Missiles

Rocket launching 0700Z to 1300Z daily 26 thru 31 oct in area bound by 73-50N 072-40E, 74-30N 079-00E, 74-00N…

Kara Sea · HYDROARC 99/10

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2010-10-31 14:00Z

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 XX 25/10 201730Z OCT 10.. Issued 2010-10-20 18:53Z. 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
Kara 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.

  1. HYDROARC 97/102010-10-18 · Archived notice
  2. HYDROARC 99/10 · this notice2010-10-20 · Archived notice
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Current notices and reporting history in the Kara Sea →

Activity windows · 6 in this warning

opens (UTC)closes (UTC)locallength
2010-10-26 07:00Z2010-10-26 13:00Z—6 h
2010-10-27 07:00Z2010-10-27 13:00Z—6 h
2010-10-28 07:00Z2010-10-28 13:00Z—6 h
2010-10-29 07:00Z2010-10-29 13:00Z—6 h
2010-10-30 07:00Z2010-10-30 13:00Z—6 h
2010-10-31 07:00Z2010-10-31 13:00Z—6 h

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

issued
2010-10-20 18:53Z
status
Archived notice
self-cancels
2010-10-31 14:00Z
authority
NAVAREA XX 25/10 201730Z OCT 10.
NAVAREA
NAVAREA XX · named as the source of this relay
sea
Kara Sea
position
73.887, 75.752
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

KARA SEA.
ROCKETS.
1. ROCKET LAUNCHING 0700Z TO 1300Z DAILY
   26 THRU 31 OCT IN AREA BOUND BY
   73-50N 072-40E, 74-30N 079-00E,
   74-00N 079-00E, 73-15N 072-40E.
2. CANCEL THIS MESSAGE 311400Z OCT.

Reading this warning

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

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

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20
23

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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A
M
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J
A
S
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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

4 missile & rocket hazards listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-09-29 04:54Z; 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.