Orbital Reflector
Orbital Reflector | |
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Artist | Trevor Paglen |
Year | 2018 |
Website | www |
Orbital Reflector is a reflective, mylar sculpture by Trevor Paglen launched into space as a temporary satellite. Co-produced by the Nevada Museum of Art, the $1.3 million project had the objective of being the first "purely artistic" object in space. The satellite, containing an inflatable mylar balloon with reflective surface, launched into space 3 December 2018.
Orbital Reflector launched on Monday, December 3, at 10:34 a.m. EST on board the SpaceX Spaceflight SSO-A: SmallSat Express.[1]
Originally it was expected to remain in orbit for three months, after which it would disintegrate upon reentry to the Earth's atmosphere. However, the deployment was delayed by the 2018–2019 United States federal government shutdown — by the time the 35-day shutdown had ended, the museum's engineers had lost contact with the satellite, the electronics and hardware of which "were not hardened for long-term functionality in space".[2][3]
It became lost in orbit, constituting space junk. [citation needed]
See also
- Humanity Star, a passive satellite to reflect flares visible from Earth
- Znamya (satellite)
Further reading
- Cascone, Sarah (August 23, 2018). "Trevor Paglen Is About to Launch a Reflective Sculpture Into Outer Space, and Astronomers Are Really Pissed Off About It". Artnet News. Retrieved August 25, 2018.
- Cascone, Sarah (August 23, 2018). "Trevor Paglen Responds to Astronomers Who Criticize His Space-Based Art—and Has a Few Questions for Them, Too". Artnet News. Retrieved August 25, 2018.
- Chow, Denise (August 22, 2018). "Artist's artificial 'star' will take public art to new heights". NBC News. Retrieved August 25, 2018.
- Curiel, Jonathan (April 5, 2018). "Trevor Paglen's Satellite of Love". SF Weekly. Retrieved April 13, 2018.
- Dvorsky, George (August 16, 2018). "Hey Artists, Stop Putting Shiny Crap Into Space". Gizmodo. Retrieved August 25, 2018.
- Knapton, Sarah (August 12, 2018). "Heavens to shine with new 'star' as first space sculpture prepares for launch". The Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235.
- Nunes, Andrew; Wagley, Catherine (February 12, 2019). "Far Out! These 5 Cosmic Art Projects Prove That Outer Space Is the Next Avant-Garde Frontier". Artnet News. Retrieved March 3, 2019.
- Sohn, Timothy (November 28, 2018). "SpaceX Is Launching a Piece of Art Into Orbit". Wired. ISSN 1059-1028.
References
- ^ King, Bob (December 5, 2018). "SpaceX Launches Orbiting Sculpture in the Sky". Sky and Telescope. Retrieved January 15, 2019.
- ^ "Artist Trevor Paglen's $1.5 Million 'Orbital Reflector' Is Officially Lost in Space Thanks to President Trump's Government Shutdown". artnet News. May 2, 2019. Retrieved October 3, 2020.
- ^ "How Donald Trump ruined a space art project". The Guardian. May 7, 2019.
External links
- Official website
- Analysis of orbital lifespan
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- USA-280 / Zuma
- BeiDou-3 M7, BeiDou-3 M8
- Cartosat-2F, ICEYE-X1, Microsat-TD, Arkyd-6A, Carbonite-2, Flock-3p' × 4, Fox-1D, Landmapper BC 3 v2, Lemur-2 × 4, PicSat, SpaceBEE × 4
- USA-281 / Topaz-5
- Jilin-1 Video-07, Jilin-1 Video-08, Kepler 0 KIPP
- USA-282 / SBIRS-GEO-4
- Humanity Star, Dove Pioneer, Lemur-2 × 2
- Yaogan 30-04 (3 satellites)
- SES-14, Al Yah 3
- GovSat-1 / SES-16
- Kanopus-V No. 3, No. 4, S-Net × 4 , Lemur-2 × 4
- CSES, ÑuSat 4, 5
- TRICOM-1R
- Falcon Heavy test flight (Tesla Roadster)
- BeiDou-3 M3, M4
- Progress MS-08
- Paz, Tintin A & B
- IGS-Optical 6
- GOES-17
- Hispasat 30W-6
- O3b × 4 (FM13 to FM16)
- Soyuz MS-08
- GSAT-6A
- EMKA / Kosmos 2525
- BeiDou-3 M9, M10
- Iridium NEXT 41–50
- Gaofen-1-02, 03, 04
- Dragon CRS-14, 1KUNS-PF, Irazú, UBAKUSAT
- Superbird-B3, HYLAS-4
- Yaogan 31A, 31B, 31C, Weina 1B
- IRNSS-1I
- AFSPC-11, EAGLE
- Blagovest-12L / Kosmos 2526
- TESS
- Sentinel-3B
- Zhuhai-1 × 5
- Gaofen-6
- SES-12
- Fengyun-2H
- Soyuz MS-09
- IGS-Radar 6
- GLONASS-M 756 / Kosmos 2527
- XJSS A, B
- Dragon CRS-15 (Biarri-Squad × 3, BHUTAN-1, Maya-1, UiTMSAT-1)
- PRSS-1, PakTES-1A
- BeiDou IGSO-7
- Progress MS-09
- Telstar 19V
- Galileo FOC 19–22
- Iridium NEXT 56–65
- BeiDou-3 M5, M6
- Gaofen 11
- HY-1C
- Telstar 18V
- ICESat-2 — SSTL S1-4, NovaSAR-1
- BeiDou-3 M13, M14
- Kounotori 7
- Azerspace-2 / Intelsat 38, Horizons-3e
- CentiSpace-1-S1
- SAOCOM 1A
- Yaogan 32A, 32B
- Soyuz MS-10
- BeiDou-3 M15, M16
- AEHF-4
- BepiColombo
- HY 2B
- Lotos-S1 No. 3 / Kosmos 2528
- Weilai-1
- CFOSAT
- GOSAT-2, KhalifaSat, Diwata-2B, Stars-AO, AUTcube2
- BeiDou-3 G1Q
- Kosmos 2529 / GLONASS-M 757
- MetOp-C
- IRVINE01, Lemur-2 × 2
- GSAT-29
- Es'hail 2
- Progress MS-10
- Cygnus NG-10
- BeiDou-3 M17, BeiDou-3 M18
- Shiyan 6-01
- Mohammed VI-B
- HySIS, Blacksky Global 1, FACSAT-1, Flock-3r × 16, Kepler 1 CASE, Lemur-2 × 4
- Kosmos 2530 / Strela-3M 16, Kosmos 2531 / Strela-3M 17, Kosmos 2532 / Strela-3M 18
- Soyuz MS-11
- SHERPA, Blacksky Global 2, Capella 1, ESEO, Eu:CROPIS, FalconSAT 6, ICEYE X2, SkySat 14, SkySat 15, STPSat 5, ENOCH, Flock-3s × 3, IRVINE02, Landmapper BC 4, MinXSS-2, Orbital Reflector, PW-Sat 2, SpaceBEE × 3
- GSAT-11, GEO-KOMPSAT 2A
- SpaceX CRS-16 (TechEdSat 8, UNITE)
- Chang'e 4 (Yutu-2)
- CubeSail, RSat-P, STF-1
- GSAT-7A
- CSO-1
- Kosmos 2533 / Blagovest-13L
- USA-289 / GPS IIIA-01
- Kanopus-V No. 5, No. 6, Flock-3k × 12, Lemur-2 × 8, Lume-1
- Yunhai-2 01 (6 satellites)
Crewed flights are underlined. Launch failures are marked with the † sign. Payloads deployed from other spacecraft are (enclosed in parentheses).