Graveyard orbit
Spacecraft end-of-life orbit / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Not to be confused with Spacecraft cemetery.
A graveyard orbit, also called a junk orbit or disposal orbit, is an orbit that lies away from common operational orbits. One significant graveyard orbit is a supersynchronous orbit well beyond geosynchronous orbit. Some satellites are moved into such orbits at the end of their operational life to reduce the probability of colliding with operational spacecraft and generating space debris.