Military astro-strategists tend to divide the geography of the issue into four parts. They use different descriptions, but Dolman’s categorizations are useful for a broad-brush view. First there is Terra – the Earth and its immediate airspace, up to the limit after which a craft could go into orbit around the Earth without being powered. Above this is Earth Space – the region from lowest-possible orbit up to geosynchronous orbit, which aligns with the Earth’s rotation. After this is Lunar Space – from geosynchronous orbit to the Moon’s orbit. From there you enter Solar Space – everything in
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