Missiles

Hazardous operations, space debris 2230Z to 2359Z daily 26 thru 28 dec in area bounded by: 078-39.67N…

Arctic Ocean · HYDROARC 321/19

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2019-12-29 01:00Z

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 XXI 58/19 211833Z DEC 19.. Issued 2019-12-21 19:15Z. 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 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 Arctic Ocean →

Activity windows · 3 in this warning

opens (UTC)closes (UTC)locallength
2019-12-26 22:30Z2019-12-26 23:59Z—1 h 29
2019-12-27 22:30Z2019-12-27 23:59Z—1 h 29
2019-12-28 22:30Z2019-12-28 23:59Z—1 h 29

Parsed from the warning text; outside these windows the area is normally not active, but the warning stays in force until cancelled.

issued
2019-12-21 19:15Z
status
Archived notice
self-cancels
2019-12-29 01:00Z
authority
NAVAREA XXI 58/19 211833Z DEC 19.
NAVAREA
NAVAREA XXI · named as the source of this relay
sea
Arctic Ocean
position
78.270, 163.924
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

ARCTIC.
EAST SIBERIAN SEA.
DNC 27.
1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS, SPACE DEBRIS
   2230Z TO 2359Z DAILY 26 THRU 28 DEC
   IN AREA BOUNDED BY:
   078-39.67N 162-14.17E, 078-45.42N 164-49.33E,
   078-20.67N 166-26.25E, 077-51.83N 165-29.00E,
   077-47.00N 163-05.42E, 078-10.00N 161-27.00E.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 290100Z DEC 19.

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.
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

12
15
19

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

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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 07:22Z; 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.