Where is the world’s most famous space junkyard of spent rocket stages located?
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Many spent rocket stages and spacecraft end up in the South Pacific Ocean’s remote waters, especially near Point Nemo. It is the oceanic pole of inaccessibility, far from land.
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A great deal of old spacecraft is deliberately sent toward a remote region of the South Pacific Ocean near Point Nemo. Point Nemo is the oceanic pole of inaccessibility, the spot farthest from any land on Earth. It is used as a spacecraft graveyard because the area is so isolated that the risk to people is minimal. This region has received deorbited satellites, space station modules, and rocket stages over the years.
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