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The ISS also moves relative to the receiver, whereas geostationary satellites don't.
I feel like "moves relative" also understates just how fast it moves: ~19,000mph
It's a trade-off, either you have to do tracking and compensate for doppler shift or you have to deal with really bad SNR.