Most of the energy of getting a rocket to orbit is in achieving orbital velocity, not orbital altitude :/. Unless you accelerate your satellite really really fast, it'll just fall back to the earth.
If you could build a proper space elevator, a payload could be lifted to the geostationary point and then released. At that point it's already at orbital velocity, and can use much less fuel (compared to an Earth launched rocket) to get back down to low earth orbit.
But again, this is still a materials science problem.
ohazi|7 years ago
But again, this is still a materials science problem.