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Re:Myanmar's satellite held by Japan on space station due to... by hnuser123456 on Friday March 12, 2021 @02:52PM (#26440135)
Geostationary orbits are much higher altitude to achieve lower orbit speeds. Gravity is stronger closer to the surface. But they'd still need a lot of fuel to slow down, to drop lower to the ISS' orbit, and then they'd be on an elliptical, and need even more to circularize and rendezvous.

edit: I'm the third one to say this in a span of a minute, sorry.

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