Hazardous operations, rocket launching 0400Z to 1100Z daily 03 thru 17 nov in areas bound by: a. 78-18N…
Norwegian Sea · HYDROARC 304/21
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2021-11-17 12:00Z
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 139/21 291830Z OCT 21.. Issued 2021-10-29 09:21Z. 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.
Current notices and reporting history in the Norwegian Sea →
Activity windows · 15 in this warning
| opens (UTC) | closes (UTC) | local | length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-11-03 04:00Z | 2021-11-03 11:00Z | — | 7 h |
| 2021-11-04 04:00Z | 2021-11-04 11:00Z | — | 7 h |
| 2021-11-05 04:00Z | 2021-11-05 11:00Z | — | 7 h |
| 2021-11-06 04:00Z | 2021-11-06 11:00Z | — | 7 h |
| 2021-11-07 04:00Z | 2021-11-07 11:00Z | — | 7 h |
| 2021-11-08 04:00Z | 2021-11-08 11:00Z | — | 7 h |
| 2021-11-09 04:00Z | 2021-11-09 11:00Z | — | 7 h |
| 2021-11-10 04:00Z | 2021-11-10 11:00Z | — | 7 h |
| … 7 more | |||
Parsed from the warning text; outside these windows the area is normally not active, but the warning stays in force until cancelled.
- issued
- 2021-10-29 09:21Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2021-11-17 12:00Z
- authority
- NAVAREA XIX 139/21 291830Z OCT 21.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA XIX · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- Norwegian Sea
- position
- 70.511, -0.805
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
GREENLAND SEA.
NORWEGIAN SEA.
SVALBARD.
1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS, ROCKET LAUNCHING
0400Z TO 1100Z DAILY 03 THRU 17 NOV
IN AREAS BOUND BY:
A. 78-18N 010-30E, 78-57N 012-10E,
79-00N 011-45E, 78-19N 010-20E.
B. 76-20N 008-40E, 77-40N 011-40E,
78-12N 007-10E, 76-50N 004-50E.
C. 66-25N 000-15E, 71-00N 001-30E,
71-26N 004-05W, 67-52N 008-45W.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 171200Z NOV 21.
Reading this warning
- 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
4 within 180 nm since 2021 · 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, rocket launching 1800Z to 0200Z daily 08 thru 13 may in areas bound by: a. 70-43.29N…2023-05-06
- Missile operations 1000Z to 1700Z daily 15 thru 17 mar in area bound by 68-30N 000-00E, 68-30N 001-22E,…2022-03-12
- Hazardous operations, space debris 0400Z to 1100Z daily 03 thru 17 nov in area bound by 71-26N 004-05W,…2021-10-29
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 11:46Z; 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.