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  • Gravitational pull from the earth (moon and sun to a much lesser degree)
  • atmospheric drag from the few molecules of gases in the upper atmosphere,
  • radiation influx from the sun,
  • the solar wind, ...
  • mass ejections (waste disposal)
  • thruster rockets to maintain orbit and attitude.
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