Hazardous operations, rocket launching 0700Z to 1200Z daily 04 thru 19 dec in areas bound by: a. 69-17.60N…
Norwegian Sea · HYDROARC 329/18
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2018-12-06 09:46Z
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 142/18 011830Z DEC 18.. Issued 2018-12-01 19:25Z. 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 0700Z to 1200Z daily 04 thru 19 dec: a. in area bound by 69-17.60N…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 326/182018-11-30 · Archived notice
- HYDROARC 329/18 · this notice2018-12-01 · Archived notice
- HYDROARC 332/182018-12-06 · Archived notice
- HYDROARC 337/182018-12-10 · Archived notice
Current notices and reporting history in the Norwegian Sea →
Activity windows · 16 in this warning
| opens (UTC) | closes (UTC) | local | length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-12-04 07:00Z | 2018-12-04 12:00Z | — | 5 h |
| 2018-12-05 07:00Z | 2018-12-05 12:00Z | — | 5 h |
| 2018-12-06 07:00Z | 2018-12-06 12:00Z | — | 5 h |
| 2018-12-07 07:00Z | 2018-12-07 12:00Z | — | 5 h |
| 2018-12-08 07:00Z | 2018-12-08 12:00Z | — | 5 h |
| 2018-12-09 07:00Z | 2018-12-09 12:00Z | — | 5 h |
| 2018-12-10 07:00Z | 2018-12-10 12:00Z | — | 5 h |
| 2018-12-11 07:00Z | 2018-12-11 12:00Z | — | 5 h |
| … 8 more | |||
Parsed from the warning text; outside these windows the area is normally not active, but the warning stays in force until cancelled.
- issued
- 2018-12-01 19:25Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2018-12-19 13:00Z
- authority
- NAVAREA XIX 142/18 011830Z DEC 18.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA XIX · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- Norwegian Sea
- position
- 73.858, 15.816
- 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.
1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS, ROCKET LAUNCHING
0700Z TO 1200Z DAILY 04 THRU 19 DEC
IN AREAS BOUND BY:
A. 69-17.60N 016-01.00E, 69-24.00N 015-51.00E,
69-50.00N 015-46.00E, 69-50.00N 016-10.00E,
69-24.00N 016-10.00E.
B. 73-39.23N 013-38.20E, 74-15.01N 013-31.32E,
74-43.08N 014-39.91E, 74-43.52N 016-44.31E,
74-16.66N 018-06.92E, 73-40.98N 018-01.56E,
73-14.98N 016-46.81E, 73-14.78N 014-53.64E,
73-39.23N 013-38.20E.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 191300Z DEC 18.
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
52 within 180 nm since 2012 · 2 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.
- Norwegian sea grennland sea 1. rocket launch operation will be conducted2026-09-01
- Hazardous operations, rocket launching 1600Z to 2135Z daily 04 thru 10 sep in areas bound by: a. 68-59.33N…2026-09-01
- Hazardous operations, rocket launching 0600Z to 0800Z daily 09 thru 13 feb in area bound by 75-59.00N…2024-02-05
- Hazardous operations, rocket launching 0600Z to 0800Z daily 09 thru 13 feb in area bound by 75-59.00N…2024-02-05
- Hazardous operations, space debris 0600Z to 0800Z daily 27 thru 31 dec in area bound by 75-59.0N 021-26.0E…2023-12-23
- Hazardous operations, space debris 2000Z to 2230Z daily 23 thru 27 nov in area bound by 76-30.00N…2023-11-18
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 13:41Z; 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.