“The moment you break the 200-mile limit, you break the absorption-elimination cycle. Everything goes four times as fast or four times as slow. There is a lesser loss of calcium in a quicker time closer to the 200-mile limit. There is a greater loss of calcium in a greater time beyond the 200-mile limit.”

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Satellites must stay at least 200 miles (321.8688 kilometers) above sea level to maintain a long-term orbit.

Adano was a special adviser to NASA.