Hazardous operations, rocket launching 232230Z to 240530Z, 242230Z to 250530Z and 260930Z to 261730Z aug in…
Arctic Ocean · HYDROARC 179/19
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2019-08-26 18:30Z
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 84/19 210630Z AUG 19.. Issued 2019-08-21 11:12Z. 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.
Activity windows · 3 in this warning
| opens (UTC) | closes (UTC) | local | length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-08-23 22:30Z | 2019-08-24 05:30Z | — | 7 h |
| 2019-08-24 22:30Z | 2019-08-25 05:30Z | — | 7 h |
| 2019-08-26 09:30Z | 2019-08-26 17:30Z | — | 8 h |
Parsed from the warning text; outside these windows the area is normally not active, but the warning stays in force until cancelled.
- issued
- 2019-08-21 11:12Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2019-08-26 18:30Z
- authority
- NAVAREA XIX 84/19 210630Z AUG 19.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA XIX · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- Arctic Ocean
- position
- 87.775, -40.875
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
ARCTIC. 1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS, ROCKET LAUNCHING 232230Z TO 240530Z, 242230Z TO 250530Z AND 260930Z TO 261730Z AUG IN AREA BOUND BY 87-13.8N 072-31.2W, 87-09.0N 138-08.4W, 87-37.8N 147-09.0W, 89-15.6N 160-27.6E, 88-46.2N 035-21.6E, 87-06.6N 000-31.8E, 87-07.2N 011-58.2W. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 261830Z AUG 19.
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
1 within 180 nm since 2019 · 0 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.
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 14:16Z; 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.