Hazardous operations, rocket launching 1200Z to 1330Z daily 18 thru 21 dec in area bound by 73-10.53N…
Baffin Bay · HYDROARC 304/20
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2020-12-14 22:50Z
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 120/20 132215Z DEC 20.. Issued 2020-12-13 22:24Z. 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, rocket launching 1200Z to 1330Z daily 18 thru 21 dec in area bound by 75-28.40N…later 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 304/20 · this notice2020-12-13 · Archived notice
- HYDROARC 306/202020-12-14 · Archived notice
Activity windows · 4 in this warning
| opens (UTC) | closes (UTC) | local | length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-12-18 12:00Z | 2020-12-18 13:30Z | — | 1 h 30 |
| 2020-12-19 12:00Z | 2020-12-19 13:30Z | — | 1 h 30 |
| 2020-12-20 12:00Z | 2020-12-20 13:30Z | — | 1 h 30 |
| 2020-12-21 12:00Z | 2020-12-21 13:30Z | — | 1 h 30 |
Parsed from the warning text; outside these windows the area is normally not active, but the warning stays in force until cancelled.
- issued
- 2020-12-13 22:24Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2020-12-21 14:30Z
- authority
- NAVAREA XVIII 120/20 132215Z DEC 20.
- 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, ROCKET LAUNCHING 1200Z TO 1330Z DAILY 18 THRU 21 DEC IN AREA BOUND BY 73-10.53N 069-39.50W, 75-28.40N 071-04.10W, 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 THIS MSG 211430Z 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
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 0900Z to 1100Z daily 14 thru 17 oct in area bound by 75-28.40N…2021-10-12
- 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
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 22:09Z; 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.