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Aerostudents t1_j8zqriv wrote

Reply to comment by AvcalmQ in Where does space really begin? Chinese spy balloon highlights legal fuzziness of ‘near space’ by HarpuasGhost

>18 km out of... 100km. The kármán line isn't even in space, in that you still encounter drag and orbit degradation.

I mean you still encounter drag and orbit degradation way higher than the karman line though. The ISS also encounters drag and orbit degradation still.

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AvcalmQ t1_j92usue wrote

You're not wrong but you can clearly see what the comment was saying; I can't find many (any) satellites that are continuously operating at or below 100km, whereas I can for those above.

I'll add the word "significant" to further clarify this

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