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Mispunt t1_j5xnwyd wrote

Reply to comment by fishling in Why do sample return missions such as OSIRIS-REx use their own reentry vehicles instead of just going to the space station for pickup and return with ISS equipment? by PromptCritical725

There isn't really an opposite direction or a perpendicular direction though. If you circularize on the 'right' side you go left around the planet, on the 'left' side right. Edit: once you match the orbital plane of the ISS you can catch up or slow down for a rendezvous by changing orbit height.

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