Hazardous operations, space debris 0900Z to 1100Z daily 14 thru 17 oct in area bound by 75-28.40N…
Baffin Bay · HYDROARC 280/21
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2021-10-15 00:48Z
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 XVIII 117/21 120705Z OCT 21.. Issued 2021-10-12 07:19Z. 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
- Baffin Bay. 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
- Hazardous operations, space debris 1300Z to 1500Z daily 14 thru 17 oct in area bound by 75-28.40N…cancelled by this notice
- Cancel HYDROARC 280/21 and this msg, operations completedlater cancellation notice
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 275/212021-10-09 · Archived notice
- HYDROARC 277/212021-10-09 · Archived notice
- HYDROARC 280/21 · this notice2021-10-12 · Archived notice
Activity windows · 4 in this warning
| opens (UTC) | closes (UTC) | local | length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-10-14 09:00Z | 2021-10-14 11:00Z | — | 2 h |
| 2021-10-15 09:00Z | 2021-10-15 11:00Z | — | 2 h |
| 2021-10-16 09:00Z | 2021-10-16 11:00Z | — | 2 h |
| 2021-10-17 09:00Z | 2021-10-17 11:00Z | — | 2 h |
Parsed from the warning text; outside these windows the area is normally not active, but the warning stays in force until cancelled.
- issued
- 2021-10-12 07:19Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2021-10-17 12:00Z
- authority
- NAVAREA XVIII 117/21 120705Z OCT 21.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA XVIII · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- Baffin Bay
- position
- 74.192, -68.552
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
BAFFIN BAY. GREENLAND. DNC 28. 1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS, SPACE DEBRIS 0900Z TO 1100Z DAILY 14 THRU 17 OCT IN AREA BOUND BY 75-28.40N 071-04.15W, 75-36.80N 067-40.75W, 72-38.82N 066-11.17W, 72-36.67N 067-09.23W, 73-10.53N 069-39.50W. 2. CANCEL HYDROARC 277/21. 3. CANCEL THIS MSG 171200Z 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.
- Space debris
- An area where parts of a spacecraft or rocket stage are expected to come down at sea, from a launch or a planned re-entry.
- 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.
- Cancellation reference
- A line that cancels an earlier warning by its number, such as CANCEL HYDROLANT 1085/12.
- HYDROARC
- The U.S. long-range warning series for the Arctic Ocean.
- 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
9 within 180 nm since 2020 · 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.
- Hazardous operations, space debris 1300Z to 1500Z daily 14 thru 17 oct in area bound by 75-28.40N…2021-10-09
- Hazardous operations, space debris 1300Z to 1500Z daily 14 thru 17 oct in area bound by 75-28.24N…2021-10-09
- Hazardous operations, space debris 1230Z to 1330Z daily 01 thru 04 jul in area bound by 75-28.40N…2021-06-28
- Hazardous operations, space debris 1730Z to 1900Z daily 27 thru 30 may in area bound by 75-28.40N…2021-05-22
- Hazardous operations, rocket launching 2200Z to 2330Z daily 25 thru 28 apr in area bound by 75-28.40N…2021-04-20
- Hazardous operations, rocket launching 0230Z to 0400Z daily 25 thru 28 mar in area bound by 75-28.40N…2021-03-19
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
6 missile & rocket hazards listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-02 15:42Z; 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.