Hazardous operations, rocket launching 1700Z to 2100Z daily 03 thru 19 mar in areas bound by: a. 69-17.5N…
Norwegian Sea · HYDROARC 22/18
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2018-03-19 22:00Z
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 17/18 280629Z FEB 18.. Issued 2018-02-28 09:37Z. 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
- Norwegian 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.
Current notices and reporting history in the Norwegian Sea →
Activity windows · 17 in this warning
| opens (UTC) | closes (UTC) | local | length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-03-03 17:00Z | 2018-03-03 21:00Z | — | 4 h |
| 2018-03-04 17:00Z | 2018-03-04 21:00Z | — | 4 h |
| 2018-03-05 17:00Z | 2018-03-05 21:00Z | — | 4 h |
| 2018-03-06 17:00Z | 2018-03-06 21:00Z | — | 4 h |
| 2018-03-07 17:00Z | 2018-03-07 21:00Z | — | 4 h |
| 2018-03-08 17:00Z | 2018-03-08 21:00Z | — | 4 h |
| 2018-03-09 17:00Z | 2018-03-09 21:00Z | — | 4 h |
| 2018-03-10 17:00Z | 2018-03-10 21:00Z | — | 4 h |
| … 9 more | |||
Parsed from the warning text; outside these windows the area is normally not active, but the warning stays in force until cancelled.
- issued
- 2018-02-28 09:37Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2018-03-19 22:00Z
- authority
- NAVAREA XIX 17/18 280629Z FEB 18.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA XIX · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- Norwegian Sea
- position
- 72.299, 13.514
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
NORWEGIAN SEA.
NORWAY.
DNC 21, DNC 22.
1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS, ROCKET LAUNCHING
1700Z TO 2100Z DAILY 03 THRU 19 MAR
IN AREAS BOUND BY:
A. 69-17.5N 016-00.5E, 69-20.0N 015-48.7E,
69-38.9N 014-55.1E, 69-52.5N 014-56.0E,
69-59.2N 015-57.0E, 69-49.6N 016-29.8E,
69-22.5N 016-09.0E, 69-17.9N 016-02.6E.
B. 73-25.2N 006-32.0E, 74-20.6N 016-26.7E,
73-31.0N 020-25.7E, 72-30.6N 021-05.1E,
71-36.4N 019-49.1E, 70-43.0N 017-22.4E,
70-22.9N 012-48.1E, 70-37.6N 009-27.1E,
71-20.4N 006-49.6E, 72-12.9N 005-44.4E.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 192200Z MAR 18.
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
56 within 180 nm since 2010 · 3 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 0700Z to 1500Z daily 21 thru 25 sep in area bound by 69-06.78N…2026-09-20
- 0700 - 1500 UTC daily from 21 to 25 sept 262026-09-19
- Hazardous operations, rocket launching 1800Z to 0300Z daily 14 thru 19 sep in area bound by 69-53.08N…2026-09-13
- Hazardous operations, rocket launching 0815Z to 1330Z daily 13 thru 26 nov in area bound by 69-17.50N…2023-11-11
- Hazardous operations, rocket launching 0500Z to 1800Z daily 11 thru 15 aug in area bound by 75-45.00N…2023-08-06
- Hazardous operations, rocket launching 061900Z to 110001Z jun in area bound by 70-23.0N 004-10.0E, 68-30.0N…2023-06-06
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
7 missile & rocket hazards listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-03 14:00Z; 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.