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prime_number_314159@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

They would hit the mountains at that height, and the FAA requires them to be up above airplane traffic anyways. After that, it gets crowded right above the launch pads, and sometimes there’s shooting stars and stuff, so some satellites are forced to go even higher.

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