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How Hard Is the Collision Avoidance Problem?
Co-light engines are still used quite a bit once you're in orbit, but that's also where you might choose and said to use an electric system. And what people do with them is basically any maneuvering you need to do once you're dropped off. There's even if your only goal was to just stay in your orbit and not move for the life of your mission,. You need propulsion to accomplish that because the Earth's gravity field changes as you go around in space.