Most people use geosynchronous as a synonym for geostationary. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geosynchronous_orbit https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geosynchronous_

Most people use geosynchronous as a synonym for geostationary. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geosynchronous_orbit https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geosynchronous_orbit Popularly or loosely, the term geosynchronous may be used to mean geostationary.[2] Specifically, geosynchronous Earth orbit (GEO) may be a synonym for geosynchronous equatorial orbit,[3] or geostationary Earth orbit.[4] Communications satellites are often given geostationary or close to geostationary orbits so that the satellite antennas that communicate with them do not have to move, but can be pointed permanently at the fixed location in the sky where the satellite appears. Certainly the comment I responded to (which has been edited to be non-sensical since) meant geostationary. In any case, GPS are not geosynchronous in the general sense of the term, but rather semi-synchronous (period of half a sidereal day). These orbits were historically chosen for convenience, but the syncronicity is not at all a requirement for global positioning satellites: e.g Galileo, GLONASS.