Our Sun causes atmospheres to breathe in and out. The present Solar Maximum stands to deörbit satellites. These are satellites both intentional and unintentional, the latter being space-junk.
This absolutely will not be a problem for Mars / Phobos ... yet. It might become a problem with the plans for artificial magnetic-shielding with Phobos debris, but that's for later. The Venus coma, I expect, will be more affected as it has more insolation for baseline.
Over Earth I suggest we put our main human-occupied satellites between Van Allens. LEO should be for propellant-stations, and for temporary dirt-cheap microsats.
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