Hazardous operations, rocket launching 0600Z to 1500Z daily 30 sep thru 15 oct: a. in area within 21 miles…
Norwegian Sea · HYDROARC 254/21
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2021-10-04 09:35Z
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 126/21 271830Z SEP 21.. Issued 2021-09-27 09:40Z. 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 254/21 and this msglater cancellation notice
Current notices and reporting history in the Norwegian Sea →
Activity windows · 16 in this warning
| opens (UTC) | closes (UTC) | local | length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-09-30 06:00Z | 2021-09-30 15:00Z | — | 9 h |
| 2021-10-01 06:00Z | 2021-10-01 15:00Z | — | 9 h |
| 2021-10-02 06:00Z | 2021-10-02 15:00Z | — | 9 h |
| 2021-10-03 06:00Z | 2021-10-03 15:00Z | — | 9 h |
| 2021-10-04 06:00Z | 2021-10-04 15:00Z | — | 9 h |
| 2021-10-05 06:00Z | 2021-10-05 15:00Z | — | 9 h |
| 2021-10-06 06:00Z | 2021-10-06 15:00Z | — | 9 h |
| 2021-10-07 06:00Z | 2021-10-07 15:00Z | — | 9 h |
| … 8 more | |||
Parsed from the warning text; outside these windows the area is normally not active, but the warning stays in force until cancelled.
- issued
- 2021-09-27 09:40Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2021-10-15 16:00Z
- authority
- NAVAREA XIX 126/21 271830Z SEP 21.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA XIX · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- Norwegian Sea
- position
- 69.780, 15.207
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
NORWEGIAN SEA.
NORWAY.
DNC 22.
1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS, ROCKET LAUNCHING
0600Z TO 1500Z DAILY 30 SEP THRU 15 OCT:
A. IN AREA WITHIN 21 MILES OF 69-47.9N 015-10.6E.
B. IN AREA BOUND BY
70-00.5N 014-23.2E, 69-56.7N 014-39.4E,
69-48.3N 015-01.0E, 69-38.4N 015-22.8E,
69-34.4N 015-27.5E, 69-24.1N 015-50.0E,
69-22.7N 015-45.2E, 69-32.2N 015-20.1E,
69-34.0N 015-11.4E, 69-43.3N 014-46.5E,
69-52.7N 014-25.5E, 69-58.6N 014-18.1E.
C. IN AREA BOUND BY
69-21.7N 016-01.3E, 69-30.9N 015-45.5E,
69-29.4N 015-38.4E, 69-24.1N 015-50.0E,
69-24.7N 015-52.0E.
D. IN AREA BOUND BY
69-17.3N 016-04.6E, 69-19.9N 016-03.7E,
69-21.7N 016-01.3E, 69-24.7N 015-52.0E,
69-22.1N 015-43.0E, 69-18.4N 015-52.7E,
69-16.5N 016-01.4E.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 151600Z OCT 21.
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
67 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
4 missile & rocket hazards listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-01 07:47Z; 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.