Rocket launching hazardous operations in Barents Sea, Russia, are active from August 19 to 30 in specified areas.
Barentsz Sea · HYDROARC 174/26
What this record establishes
Cancelled notice · 2026-08-19 18:30Z
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 2026-08-17 17:44Z. First collected 2026-08-19 20:02Z; last seen in collection 2026-08-23 15:32Z. 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.
Activity windows · 22 in this warning
| opens (UTC) | closes (UTC) | local | length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-19 21:00Z | 2026-08-20 00:01Z | — | 3 h 01 |
| 2026-08-20 00:00Z | 2026-08-20 18:00Z | — | 18 h |
| 2026-08-20 21:00Z | 2026-08-21 00:00Z | — | 3 h |
| 2026-08-21 00:00Z | 2026-08-21 18:00Z | — | 18 h |
| 2026-08-21 21:00Z | 2026-08-22 00:00Z | — | 3 h |
| 2026-08-22 00:00Z | 2026-08-22 18:00Z | — | 18 h |
| 2026-08-22 21:00Z | 2026-08-23 00:00Z | — | 3 h |
| 2026-08-23 00:00Z | 2026-08-23 18:00Z | — | 18 h |
| … 14 more | |||
Parsed from the warning text; outside these windows the area is normally not active, but the warning stays in force until cancelled.
- issued
- 2026-08-17 17:44Z
- status
- Cancelled notice
- self-cancels
- 2026-08-30 19:00Z
- sea
- Barentsz Sea
- position
- 73.406, 50.934
- source
- NGA MSI in-force warnings (DailyMem*.txt) · first seen 2026-08-19 20:02Z
Original warning text
BARENTS SEA.
RUSSIA.
1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS, ROCKET LAUNCHING
192100Z TO 200001Z, 0000Z TO 1800Z AND
2100Z TO 0000Z DAILY 20 THRU 29 AND
300000Z TO 301800Z AUG IN AREAS BOUND BY:
A. 70-47.00N 046-22.00E, 70-37.00N 047-36.00E,
69-46.00N 046-36.00E, 69-56.00N 045-20.00E.
B. 74-04.00N 051-13.50E, 73-51.67N 052-40.00E,
72-44.00N 050-36.00E, 72-57.00N 049-13.00E.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 301900Z 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.
- CANCEL THIS MSG
- The warning's own expiry: a line telling the reader when the message cancels itself.
Collected reports in this area · missile & rocket hazards
65 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.
- Missile operations 0300Z to 1900Z daily 03 thru 05 nov in area bound by 72-30.00N 052-47.00E, 73-05.00N…2023-10-29
- Hazardous operations, rocket launching 0500Z to 1700Z daily 03 thru 05 nov in area bound by 73-05.00N…2022-10-30
- Missile operations 0500Z to 1900Z daily 19 thru 20 aug in area bound by 75-46.50N 049-28.00E, 75-36.00N…2022-08-17
- Hazardous operations, rocket launching 0900Z to 1500Z daily 06 thru 10 jun in area bound by 72-21.60N…2022-06-01
- Missile operations 0500Z to 1700Z daily 22, 23, 25 and 26 oct in area bound by 73-05N 051-00E, 72-30N…2021-10-20
- Missile operations 0500Z to 1700Z daily 22 and 23 oct in area bound by 73-05N 051-00E, 72-30N 052-47E,…2021-10-19
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 04:28Z; 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.