Hazardous operations, rocket launching 0200Z to 0317Z daily 17 nov thru 17 dec in area bound by 78-27N…
Greenland Sea · HYDROARC 271/20
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2020-12-17 04:17Z
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) · FRENCH GUIANA 101029Z NOV 20.. Issued 2020-11-12 10:16Z. 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
- Greenland 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
These reports were linked by category and sea, with positions within 30 nautical miles and issue dates within 30 days of another report's recorded in-force span. Links can extend through other members, so the full group can cover a larger area or period. Proximity does not confirm that they describe one incident.
- HYDROARC 269/202020-11-12 · Archived notice
- HYDROARC 271/20 · this notice2020-11-12 · Archived notice
Current notices and reporting history in the Greenland Sea →
Activity windows · 31 in this warning
| opens (UTC) | closes (UTC) | local | length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-11-17 02:00Z | 2020-11-17 03:17Z | — | 1 h 17 |
| 2020-11-18 02:00Z | 2020-11-18 03:17Z | — | 1 h 17 |
| 2020-11-19 02:00Z | 2020-11-19 03:17Z | — | 1 h 17 |
| 2020-11-20 02:00Z | 2020-11-20 03:17Z | — | 1 h 17 |
| 2020-11-21 02:00Z | 2020-11-21 03:17Z | — | 1 h 17 |
| 2020-11-22 02:00Z | 2020-11-22 03:17Z | — | 1 h 17 |
| 2020-11-23 02:00Z | 2020-11-23 03:17Z | — | 1 h 17 |
| 2020-11-24 02:00Z | 2020-11-24 03:17Z | — | 1 h 17 |
| … 23 more | |||
Parsed from the warning text; outside these windows the area is normally not active, but the warning stays in force until cancelled.
- issued
- 2020-11-12 10:16Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2020-12-17 04:17Z
- authority
- FRENCH GUIANA 101029Z NOV 20.
- issued by
- FRENCH GUIANA
- sea
- Greenland Sea
- position
- 80.136, -0.424
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
ARCTIC. EAST SIBERIAN SEA. CHUKCHI SEA. DNC 27. 1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS, ROCKET LAUNCHING 0200Z TO 0317Z DAILY 17 NOV THRU 17 DEC IN AREA BOUND BY 78-27N 165-42E, 82-06N 145-00W, 81-28N 145-12W, 78-01N 167-48E. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 170417Z DEC 20.
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
20 within 180 nm since 2010 · 1 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 0128Z to 0244Z daily 15 sep thru 15 oct in area bound by 77-06.00N…2026-09-10
- Hazardous operations, space debris 0530Z to 0730Z daily 09 thru 12 aug in area bound by 82-42.00N…2022-08-06
- Hazardous operations, space debris 0156Z to 0313Z daily 17 aug thru 16 sep in area bound by 80-12N 169-20E,…2021-08-12
- Hazardous operations, space debris 0600Z to 0730Z daily 20 thru 23 mar in area within 130 miles of 82-10N…2021-03-18
- Hazardous operations, space debris 0200Z to 0317Z daily 17 nov thru 17 dec in area bound by 78-27N 165-42E,…2020-11-12
- Hazardous operations, rocket launching 0200Z to 0317Z daily 02 sep thru 02 oct in area bound by 80-10N…2020-08-28
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 06:44Z; 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.