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 .
An inflatable, elongated diamond-shaped sculpture the length of a football field will orbit the Earth this autumn. The installation, titled Orbital Reflector, 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 Falcon 9 rockets and is a collaboration with the Nevada Museum of Art, which is exhibiting a prototype. In 2012, Paglen launched 100 images representing human history into space titled The Last Pictures.