2. graded adjective. If you describe the appearance of something as fanciful, you mean that it is unusual and elaborate rather than plain and simple. The economic gloom of the early 1980s was relieved by fanciful architecture.
Earth's orbital speed averages about 30 km/s (108,000 km/h; 67,000 mph), which is fast enough to cover the planet's diameter in seven minutes and the distance to the Moon in four hours.
The satellite is moving much faster than the earth's surface, though, because it must cover much more distance in the same amount of time. A geosynchronous satellite is moving at about 3.07 km/sec. Lower orbits are much faster.The space shuttle at 300km is moving at more like 7.73 km/sec. For comparison, the earth's surface at the equator moves at a leisurely 0.46 km/sec. To obtain a circular orbit of this velocity around earth, you would need to be at an altitude of around 1.6 million km. geosynchronous satellite is moving at about 3.07 km/sec. Lower orbits are much faster. The space shuttle at 300km is moving at more like 7.73 km/sec. For comparison, the earth's surface at the equator moves at a leisurely 0.46 km/sec.