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lefra | 1 month ago

They have an ion thruster to compensate for atmospheric drag.

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m4rtink|1 month ago

There has been some research (IIRC by ESA) for using the upper atmosphere to feed a ion engine. That way you should be able to put satellites even lower as long as they have enough power from solar panels and are functional.