Missiles

Hazardous operations 1751Z to 2127Z daily 10 jul thru 10 aug in area bound by 02-57N 002-15E, 02-21N…

Gulf of Guinea · HYDROLANT 1637/14

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2014-07-10 20:57Z

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) · MARINE GUYANE SOYUZ VS08 131505Z JUN 14.. Issued 2014-07-06 06:53Z. 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
Gulf of Guinea. 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 messages are connected by recorded cancellation references. The links establish relationships between notices; they do not by themselves confirm a single object, a continuous track, or recovery.

  1. HYDROLANT 1637/14 · this notice2014-07-06 · Archived notice
  2. HYDROLANT 1679/142014-07-10 · Archived notice
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Current notices and reporting history in the Gulf of Guinea →

Activity windows · 32 in this warning

opens (UTC)closes (UTC)locallength
2014-07-10 17:51Z2014-07-10 21:27Z—3 h 36
2014-07-11 17:51Z2014-07-11 21:27Z—3 h 36
2014-07-12 17:51Z2014-07-12 21:27Z—3 h 36
2014-07-13 17:51Z2014-07-13 21:27Z—3 h 36
2014-07-14 17:51Z2014-07-14 21:27Z—3 h 36
2014-07-15 17:51Z2014-07-15 21:27Z—3 h 36
2014-07-16 17:51Z2014-07-16 21:27Z—3 h 36
2014-07-17 17:51Z2014-07-17 21:27Z—3 h 36
… 24 more

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

issued
2014-07-06 06:53Z
status
Archived notice
self-cancels
2014-08-10 22:27Z
authority
MARINE GUYANE SOYUZ VS08 131505Z JUN 14.
issued by
COMAR GUYANE
sea
Gulf of Guinea
position
2.779, 0.657
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

EASTERN NORTH ATLANTIC.
GULF OF GUINEA.
ROCKETS.
1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS 1751Z TO 2127Z DAILY
   10 JUL THRU 10 AUG IN AREA BOUND BY
   02-57N 002-15E, 02-21N 002-12E,
   02-37N 000-57W, 03-12N 000-54W.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 102227Z AUG 14.

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.
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

8 within 180 nm since 2013 · 0 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now

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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

8 missile & rocket hazards listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-03 04:21Z; 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.