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    $\begingroup$ What is a "more stable orbit"? At 400 km the modules will stay for some years, above 600 km for more than a decade, above 900 km for more than a century and at 36000 km for several million years. $\endgroup$
    – Uwe
    Commented Apr 27, 2022 at 23:03
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    $\begingroup$ Orbital mechanics is unforgiving, if you want to move the station by just 2 km/s with typical hypergolic thrusters, you'll need to launch the equivalent of the station's mass in propellant...and that's not counting the mass of the tug vehicles needed to accomplish that, or the many human spaceflights to accomplish the disassembly and reassembly. Even aside from the issues of the ISS modules being aged, obsolete, and not designed for whatever you want a station for, if you want a station module in a given orbit, you're far better off launching it directly there. $\endgroup$
    – Christopher James Huff
    Commented Apr 28, 2022 at 0:54
  • $\begingroup$ This does not provide an answer to the question. Once you have sufficient reputation you will be able to comment on any post; instead, provide answers that don't require clarification from the asker. - From Review $\endgroup$
    – WarpPrime
    Commented Apr 28, 2022 at 16:01