Missiles

Hazardous operations, rocket launching 2200Z to 2330Z daily 25 thru 28 apr in area bound by 75-28.40N…

Baffin Bay · HYDROARC 59/21

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2021-04-26 09:34Z

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 VIII 19/21 202248Z APR 21.. Issued 2021-04-20 23:11Z. 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
Baffin Bay. 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.

  1. HYDROARC 42/212021-03-19 · Archived notice
  2. HYDROARC 59/21 · this notice2021-04-20 · Archived notice
  3. HYDROARC 80/212021-05-22 · Archived notice
  4. HYDROARC 117/212021-06-28 · Archived notice
Compare all 4 notices, changes and original texts →

Current notices and reporting history in the Baffin Bay →

Activity windows · 4 in this warning

opens (UTC)closes (UTC)locallength
2021-04-25 22:00Z2021-04-25 23:30Z—1 h 30
2021-04-26 22:00Z2021-04-26 23:30Z—1 h 30
2021-04-27 22:00Z2021-04-27 23:30Z—1 h 30
2021-04-28 22:00Z2021-04-28 23:30Z—1 h 30

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

issued
2021-04-20 23:11Z
status
Archived notice
self-cancels
2021-04-29 00:30Z
authority
NAVAREA VIII 19/21 202248Z APR 21.
NAVAREA
NAVAREA VIII · named as the source of this relay
sea
Baffin Bay
position
74.192, -68.552
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

BAFFIN BAY.
GREENLAND.
DNC 28.
1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS, ROCKET LAUNCHING
   2200Z TO 2330Z DAILY 25 THRU 28 APR
   IN AREA BOUND BY
   75-28.40N 071-04.15W, 75-36.80N 067-40.75W,
   72-38.81N 066-11.17W, 72-36.67N 067-09.23W,
   73-10.53N 069-39.50W.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 290030Z APR 21.

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.

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Collected reports in this area · missile & rocket hazards

9 within 180 nm since 2020 · 0 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now

20
21

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

6 missile & rocket hazards listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-02 15:42Z; 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.