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Arctic Ocean · HYDROARC 303/15

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2015-09-24 23:45Z

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 XXI 46/15 220630Z SEP 15.. Issued 2015-09-22 08:28Z. 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 parsed report position is 78.267, 163.917 with a 27.0 nm radius. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.

Current notices and reporting history in the Arctic Ocean →

issued: 2015-09-22 08:28Z
status: Archived notice
self-cancels: 2015-09-24 23:45Z
authority: NAVAREA XXI 46/15 220630Z SEP 15.
NAVAREA: NAVAREA XXI · named as the source of this relay
sea: Arctic Ocean
position: 78.267, 163.917 · r 27.0 nm
source: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

ARCTIC.
EAST SIBERIAN SEA.
SPACE DEBRIS.
DNC 27.
1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS 2145Z TO 2245Z DAILY
   23 AND 24 SEP WITHIN 27 MILES OF
   78-16N 163-55E.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 242345Z SEP 15.

Reading this warning

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.
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.
Within a radius of: A circular area — every position within a stated distance of a point.
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.

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Collected reports in this area · missile & rocket hazards

13 within 180 nm since 2012 · 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.

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 17:00Z; 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.