Hazardous operations, space debris 0151Z to 0307Z daily 08 nov thru 08 dec in area bound by 81-43N 155-12W,…
Greenland Sea · HYDROARC 370/17
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2017-11-08 19:26Z
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) · FRENCH GUIANA 201356Z OCT 17.. Issued 2017-11-03 03:19Z. 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
- Greenland 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
- Cancel HYDROARC 370/17 and this msglater cancellation notice
Current notices and reporting history in the Greenland Sea →
Activity windows · 31 in this warning
| opens (UTC) | closes (UTC) | local | length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-11-08 01:51Z | 2017-11-08 03:07Z | — | 1 h 16 |
| 2017-11-09 01:51Z | 2017-11-09 03:07Z | — | 1 h 16 |
| 2017-11-10 01:51Z | 2017-11-10 03:07Z | — | 1 h 16 |
| 2017-11-11 01:51Z | 2017-11-11 03:07Z | — | 1 h 16 |
| 2017-11-12 01:51Z | 2017-11-12 03:07Z | — | 1 h 16 |
| 2017-11-13 01:51Z | 2017-11-13 03:07Z | — | 1 h 16 |
| 2017-11-14 01:51Z | 2017-11-14 03:07Z | — | 1 h 16 |
| 2017-11-15 01:51Z | 2017-11-15 03:07Z | — | 1 h 16 |
| … 23 more | |||
Parsed from the warning text; outside these windows the area is normally not active, but the warning stays in force until cancelled.
- issued
- 2017-11-03 03:19Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2017-12-08 04:07Z
- authority
- FRENCH GUIANA 201356Z OCT 17.
- issued by
- FRENCH GUIANA
- sea
- Greenland Sea
- position
- 79.747, -20.740
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
EAST SIBERIAN SEA. CHUKCHI SEA. DNC 27. 1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS, SPACE DEBRIS 0151Z TO 0307Z DAILY 08 NOV THRU 08 DEC IN AREA BOUND BY 81-43N 155-12W, 80-07N 154-36W, 77-50N 169-00E, 78-22N 167-24E. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 080407Z DEC 17.
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.
- 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 2012 · 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 1358Z to 1515Z daily 05 dec thru 05 jan 17 in area bound by 81-36N 159-07W, 81-09N…2016-12-01
- Hazardous operations 1358Z to 1515Z daily 05 dec thru 05 jan 17 in area bound by 81-36N 159-07W, 81-09N…2016-11-30
- Hazardous operations 1600Z to 1730Z daily 17 thru 21 sep within 75.6 miles of 81-06N 005-46W2012-09-16
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 14:50Z; 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.