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TIMELINE

Phase I – Exploration.
June 2008 – The idea for the Skywheel Project is born.
December 2008 – Work begins on the Skywheel Project.
Spring 2009 – First meetings with aerospace engineers are held. – Website is launchedand project is announced. First submissions of sacred text are received.
Summer 2009 – Space For Vision Projects is founded as a non-profit arts corporation. First public talks about the project are held.
Fall 2009 – First Skywheel fundraising event is held. Space For Vision begins holding low cost sacred art workshops to help support the Skywheel Project.
Winter 2009 – Team Members represent the Skywheel Project at the Parliament of the World's Religions in Melbourne, Australia. Work begins on inviting spiritual leaders to represent their communities in the project.
Summer 2010 – Space For Vision receives 501c3 tax exempt status.  United Catalysts' preliminary designs for the Skywheel satellite are approved by Microcosm Inc. engineers.
Fall 2010 – Skywheel college internship program is launched.

Phase II – Design and Outreach.
November 2010 – Phase II begins, updated website is launched. Fundraising begins for design and engineering studies, and to support the cultural outreach components of the project.
Winter 2010 – Online Art Holiday Fundraiser, Concert Fundraiser: Music of the Sky.
Spring 2011 – First Skywheel drawings and diagrams exhibited.
January 2012 – Fundraising goal for work to begin on engineering studies for the satellite and launch package.

Phase III – Construction
Spring 2012 (projected goal) – Phase III begins. Begin fundraising for fabrication of the satellite. Work with Skywheel Oversight Committee to finalize body of sacred text. Prepare text for inclusion in satellite and create accompanying artwork. Raise awareness of the project at venues around the world.

Phase IV – Exhibition and Dedication
2013 (projected goal) – Completion of the Skywheel satellite and its contents.
2013 – 2017 (projected goal) Exhibition of the Skywheel Satellite, artwork and documentary materials at public venues, art institutions and religious venues across the world.

Phase V – Launch and Connection
2017 (projected goal) – Launch of satellite into space. Creation of website satellite tracking system, permanent Skywheel museum display, and educational components of Skywheel Project.