Hazardous operations 1600Z to 1730Z daily 17 thru 21 sep within 75.6 miles of 81-06N 005-46W
Greenland Sea · HYDROARC 177/12
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2012-09-18 20:57Z
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) · NAVAREA XIX 111/12 15 SEP 12.. Issued 2012-09-16 01:11Z. 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
- Greenland Sea. The parsed report position is 81.100, -5.767 with a 75.6 nm radius. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
Related notices and cancellation links
- Cancel HYDROARC 177/12 and this msglater cancellation notice
These messages are connected by recorded cancellation references. The links establish relationships between notices; they do not by themselves confirm a single object, a continuous track, or recovery.
- HYDROARC 177/12 · this notice2012-09-16 · Archived notice
- HYDROARC 181/122012-09-18 · Archived notice
Current notices and reporting history in the Greenland Sea →
Activity windows · 5 in this warning
| opens (UTC) | closes (UTC) | local | length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012-09-17 16:00Z | 2012-09-17 17:30Z | — | 1 h 30 |
| 2012-09-18 16:00Z | 2012-09-18 17:30Z | — | 1 h 30 |
| 2012-09-19 16:00Z | 2012-09-19 17:30Z | — | 1 h 30 |
| 2012-09-20 16:00Z | 2012-09-20 17:30Z | — | 1 h 30 |
| 2012-09-21 16:00Z | 2012-09-21 17:30Z | — | 1 h 30 |
Parsed from the warning text; outside these windows the area is normally not active, but the warning stays in force until cancelled.
- issued
- 2012-09-16 01:11Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2012-09-21 18:30Z
- authority
- NAVAREA XIX 111/12 15 SEP 12.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA XIX · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- Greenland Sea
- position
- 81.100, -5.767 · r 75.6 nm
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
ARCTIC. GREENLAND SEA. ROCKETS. 1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS 1600Z TO 1730Z DAILY 17 THRU 21 SEP WITHIN 75.6 MILES OF 81-06N 005-46W. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 211830Z SEP 12.
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.
- Within a radius of
- A circular area — every position within a stated distance of a point.
- 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
19 within 180 nm since 2012 · 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 0530Z to 0730Z daily 09 thru 12 aug in area bound by 82-42.00N…2022-08-06
- Hazardous operations, space debris 0600Z to 0730Z daily 20 thru 23 mar in area within 130 miles of 82-10N…2021-03-18
- Hazardous operations, rocket launching 0200Z to 0317Z daily 17 nov thru 17 dec in area bound by 78-27N…2020-11-12
- Hazardous operations, space debris 0200Z to 0317Z daily 17 nov thru 17 dec in area bound by 78-27N 165-42E,…2020-11-12
- Hazardous operations, rocket launching 0200Z to 0317Z daily 02 sep thru 02 oct in area bound by 80-10N…2020-08-28
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 2026-10-01 14:18Z; 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.