Put a satellite in orbit, then arrest its orbital velocity with rockets, not atmospheric braking, then bring it back down to earth with retrorockets. This will require a lot of fuel.
Put a satellite in a retrograde equatorial orbit.
Hover a rocket for a long time.
Manned capsule of these things.
(Some have probably already been done.)
Why do these things? "Not because they are easy, but because they are hard."
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Israel does this for their space launches. They launch their rockets toward the Mediterranean in order to avoid a diplomatic incident in case range safety needs to blow something up.
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