Hazardous operations, rocket launching 0700Z to 1200Z daily 10 thru 19 dec: a. in area bound by 69-17.6N…
Norwegian Sea · HYDROARC 337/18
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2018-12-19 13:00Z
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 143/18 060631Z DEC 18.. Issued 2018-12-10 16:43Z. 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
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 329/182018-12-01 · Archived notice
- HYDROARC 332/182018-12-06 · Archived notice
- HYDROARC 337/18 · this notice2018-12-10 · Archived notice
Current notices and reporting history in the Norwegian Sea →
Activity windows · 10 in this warning
| opens (UTC) | closes (UTC) | local | length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-12-10 07:00Z | 2018-12-10 12:00Z | — | 5 h |
| 2018-12-11 07:00Z | 2018-12-11 12:00Z | — | 5 h |
| 2018-12-12 07:00Z | 2018-12-12 12:00Z | — | 5 h |
| 2018-12-13 07:00Z | 2018-12-13 12:00Z | — | 5 h |
| 2018-12-14 07:00Z | 2018-12-14 12:00Z | — | 5 h |
| 2018-12-15 07:00Z | 2018-12-15 12:00Z | — | 5 h |
| 2018-12-16 07:00Z | 2018-12-16 12:00Z | — | 5 h |
| 2018-12-17 07:00Z | 2018-12-17 12:00Z | — | 5 h |
| … 2 more | |||
Parsed from the warning text; outside these windows the area is normally not active, but the warning stays in force until cancelled.
- issued
- 2018-12-10 16:43Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2018-12-19 13:00Z
- authority
- NAVAREA XIX 143/18 060631Z DEC 18.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA XIX · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- Norwegian Sea
- position
- 73.910, 15.842
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
NORWEGIAN SEA.
NORWAY.
DNC 22.
1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS, ROCKET LAUNCHING
0700Z TO 1200Z DAILY 10 THRU 19 DEC:
A. IN AREA BOUND BY
69-17.6N 016-01.0E, 69-24.0N 015-51.0E,
69-50.0N 015-46.0E, 69-50.0N 016-10.0E,
69-24.0N 016-10.0E.
B. IN AREA WITHIN 30 MILES OF 74-10.0N 015-50.0E.
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.
- Within a radius of
- A circular area — every position within a stated distance of a point.
- 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 2026-10-02 02:48Z; 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.