Hazardous rocket launching operations occur in Barents Sea, Russia, from August 13 to 27, in three bounded areas.
Barentsz Sea · HYDROARC 168/26
What this record establishes
Cancelled notice · 2026-08-28 19:00Z
This notice disappeared from the issuing source's in-force list. No explicit recovery or all-clear is established by that removal.
- Source and dates
- NGA MSI in-force warnings (DailyMem*.txt). Issued 2026-08-12 20:01Z. First collected 2026-08-17 13:41Z; last seen in collection 2026-08-28 19:32Z. Collection dates record ingestion, not a new incident or a fresh field observation.
- Location covered
- Barentsz Sea. 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
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.
- NAVAREA 19 99/262026-08-08 · Cancelled notice
- HYDROARC 168/26 · this notice2026-08-12 · Cancelled notice
Activity windows · 28 in this warning
| opens (UTC) | closes (UTC) | local | length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-13 21:00Z | 2026-08-13 23:59Z | — | 2 h 59 |
| 2026-08-14 00:01Z | 2026-08-14 18:00Z | — | 17 h 59 |
| 2026-08-14 21:00Z | 2026-08-14 23:59Z | — | 2 h 59 |
| 2026-08-15 00:01Z | 2026-08-15 18:00Z | — | 17 h 59 |
| 2026-08-15 21:00Z | 2026-08-15 23:59Z | — | 2 h 59 |
| 2026-08-16 00:01Z | 2026-08-16 18:00Z | — | 17 h 59 |
| 2026-08-16 21:00Z | 2026-08-16 23:59Z | — | 2 h 59 |
| 2026-08-17 00:01Z | 2026-08-17 18:00Z | — | 17 h 59 |
| … 20 more | |||
Parsed from the warning text; outside these windows the area is normally not active, but the warning stays in force until cancelled.
- issued
- 2026-08-12 20:01Z
- status
- Cancelled notice
- self-cancels
- 2026-08-27 19:00Z
- sea
- Barentsz Sea
- position
- 72.336, 31.183
- nearest port
- Vardo · 103 nm
- source
- NGA MSI in-force warnings (DailyMem*.txt) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:41Z
Original warning text
BARENTS SEA.
RUSSIA.
1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS, ROCKET LAUNCHING
132100Z TO 132359Z, 0001Z TO 1800Z AND
2100Z TO 2359Z DAILY 14 THRU 26 AND
270001Z TO 271800Z AUG IN AREAS BOUND BY:
A. 69-17.00N 051-14.00E, 69-01.00N 052-02.00E,
68-19.00N 050-27.00E, 68-33.00N 049-48.00E.
B. 70-33.94N 032-36.68E, 70-46.27N 033-52.16E,
69-45.82N 035-13.22E, 69-34.82N 033-57.43E.
C. 72-47.18N 029-27.88E, 73-01.54N 030-54.23E,
71-53.17N 032-54.86E, 71-39.58N 031-25.22E.
2. CANCEL HYDROARC 161/26.
3. CANCEL THIS MSG 271900Z AUG 26.Reading this warning
- 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.
- 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.
- Cancellation reference
- A line that cancels an earlier warning by its number, such as CANCEL HYDROLANT 1085/12.
- HYDROARC
- The U.S. long-range warning series for the Arctic Ocean.
- CANCEL THIS MSG
- The warning's own expiry: a line telling the reader when the message cancels itself.
Likely launch behind this area
Soyuz 2.1b/Fregat | Glonass-K1 No. 19
- NET
- 2026-08-24 02:40Z · Launch Successful
- rocket
- Soyuz 2.1b Fregat · Russian Space Forces
- pad
- 43/3 (43L), Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation · 602 nm from this area
Matched by pad distance and launch window; the warning itself does not name the launch. Data: Launch Library 2 (The Space Devs).
Collected reports in this area · missile & rocket hazards
332 within 180 nm since 2010 · 6 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.
- Missile operations 0400Z to 1500Z daily 25 and 26 sep in area bound by 70-18.00N 036-10.00E, 69-53.00N…2026-09-20
- Missile operations 2100Z to 1800Z daily 21 thru 24 sep in area bound by 72-52.25N 034-14.50E, 72-27.17N…2026-09-16
- Missile operations 0200Z to 1500Z daily 11 thru 13 sep in area bound by 69-53.00N 032-57.00E, 70-07.00N…2026-09-09
- Missile and gunnery operations 0500Z to 1900Z daily 05 thru 10 sep in areas bound by: a. 69-43.00N…2026-09-02
- Rocket launching in the following periods a. 2100 to 2400 UTC 13 aug 26 b. 0000 to 1800 UTC and 2100 to 2400…2026-08-08
- Hazardous operations, rocket launching 1500Z to 0100Z daily 17 thru 20 and 22 thru 27 apr in area bound by…2024-04-12
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 2026-09-25 07:29Z; 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.