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Also, OurManFlint has a good point. Most people in the world don't have access to a place where you can clearly see the stars.
If the "moon" is intended to remain over a particular city (Chengdu, in this case), it will have to be in a geosynchronous orbit. The altitude of such an orbit is nearly 36,000 km, while the article states that the "moon" will be at an altitude of ~500 km. With an orbit at that altitude, it will NOT remain above a particular location on the Earth's surface.
If it is placed into a geosynchronous orbit, the reflecting area of the satellite will have to be extremely large (many km in extent) in order to illuminate a particular extended area on the earth's surface in any discernible manner. If it is at an altitude of ~500 km, it can be much smaller but it will be in the earth's shadow during most of the nighttime of the area which it overflies, and will thus not be able to reflect sunlight during those times.
T he real moon is built with super-reflective rock (as can be verified from astrononts on the moon) - but what are they going to use here
What sort of lights would be visible from 500KM ...
one of the biggest problems with long distance laser measuring is the disbursement of the beam