Hazardous operations, space debris 051028Z to 051123Z, 061021Z to 061116Z, 071013Z to 071108Z, 081006Z to…
South Atlantic · 2 notices · issued 2026-09-27 to 2026-09-27
What the reports establish
These reports were linked by category and sea, with positions within 30 nautical miles and issue dates within 30 days of another report's recorded in-force span. Links can extend through other members, so the full group can cover a larger area or period. Proximity does not confirm that they describe one incident.
- Earliest dated evidence
- HYDROLANT 1935/26
2026-09-27 08:24Z - Latest dated evidence
- HYDROPAC 2828/26
2026-09-27 08:24Z - Recorded notice status
- 0 listed active
2 cancelled or archived
Collected from NGA navigational warnings. 1 notice repeats earlier wording. Issue dates order the reports, not the start and end of the underlying situation. A cancelled notice does not confirm recovery.
Current notices and reporting context in the South Atlantic Ocean →What the numbers show
All 2 located notices give the same position (to about half a mile).
Together the notices were in force for 3.3 days; overlapping notices are counted once.
Reading these warnings
- Hazardous operations
- NGA's heading for activities that make an area dangerous — most often rocket launches, space debris and weapons firings, and some open-ended danger areas.
- Space debris
- An area where parts of a spacecraft or rocket stage are expected to come down at sea, from a launch or a planned re-entry.
- Date-time group (DTG)
- A compact UTC timestamp — day, hour and minute followed by Z — such as 201500Z for the 20th at 15:00 UTC.
- Area bound by
- Introduces a list of positions that are the corners of an area — the polygon the warning applies to.
- Position (degrees and minutes)
- How warnings write positions: degrees, a hyphen, then minutes, with N/S and E/W — 49-40.8N 003-43.8W.
- CANCEL THIS MSG
- The warning's own expiry: a line telling the reader when the message cancels itself.
Report comparison · 2 notices
Each report is compared with an earlier notice it explicitly cancels, when available, or with the preceding report. Changes refer to recorded wording and parsed fields; quoted lines are textual differences, not a verified account of how an incident developed. Nearby reports can describe different hazards. A status explanation is given once, on the first notice with that status.
- 1HYDROLANT 1935/26Issued 2026-09-27 08:24Z · NGA navigational warnings
Hazardous space debris operations occur in the South Atlantic from 5 to 11 October 2026 within a specified bounded area.
Cancelled notice · 2026-09-30 15:00Z
This notice disappeared from the issuing source's in-force list. No explicit recovery or all-clear is established by that removal.
Earliest dated notice in this group. The archive does not establish whether it was the first report of the situation.
Original warning text · HYDROLANT 1935/26
SOUTH ATLANTIC. 1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS, SPACE DEBRIS 051028Z TO 051123Z, 061021Z TO 061116Z, 071013Z TO 071108Z, 081006Z TO 081101Z, 090958Z TO 091053Z, 100951Z TO 101046Z AND 110943Z TO 111038Z OCT IN AREA BOUND BY 38-18.00S 018-00.00E, 38-00.00S 027-00.00E, 49-02.00S 025-15.00E, 60-00.00S 022-30.00E, 59-00.00S 010-00.00E, 48-44.00S 014-50.00E. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 111138Z OCT 26.
- 2HYDROPAC 2828/26Issued 2026-09-27 08:24Z · NGA navigational warnings
Space debris hazard operations are scheduled in the South Atlantic from 5 to 11 October within a bounded area between 38 and 60 degrees south.
Cancelled notice · 2026-09-30 15:00Z
Compared with the preceding report; no direct cancellation link is recorded: HYDROLANT 1935/26.
The original wording repeats HYDROLANT 1935/26, allowing for whitespace. It provides no new source wording.
No difference in the parsed category, position, geometry, activity windows or source.
Original warning text · HYDROPAC 2828/26
SOUTH ATLANTIC. 1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS, SPACE DEBRIS 051028Z TO 051123Z, 061021Z TO 061116Z, 071013Z TO 071108Z, 081006Z TO 081101Z, 090958Z TO 091053Z, 100951Z TO 101046Z AND 110943Z TO 111038Z OCT IN AREA BOUND BY 38-18.00S 018-00.00E, 38-00.00S 027-00.00E, 49-02.00S 025-15.00E, 60-00.00S 022-30.00E, 59-00.00S 010-00.00E, 48-44.00S 014-50.00E. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 111138Z OCT 26.
Missiles
Missile firings, rocket launches and space debris re-entry areas. All current missile & rocket hazards →
Not for navigation. These groups are assembled automatically from collected warnings. Mariners must use official NAVAREA broadcasts and their national MSI service.