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Re:Chinese city to launch man-made moon to light up skies by mdorazio on Thursday October 18, 2018 @10:28AM (#18248569)
Yes, a satellite can appear to cross the sky as slowly as you want it to if the altitude is correct. This is how geostationary satellites (like the GPS and many communications ones) work - they are at the right altitude so that they are orbiting the earth at the same speed it rotates.
Re:Chinese city to launch man-made moon to light up skies by Vendan on Thursday October 18, 2018 @10:45AM (#18248714)
GPS is not geostationary, it's in a MEO about 12k miles up (GEO is about 22k miles) and they orbit about twice a day.
Re:Chinese city to launch man-made moon to light up skies by samnardoni on Thursday October 18, 2018 @03:44PM (#18251484)
Geosynchronous is the word you’re looking for.