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ISS travels at a very low orbit which the earth’s atmosphere does a great job of keeping clean. They occasionally manover around anything large enough to be a significant issue. On to of that space is huge and largely empty even at the speed they are traveling.

The ISS is also designed to take a hit and can generally survive similar impacts without issue.




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