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Hazardous operations, rocket launching 070333Z to 070453Z oct, alternate 0328Z to 0443Z daily 08 and 14 oct…

North Pacific · Philippine Sea · 2 notices · issued 2026-10-02 to 2026-10-02

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
NAVAREA XI 439/26
2026-10-02 12:00Z
Latest dated evidence
HYDROPAC 2862/26
2026-10-02 12:05Z
Recorded notice status
2 listed active
0 cancelled or archived

Collected from Japan Coast Guard JHOD NAVAREA XI, NGA navigational warnings. 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 Philippine Sea →

What the numbers show

All 2 located notices give the same position (to about half a mile).

Reading these warnings

Rocket launching
The areas where spent rocket stages, boosters and fairings are expected to fall after a launch, with the launch window.
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.
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.

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Representative geometry selected from a member warning when this group was assembled. It is not the full affected area or a track. Each linked notice retains its own reported location.

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.

  1. 1
    NAVAREA XI 439/26Issued 2026-10-02 12:00Z · Japan Coast Guard JHOD NAVAREA XI

    Rocket launching is scheduled in the western North Pacific on 7 October from 0333 to 0453 UTC, and alternatively at 0328 to 0443 UTC on 8 and 14 October.

    Listed in force

    Earliest dated notice in this group. The archive does not establish whether it was the first report of the situation.

    Original warning text · NAVAREA XI 439/26
    NORTH PACIFIC, WESTERN PART.
ROCKET LAUNCHING.
070333Z TO 070453Z OCT,
ALTERNATE 0328 TO 0443Z DAILY 08
AND 14 OCT. AREAS BOUNDED BY
A. 21-29-38N 128-41-23E
21-37-59N 129-53-50E
18-29-43N 130-17-36E
18-21-22N 129-06-34E.
B. 12-45-02N 129-26-02E
12-55-17N 131-04-59E
08-14-49N 131-34-13E
08-04-33N 129-56-46E.
CANCEL THIS MSG 070553Z OCT.
  2. 2
    HYDROPAC 2862/26Issued 2026-10-02 12:05Z · NGA navigational warnings

    Rocket launching hazardous operations occur in the Philippine Sea from 070333Z to 070453Z October, with alternates 0328Z to 0443Z daily on 08 and 14 October, in two areas.

    Listed in force

    Compared with the preceding report; no direct cancellation link is recorded: NAVAREA XI 439/26.

    Reported geometry
    Earlier: Previous parsed shape
    This report: Different parsed shape; see this message's map
    Source
    Earlier: Japan Coast Guard JHOD NAVAREA XI
    This report: NGA navigational warnings

    Wording in earlier report

    NORTH PACIFIC, WESTERN PART.
    ROCKET LAUNCHING.

    Wording in this report

    NORTH PACIFIC.
    PHILIPPINE SEA.
    Original warning text · HYDROPAC 2862/26
    NORTH PACIFIC.
PHILIPPINE SEA.
1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS, ROCKET LAUNCHING
   070333Z TO 070453Z OCT, ALTERNATE
   0328Z TO 0443Z DAILY 08 AND 14 OCT
   IN AREAS BOUND BY:
   A. 21-29.63N 128-41.38E, 21-37.99N 129-53.83E,
      18-29.72N 130-17.60E, 18-21.37N 129-06.56E.
   B. 12-45.04N 129-26.03E, 12-55.28N 131-04.99E,
      08-14.81N 131-34.22E, 08-04.55N 129-56.77E.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 140543Z OCT 26.

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