Hazardous operations, rocket launching 1345Z to 1515Z daily 30 aug thru 04 sep in area bound by 77-35.00N…
Baffin Bay · HYDROARC 185/19
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2019-09-04 16:15Z
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 XVIII 88/19 251101Z AUG 19.. Issued 2019-08-25 15:30Z. 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
- Baffin Bay. 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 · 6 in this warning
| opens (UTC) | closes (UTC) | local | length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-08-30 13:45Z | 2019-08-30 15:15Z | — | 1 h 30 |
| 2019-08-31 13:45Z | 2019-08-31 15:15Z | — | 1 h 30 |
| 2019-09-01 13:45Z | 2019-09-01 15:15Z | — | 1 h 30 |
| 2019-09-02 13:45Z | 2019-09-02 15:15Z | — | 1 h 30 |
| 2019-09-03 13:45Z | 2019-09-03 15:15Z | — | 1 h 30 |
| 2019-09-04 13:45Z | 2019-09-04 15:15Z | — | 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
- 2019-08-25 15:30Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2019-09-04 16:15Z
- authority
- NAVAREA XVIII 88/19 251101Z AUG 19.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA XVIII · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- Baffin Bay
- position
- 77.168, -75.053
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
BAFFIN BAY. CANADA. DNC 28. 1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS, ROCKET LAUNCHING 1345Z TO 1515Z DAILY 30 AUG THRU 04 SEP IN AREA BOUND BY 77-35.00N 076-03.25W, 77-35.33N 074-12.00W, 77-07.50N 073-07.25W, 76-46.75N 074-29.25W, 76-46.75N 076-03.00W, 77-00.33N 077-02.00W, 77-20.42N 076-03.25W. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 041615Z SEP 19.
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
6 within 180 nm since 2011 · 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.
- Hazardous operations, rocket launching 1730Z to 1930Z daily 25 and 26 apr in area bound by 77-36.40N…2018-04-20
- Hazardous operations, rocket launching 0915Z to 1010Z daily 13 and 14 oct in area bound by 77-36.67N…2017-10-09
- Hazardous operations 041345Z to 041445Z jun in area bound by 77-35.00N 076-03.25W, 77-35.33N 074-12.00W,…2016-05-30
- Hazardous operations 1740Z to 1840Z daily 16 and 17 feb in area bound by 77-36-40N 075-52-30W, 77-35-45N…2016-02-15
- Hazardous operations 1350Z to 1450Z daily 01 thru 04 feb within 24.2 miles of 77-11N 075-18W2011-01-26
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 21:01Z; 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.