Hazardous operations, rocket launching 0300Z to 1900Z daily 11 thru 16 oct in area bound by 82-47.4N…
Arctic Ocean · HYDROARC 258/18
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2018-10-16 20:00Z
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 XX 138/18 050830Z OCT 18.. Issued 2018-10-05 09:21Z. 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 · 6 in this warning
| opens (UTC) | closes (UTC) | local | length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-10-11 03:00Z | 2018-10-11 19:00Z | — | 16 h |
| 2018-10-12 03:00Z | 2018-10-12 19:00Z | — | 16 h |
| 2018-10-13 03:00Z | 2018-10-13 19:00Z | — | 16 h |
| 2018-10-14 03:00Z | 2018-10-14 19:00Z | — | 16 h |
| 2018-10-15 03:00Z | 2018-10-15 19:00Z | — | 16 h |
| 2018-10-16 03:00Z | 2018-10-16 19:00Z | — | 16 h |
Parsed from the warning text; outside these windows the area is normally not active, but the warning stays in force until cancelled.
- issued
- 2018-10-05 09:21Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2018-10-16 20:00Z
- authority
- NAVAREA XX 138/18 050830Z OCT 18.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA XX · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- Arctic Ocean
- position
- 82.437, 101.176
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
ARCTIC. RUSSIA. DNC 22, DNC 27. 1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS, ROCKET LAUNCHING 0300Z TO 1900Z DAILY 11 THRU 16 OCT IN AREA BOUND BY 82-47.4N 085-28.2E, 83-24.0N 096-39.0E, 83-17.4N 115-13.8E, 82-37.2N 115-58.8E, 81-39.0N 114-30.0E, 81-39.6N 104-09.6E, 81-21.6N 089-42.0E, 81-50.4N 087-39.6E. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 162000Z 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.
- 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
37 within 180 nm since 2010 · 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.
- Missile and gunnery operations 0500Z to 1700Z daily 24 and 25 oct, alternate 0500Z to 1700Z daily 26 and 27…2023-10-19
- Hazardous operations, rocket launching 0500Z to 1700Z daily 26 thru 29 oct in area bound by 81-21.60N…2022-10-21
- Hazardous operations, rocket launching 0700Z to 1300Z daily 20 thru 22 feb in area bound by 82-46.2N…2022-02-18
- Missile operations 302100Z nov to 152100Z dec in area bound by 81-21.6N 089-42.0E, 81-50.4N 087-39.6E,…2020-11-29
- Hazardous operations, missile operations 0500Z to 1700Z daily 14 thru 18 oct in area bound by 81-21.6N…2019-10-09
- Cancel this msg 301800Z oct 172017-10-16
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
5 missile & rocket hazards listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-02 14:31Z; 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.