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oceanic pole of inaccessibility
Debris and pollution
…to it becoming a “spacecraft cemetery” for space stations, satellites, and other retired spacecraft. Since 1971 the United States, Russia (then the USSR), Japan, and several European states have deorbited nearly 300 spacecraft, including the Soviet-era Mir space station, and programmed them to crash into the ocean in this…
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…to it becoming a “spacecraft cemetery” for space stations, satellites, and other retired spacecraft. Since 1971 the United States, Russia (then the USSR), Japan, and several European states have deorbited nearly 300 spacecraft, including the Soviet-era Mir space station, and programmed them to crash into the ocean in this…
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