Correct. It would not. Orbit is simply falling at an angle such that you miss the ground. It requires no force to maintain itself once set up (though that part takes IMMENSE force). Outside the atmosphere there is no air resistance, so no propulsion is necessary. Remember basic physics - an object in motion tends to stay in motion. A laser weapon is exactly the same as a laser pointer, just a lot more high intensity. You don't put any physical force on something with a weapon like that (ok, technically you do apply force with the photons bouncing off but it's so incredibly negligible that it only matters at the subatomic level unless you're looking at a timespan of days or weeks).

Correct. It would not. Orbit is simply falling at an angle such that you miss the ground. It requires no force to maintain itself once set up (though that part takes IMMENSE force). Outside the atmosphere there is no air resistance, so no propulsion is necessary. Remember basic physics - an object in motion tends to stay in motion. A laser weapon is exact the same as a laser pointer, just a lot more high intensity. You don't put any physical force on something with a weapon like that (ok, technically you do apply force with the photons bouncing off but it's so incredibly negligible that it only matters at the subatomic level unless you're looking at a timespan of days or weeks).