Projekt Atol is planning to construct and launch a constellation of two nano-satellites with store and 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 background 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.
Projekt Atol and Macrolab focus on the following research fields: communication technologies, emigration and climatic systems. These fields have been studied and charted by the Macrolab participants with regard to the physical, psychological, social, political and artistic aspects. Macrolab is a process-oriented work machine under constant development. It includes a modular work environment, sensors, energy-production systems, food, communication, networks, production, and presentation. The mobile lab operating for over a decade intends to establish two permanent stations at the North and South Poles. The satellite is scheduled to be launched into space in 2010.
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