Hazardous operations, rocket launching 0200Z to 0317Z daily 02 sep thru 02 oct in area bound by 80-10N…
Arctic Ocean · HYDROARC 161/20
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2020-09-07 16:53Z
This notice comes from the historical archive. Its archived status does not establish when or how the reported situation ended.
- Source and dates
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · FRENCH GUIANA 192349Z AUG 20.. Issued 2020-08-28 08:40Z. First collected 2026-08-17 13:38Z; last seen in collection 2026-08-17 15:46Z. Collection dates record ingestion, not a new incident or a fresh field observation.
- Location covered
- Arctic Ocean. The map shows an area described by the warning; the listed coordinate is its representative center. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
Related notices and cancellation links
- Cancel HYDROARC 161/20 and this msg, operations completedlater cancellation notice
Activity windows · 31 in this warning
| opens (UTC) | closes (UTC) | local | length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-09-02 02:00Z | 2020-09-02 03:17Z | — | 1 h 17 |
| 2020-09-03 02:00Z | 2020-09-03 03:17Z | — | 1 h 17 |
| 2020-09-04 02:00Z | 2020-09-04 03:17Z | — | 1 h 17 |
| 2020-09-05 02:00Z | 2020-09-05 03:17Z | — | 1 h 17 |
| 2020-09-06 02:00Z | 2020-09-06 03:17Z | — | 1 h 17 |
| 2020-09-07 02:00Z | 2020-09-07 03:17Z | — | 1 h 17 |
| 2020-09-08 02:00Z | 2020-09-08 03:17Z | — | 1 h 17 |
| 2020-09-09 02:00Z | 2020-09-09 03:17Z | — | 1 h 17 |
| … 23 more | |||
Parsed from the warning text; outside these windows the area is normally not active, but the warning stays in force until cancelled.
- issued
- 2020-08-28 08:40Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2020-10-02 04:17Z
- authority
- FRENCH GUIANA 192349Z AUG 20.
- issued by
- FRENCH GUIANA
- sea
- Arctic Ocean
- position
- 81.383, 5.844
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
ARCTIC. DNC 27. 1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS, ROCKET LAUNCHING 0200Z TO 0317Z DAILY 02 SEP THRU 02 OCT IN AREA BOUND BY 80-10N 167-12E, 82-55N 133-18W, 82-18N 134-30W, 79-45N 169-36E. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 020417Z OCT 20.
Reading this warning
- DNC (Digital Nautical Chart)
- A reference to one of the regions of NGA's Digital Nautical Chart, used to tell the reader which charts a warning affects.
- 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.
- Rocket launching
- The areas where spent rocket stages, boosters and fairings are expected to fall after a launch, with the launch window.
- 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.
- 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.
Collected reports in this area · missile & rocket hazards
26 within 180 nm since 2010 · 1 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now
Counts include repeat notices about the same situation. NGA archive coverage ends 2024-05; live collection began 2026-08-17. The period between them is incomplete. An empty year is not evidence that no hazards occurred.
- Hazardous operations, rocket launching 0128Z to 0244Z daily 15 sep thru 15 oct in area bound by 77-06.00N…2026-09-10
- Hazardous operations, space debris 0144Z to 0300Z daily 05 oct thru 04 nov in area bound by 81-32.00N…2023-09-30
- Hazardous operations, space debris 0155Z to 0312Z daily 21 dec thru 20 jan 23 in area bound by 79-42.00N…2022-12-20
- Hazardous operations, space debris 0155Z to 0312Z daily 29 nov thru 25 dec in area bound by 79-42.00N…2022-11-28
- Hazardous operations, space debris 0155Z to 0312Z daily 25 nov thru 25 dec in area bound by 79-42.00N…2022-11-20
- Hazardous operations, rocket launching 0155Z to 0312Z daily 25 nov thru 25 dec in area bound by 79-42.00N…2022-11-19
Month of issue in the collected archive
All available years combined. Uneven collection and repeat bulletins affect these counts; this chart does not measure the seasonality or probability of incidents.
Nearby notices listed in force · within 120 nm
No other collected notice is currently listed in force within this radius. This does not establish safe conditions.
Worldwide in the collected sources
4 missile & rocket hazards listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-02 01:46Z; source collection times vary.
Missiles
Missile firings, rocket launches and space debris re-entry areas. All current missile & rocket hazards →
Not for navigation. This is a re-rendering of an official navigational warning for awareness; mariners must use official NAVAREA broadcasts and their national MSI service.