Hazardous operations, rocket launching 240001Z to 290001Z oct: a. in area bound by 69-19.00N 049-57.50E,…
Barentsz Sea · HYDROARC 265/23
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2023-10-29 01:01Z
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 159/23 191749Z OCT 23.. Issued 2023-10-19 18:12Z. 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
- Barentsz Sea. The parsed report position is 68.981, 50.790. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
Activity windows · 1 in this warning
| opens (UTC) | closes (UTC) | local | length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-10-24 00:01Z | 2023-10-29 00:01Z | — | 120 h |
Parsed from the warning text; outside these windows the area is normally not active, but the warning stays in force until cancelled.
- issued
- 2023-10-19 18:12Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2023-10-29 01:01Z
- authority
- NAVAREA XX 159/23 191749Z OCT 23.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA XX · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- Barentsz Sea
- position
- 68.981, 50.790
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
BARENTS SEA.
RUSSIA.
DNC 22.
1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS, ROCKET LAUNCHING
240001Z TO 290001Z OCT:
A. IN AREA BOUND BY
69-19.00N 049-57.50E, 69-33.00N 049-48.00E,
69-17.00N 051-14.00E, 69-01.00N 052-02.00E,
68-19.00N 050-27.00E, 68-57.50N 050-08.00E.
B. ALONG TRACKLINE JOINING
68-38.72N 051-05.06E, 69-19.00N 049-57.50E.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 290101Z OCT 23.
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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Track line joining
- Introduces a route through a series of positions — a cable route, a tow's track or a survey line.
- CANCEL THIS MSG
- The warning's own expiry: a line telling the reader when the message cancels itself.
Collected reports in this area · missile & rocket hazards
138 within 180 nm since 2010 · 4 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 operations 0200Z to 1400Z daily 12 and 13 sep in area bound by 67-19.00N 045-00.00E, 67-48.70N…2026-09-08
- Missile operations 0200Z to 1700Z daily 08 thru 11 sep in area bound by 67-19.00N 045-00.00E, 67-48.70N…2026-09-04
- Hazardous operations, rocket launching 0001Z to 1800Z daily until 23 aug in area bound by 69-17.00N…2026-08-19
- Hazardous operations, rocket launching 232100Z to 240001Z, 0001Z to 1800Z and 2100Z to 0001Z daily 24 thru…2026-08-18
- Hazardous operations, rocket launching 29 feb thru 04 mar in area bound by 69-17.00N 051-14.00E, 69-01.00N…2024-02-28
- Hazardous operations, rocket launching 29 feb thru 04 mar in area bound by 69-19.00N 049-55.00E, 69-33.00N…2024-02-22
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
8 missile & rocket hazards listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-03 01:36Z; 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.