Missiles

Hazardous operations, rocket launcing 0700 to 1200Z daily 02 thru 07 jan 19: a. 69-44N 016-10E, 69-23N…

Norwegian Sea · HYDROARC 348/18

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2019-01-07 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 152/18 301830Z DEC 18.. Issued 2018-12-30 19:48Z. 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 parsed report position is 72.027, 16.065. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.

Related notices and cancellation links

Current notices and reporting history in the Norwegian Sea →

issued
2018-12-30 19:48Z
status
Archived notice
self-cancels
2019-01-07 13:00Z
authority
NAVAREA XIX 152/18 301830Z DEC 18.
NAVAREA
NAVAREA XIX · named as the source of this relay
sea
Norwegian Sea
position
72.027, 16.065
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 LAUNCING
   0700 TO 1200Z DAILY 02 THRU 07 JAN 19:
   A. 69-44N 016-10E, 69-23N 016-08E,
      69-18N 016-04E, 69-18N 015-58E,
      69-23N 015-53E, 69-44N 015-50E,
      69-44N 016-10E.
   B. 74-18N 016-00E, 74-12N 016-54E,
      73-57N 017-14E, 73-42N 016-53E,
      73-37N 016-10E, 73-41N 015-22E,
      73-57N 015-00E, 74-10N 015-16E,
      74-18N 016-00E.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 071300Z JAN 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.
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.

All warning terms →

Collected reports in this area · missile & rocket hazards

72 within 180 nm since 2010 · 3 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now

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26

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

7 missile & rocket hazards listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-03 20:43Z; 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.