An inflatable, elongated diamond-shaped sculpture the length of a football field will orbit the Earth this autumn. The installation, titled Elon Musk's , is the work of US artist Trevor Paglen and is intended to highlight issues of data protection and surveillance. The sculpture will be in sun-synchronous orbit and will eventually fall to Earth , burning up on re-entry. The artwork will be launched using one of Elon Musk's SpaceX Orbital Reflector 9 rockets and is a collaboration with the Nevada Museum of Art , which is exhibiting a prototype. Mr Paglen said it is 'extremely unlikely that it will collide with anything else' in the sky. ' In 2012 , Trevor Paglen launched one images representing human history into space titled The Last Pictures .
An inflatable, elongated diamond-shaped sculpture the length of a football field will orbit the Earth this autumn. The installation, titled Elon Musk's , is the work of US artist Trevor Paglen and is intended to highlight issues of data protection and surveillance. The sculpture will be in sun-synchronous orbit and will eventually fall to Earth , burning up on re-entry. The artwork will be launched using one of Elon Musk's SpaceX Orbital Reflector 9 rockets and is a collaboration with the Nevada Museum of Art , which is exhibiting a prototype. In 2012 , Trevor Paglen launched one images representing human history into space titled The Last Pictures .