by The spacecraft cemetery, known more formally as the South Pacific Ocean(ic) Uninhabited Area, is a region in the southern Pacific Ocean east of New Zealand, where spacecraft that have reached the end of their usefulness are routinely crashed.
The area is roughly centered on "Point Nemo", the oceanic pole of inaccessibility, the location farthest from any land.
The defunct space station Mir and six Salyut stations are among those that have been ditched there.
Other spacecraft that have been routinely scuttled in the region include various cargo spacecraft to the International Space Station, including Russian Progress cargo craft, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency H-II Transfer Vehicle, and the European Space Agency's Automated Transfer Vehicle.
A total of more than 263 spacecraft were disposed in this area between 1971 and 2016.
The International Space Station is slated to end up in the spacecraft cemetery upon "retirement".
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The area is roughly centered on "Point Nemo", the oceanic pole of inaccessibility, the location farthest from any land.
The defunct space station Mir and six Salyut stations are among those that have been ditched there.
Other spacecraft that have been routinely scuttled in the region include various cargo spacecraft to the International Space Station, including Russian Progress cargo craft, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency H-II Transfer Vehicle, and the European Space Agency's Automated Transfer Vehicle.
A total of more than 263 spacecraft were disposed in this area between 1971 and 2016.
The International Space Station is slated to end up in the spacecraft cemetery upon "retirement".
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