Hazardous operations, rocket launching 0800Z to 1600Z daily 17 sep thru 03 oct: a. in area within 36 miles…
Norwegian Sea · HYDROARC 231/18
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2018-09-28 07:34Z
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 104/18 111830Z SEP 18.. Issued 2018-09-12 08:49Z. 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.
Related notices and cancellation links
- Cancel HYDROARC 231/18 and this msglater cancellation notice
Current notices and reporting history in the Norwegian Sea →
Activity windows · 17 in this warning
| opens (UTC) | closes (UTC) | local | length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-09-17 08:00Z | 2018-09-17 16:00Z | — | 8 h |
| 2018-09-18 08:00Z | 2018-09-18 16:00Z | — | 8 h |
| 2018-09-19 08:00Z | 2018-09-19 16:00Z | — | 8 h |
| 2018-09-20 08:00Z | 2018-09-20 16:00Z | — | 8 h |
| 2018-09-21 08:00Z | 2018-09-21 16:00Z | — | 8 h |
| 2018-09-22 08:00Z | 2018-09-22 16:00Z | — | 8 h |
| 2018-09-23 08:00Z | 2018-09-23 16:00Z | — | 8 h |
| 2018-09-24 08:00Z | 2018-09-24 16:00Z | — | 8 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
- 2018-09-12 08:49Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2018-10-03 17:00Z
- authority
- NAVAREA XIX 104/18 111830Z SEP 18.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA XIX · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- Norwegian Sea
- position
- 70.680, 13.662
- 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
0800Z TO 1600Z DAILY 17 SEP THRU 03 OCT:
A. IN AREA WITHIN 36 MILES OF 70-42.9N 013-35.9E.
B. IN AREA BOUND BY
70-10.3N 014-28.0E, 70-11.7N 014-34.7E,
69-18.7N 016-04.0E, 69-17.7N 016-01.2E,
69-17.3N 015-57.0E.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 031700Z OCT 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.
- 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.
- Area bound by
- Introduces a list of positions that are the corners of an area — the polygon the warning applies to.
- 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
66 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 1600Z to 0200Z daily 06 thru 08 may in area bound by 69-04.00N…2024-05-03
- Hazardous operations, rocket launching 291245Z to 291500Z feb, alternate 010745Z to 011500Z mar in area…2024-02-27
- Hazardous operations, rocket launching 0815Z to 1330Z daily 13 thru 26 nov in area bound by 69-17.50N…2023-11-11
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 20:43Z; 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.