Jupiter Factory

The Jupiter Factory is an abandoned factory located on the outskirts of , in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone in northern . Officially a manufacturer of cassette recorders and components for home appliances, the factory secretly produced semiconductor components for the military, and had test workshops for robotic systems.
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Photo: Jorge Franganillo, CC BY 2.0.
  • Type: Industry
  • Description: abandoned factory in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone, Ukraine
  • Also known as: “Jupiter”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include City Park and Avanhard Stadium.

Park
Photo: Justin Stahlman, CC BY 2.0.
The Pripyat amusement park is an abandoned amusement park located in , . It was to have its grand opening on 1 May 1986, in time for the May Day celebrations, but these plans were cancelled on 26 April, when the Chernobyl disaster occurred a few kilometers away. is situated 1¼ km northeast of Jupiter Factory.

Stadium
Photo: Clay Gilliland, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is an abandoned football stadium in , Ukraine. It was built to become the home ground of FC Stroitel Pripyat. Due to the Chernobyl disaster it was never realized. is situated 1¼ km northeast of Jupiter Factory.

Railway station
Photo: Kruusamägi, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Yaniv railway station, also named Yanov station, is an abandoned station located in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone. Sometimes referred to as Pripyat station, it lies in the village of Yaniv, south of the city of , and is part of the Chernihiv–Ovruch railway. is situated 1½ km southeast of Jupiter Factory.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Pripyat and Yaniv.

Town
Photo: Jorge Franganillo, CC BY-SA 4.0.
, also known as Prypiat, is an abandoned industrial city in , , located near the border with . Named after the nearby river, , it was founded on 4 February 1970 as the ninth atomgrad, a type of closed city in the Soviet Union that housed nuclear workers.

Locality
Photo: Kruusamägi, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is an abandoned village in , , northern . It is located south of and west of the .

Locality
Photo: Vertovfan, CC BY-SA 4.0.
was a village near , , south-west of the Pripyat River basin. After the Chernobyl disaster in 1986 the village was contaminated by fallout and subsequently evacuated, and now lies within the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone.

Jupiter Factory

Latitude
51.40215° or 51° 24′ 8″ north
Longitude
30.04254° or 30° 2′ 33″ east
Open location code
9G3GC22V+V2
Open­Street­Map ID
way 28526594
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­industrial
Wiki­data ID
Q14705312
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Satellite Map

Discover Jupiter Factory from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Jupiter Factory” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “مصنع جوبيتر”
  • Azerbaijani: “Yupiter”
  • Bengali: “জুপিটার”
  • Chinese: “木星工廠”
  • Czech: “Jupiter”
  • French: “Jupiter (usine)”
  • French: “Jupiter”
  • French: “Usine de Jupiter”
  • German: “Radiofabrik ‘Jupiter’”
  • Hungarian: “Jupiter”
  • Indonesian: “Jupiter (pabrik)”
  • Indonesian: “Jupiter”
  • Italian: “Jupiter (edificio)”
  • Italian: “Jupiter”
  • Lithuanian: “Gamykla ‘Jupiteris’”
  • Persian: “ژوپیتر فکتوری”
  • Polish: “fabryka ‘Jupiter’”
  • Russian: “Завод ‘Юпитер’”
  • Russian: “Завод «Юпитер»”
  • Russian: “Юпитер”
  • Spanish: “Fábrica Júpiter”
  • Spanish: “Factoría Jupiter”
  • Ukrainian: “Завод ‘Юпітер’”
  • Ukrainian: “Завод Юпітер”
  • Ukrainian: “Юпітер”

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