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I doubt this is the last vehicle to fly so it’s been on the ground for years so plenty of time to upgrade the heat shield for higher orbits. Plus that NASA experiment flying seeds, putting them long term at a higher orbit would be useful for future manned missions which is what that the press release indicates the experiment is for.