASAT weapons the primary goal, and that retrieval or placement of something are strong possibilities as well.