Hazardous operations, space debris 2100Z to 0446Z daily 06 sep thru 06 oct in area bound by 01-42.00N…
South Atlantic Ocean · HYDROLANT 2170/22
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2022-10-07 05:45Z
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 II 268/22 011300Z SEP 22.. Issued 2022-09-01 13:48Z. 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
- South Atlantic 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.
Current notices and reporting history in the South Atlantic Ocean →
Activity windows · 31 in this warning
| opens (UTC) | closes (UTC) | local | length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-09-06 21:00Z | 2022-09-07 04:46Z | — | 7 h 46 |
| 2022-09-07 21:00Z | 2022-09-08 04:46Z | — | 7 h 46 |
| 2022-09-08 21:00Z | 2022-09-09 04:46Z | — | 7 h 46 |
| 2022-09-09 21:00Z | 2022-09-10 04:46Z | — | 7 h 46 |
| 2022-09-10 21:00Z | 2022-09-11 04:46Z | — | 7 h 46 |
| 2022-09-11 21:00Z | 2022-09-12 04:46Z | — | 7 h 46 |
| 2022-09-12 21:00Z | 2022-09-13 04:46Z | — | 7 h 46 |
| 2022-09-13 21:00Z | 2022-09-14 04:46Z | — | 7 h 46 |
| … 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
- 2022-09-01 13:48Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2022-10-07 05:45Z
- authority
- NAVAREA II 268/22 011300Z SEP 22.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA II · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- South Atlantic Ocean
- position
- -0.606, -6.903
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
EASTERN ATLANTIC. DNC 01. 1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS, SPACE DEBRIS 2100Z TO 0446Z DAILY 06 SEP THRU 06 OCT IN AREA BOUND BY 01-42.00N 014-07.00W, 00-03.00S 014-28.00W, 02-55.00S 000-18.00E, 01-09.00S 000-38.00E. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 070545Z OCT 22.
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
44 within 180 nm since 2010 · 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, rocket launching 2127Z to 0055Z daily 16 jun thru 16 jul in area bound by 01-45.00N…2023-06-11
- Hazardous operations, space debris 2102Z to 0037Z daily 22 jun thru 22 jul in area bound by 03-00.00N…2022-06-17
- Hazardous operations, space debris 1219Z to 1501Z daily 22 dec thru 21 jan 22 in area bound by 02-03N…2021-12-17
- Hazardous operations, rocket launching 2131Z to 0007Z daily 13 aug thru 12 sep in area bound by 03-20N…2020-08-08
- Hazardous operations, rocket launching 2128Z to 0006Z commencing daily 28 jul thru 27 aug in area bound by…2020-07-23
- Hazardous operations, rocket launching: a. 2051Z to 0007Z commencing daily 16 jan thru 15 feb in area bound…2020-01-11
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 2026-10-02 05:45Z; 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.