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ATV-2 (JOHANNES KEPLER)

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The spacecraft cemetery, also known as spacecraft graveyard or spacecraft junkyard, known more formally as the South Pacific Ocean(ic) Uninhabited Area—is a region near, but beyond the southern edge of Polynesia, more specifically the South 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.

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Launch

Launch date
February 16, 2011 at 09:51 PM UTC
Launch site
Guiana Space Centre, Kourou
Launched by
Ariane 5 ES →
Operator
Arianespace
Mission
Johannes Kepler ATV (ATV-002)
Launch record
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Orbit

Orbit regime
LEO
Apoapsis
385 km
Periapsis
359 km
Inclination
51.64°
Orbital period
91.99 min

Identity

COSPAR (Int'l)
2011-007A
NORAD catalog №
37368
Object type
Payload
Owner / operator
European Space Agency
Radar cross-section
25.07 m²
Status
Decayed
Decay / reentry
June 21, 2011

End of mission

Last active / ended
June 21, 2011
Time in service
125 days
Fate
Reentered Earth's atmosphere and was destroyed.
Final status
Decayed