Missiles

Hazardous operations, space debris 190200Z jun to 190317Z jul in area bound by 80-10N 167-12E, 82-55N…

Arctic Ocean · HYDROARC 86/20

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2020-07-03 12:11Z

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 041750Z JUN 20.. Issued 2020-06-14 05:04Z. 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
Arctic Ocean. 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

Current notices and reporting history in the Arctic Ocean →

Activity windows · 1 in this warning

opens (UTC)closes (UTC)locallength
2020-06-19 02:00Z2020-07-19 03:17Z—721 h 17

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

issued
2020-06-14 05:04Z
status
Archived notice
self-cancels
2020-07-19 04:17Z
authority
FRENCH GUIANA 041750Z JUN 20.
issued by
FRENCH GUIANA
sea
Arctic Ocean
position
81.383, 5.844
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

ARCTIC.
1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS, SPACE DEBRIS
   190200Z JUN TO 190317Z JUL IN AREA BOUND BY
   80-10N 167-12E, 82-55N 133-18W,
   82-18N 134-30W, 79-45N 169-36E.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 190417Z JUL 20.

Reading this warning

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.
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.
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.

All warning terms →

Collected reports in this area · missile & rocket hazards

26 within 180 nm since 2010 · 1 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now

10
15
20
25
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

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D

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 16:19Z; 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.