Where is the “space graveyard” located? Where spaceships are sunk.
The unofficial name of this area is “Point Nemo” (“Point Nobody”). Since 1971, the Russian MCC, NASA and other space agencies have been drowning there that descends from orbit and does not burn up in the atmosphere – stations and cargo ships loaded with garbage and waste from expeditions. Dozens of devices annually. At the “space cemetery” within a radius of several thousand kilometers are scattered fragments of 260 satellites and ships, including 140 Russian ones.
“This is the farthest from habitable area in the South Pacific Ocean between New Zealand and Antarctica at a depth of 4 km. The nearest human habitation is 2,700 km, – explains astronautics historian, writer Alexander Zheleznyakov. – The remains of the Progress space trucks, the Mir station, the first Chinese station Tiangong-1 and Elon Musk's SpaceX rockets are buried here. From the point of view of ecology, the disposal is safe. In addition, the area is completely closed to shipping. Even the largest debris weighing several hundred kilograms in such a wilderness cannot damage anything. “
