Hazardous operations, rocket launching 2045Z to 0400Z daily 19 thru 26 mar in areas bound by: a. 69-23.00N…
Norwegian Sea · HYDROARC 29/23
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2023-03-27 05:00Z
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 XIX 26/23 192051Z MAR 23.. Issued 2023-03-19 21:35Z. 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
- Hazardous operations, rocket launching 1600Z to 2300Z daily 17 thru 26 mar in area bound by 71-48.50N…cancelled by this 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 27/232023-03-17 · Archived notice
- HYDROARC 29/23 · this notice2023-03-19 · Archived notice
Current notices and reporting history in the Norwegian Sea →
Activity windows · 8 in this warning
| opens (UTC) | closes (UTC) | local | length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-03-19 20:45Z | 2023-03-20 04:00Z | — | 7 h 15 |
| 2023-03-20 20:45Z | 2023-03-21 04:00Z | — | 7 h 15 |
| 2023-03-21 20:45Z | 2023-03-22 04:00Z | — | 7 h 15 |
| 2023-03-22 20:45Z | 2023-03-23 04:00Z | — | 7 h 15 |
| 2023-03-23 20:45Z | 2023-03-24 04:00Z | — | 7 h 15 |
| 2023-03-24 20:45Z | 2023-03-25 04:00Z | — | 7 h 15 |
| 2023-03-25 20:45Z | 2023-03-26 04:00Z | — | 7 h 15 |
| 2023-03-26 20:45Z | 2023-03-27 04:00Z | — | 7 h 15 |
Parsed from the warning text; outside these windows the area is normally not active, but the warning stays in force until cancelled.
- issued
- 2023-03-19 21:35Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2023-03-27 05:00Z
- authority
- NAVAREA XIX 26/23 192051Z MAR 23.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA XIX · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- Norwegian Sea
- position
- 71.059, 12.862
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
NORWEGIAN SEA.
NORWAY.
DNC 21, DNC 22.
1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS, ROCKET LAUNCHING
2045Z TO 0400Z DAILY 19 THRU 26 MAR
IN AREAS BOUND BY:
A. 69-23.00N 016-03.50E, 69-23.90N 015-50.40E,
69-19.30N 015-48.20E, 69-17.00N 015-59.40E,
69-18.20N 016-05.40E.
B. 71-48.45N 015-05.40E, 72-04.05N 014-25.35E,
72-09.90N 013-21.00E, 71-57.45N 010-40.65E,
71-41.70N 009-43.65E, 71-20.70N 009-37.50E,
70-23.85N 010-29.10E, 69-49.95N 014-35.10E,
70-03.60N 015-28.50E, 71-01.80N 015-36.45E.
2. CANCEL HYDROARC 27/23.
3. CANCEL THIS MSG 270500Z MAR 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.
- 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
71 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
7 missile & rocket hazards listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-03 16:48Z; 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.