Marko Peljhan is presenting the first independent satellite, Projekt Atol, which is planning to construct and launch a constellation of two nano-satellites with store forward communications and medium resolution multi-spectral remote sensing capability to service the Interpolar Transnational Art Science Constellation LADOMIR Antarctic and Makrolab mkVII Arctic base complexes. The project will be presented for the first time during the exhibition, “Free Radicals” and will encompass the legal research and analysis of the following treaties, needed to be studied for the first independent, open source based orbital system:
- Treaty Banning Nuclear Weapon Tests in the Atmosphere, in Outer Space and Under Water (1963)
- Treaty on Principles Governing the Activities of States in the Exploration and Use of Outer Space, Including the Moon and Other Celestial Bodies (1967)
- Agreement on the Rescue of Astronauts, the Return of Astronauts and the Return of Objects Launched into Outer Space (1968)
- Agreement Relating to the International Telecommunications Satellite Organization INTELSAT (1971)
- Convention of International Liability for Damage Caused by Space Objects (1972)
- Convention on Registration of Objects Launched into Outer Space (1975)
Basic subsystems and systems design, together with the model of the Prozrachny Mir satellite bus will be presented at the project unveiling in April 2007. The planned launch of the constellation is in the 2009-2010 period.
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