Hazardous operations, rocket launching, 0830Z to 2030Z daily 18 sep thru 27 oct: a. in area bound by…
South Atlantic Ocean · HYDROLANT 2856/17
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2017-09-15 17:13Z
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 V COASTAL E 747/17 150042Z SEP 17.. Issued 2017-09-15 00:55Z. 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.
Related notices and cancellation links
- Hazardous operations 0830Z to 2030Z daily 18 thru 27 sep: a. in area bound by 05-42.53S 034-45.02W,…later cancellation notice
Current notices and reporting history in the South Atlantic Ocean →
Activity windows · 40 in this warning
| opens (UTC) | closes (UTC) | local | length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-09-18 08:30Z | 2017-09-18 20:30Z | — | 12 h |
| 2017-09-19 08:30Z | 2017-09-19 20:30Z | — | 12 h |
| 2017-09-20 08:30Z | 2017-09-20 20:30Z | — | 12 h |
| 2017-09-21 08:30Z | 2017-09-21 20:30Z | — | 12 h |
| 2017-09-22 08:30Z | 2017-09-22 20:30Z | — | 12 h |
| 2017-09-23 08:30Z | 2017-09-23 20:30Z | — | 12 h |
| 2017-09-24 08:30Z | 2017-09-24 20:30Z | — | 12 h |
| 2017-09-25 08:30Z | 2017-09-25 20:30Z | — | 12 h |
| … 32 more | |||
Parsed from the warning text; outside these windows the area is normally not active, but the warning stays in force until cancelled.
- issued
- 2017-09-15 00:55Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2017-10-27 21:30Z
- authority
- NAVAREA V COASTAL E 747/17 150042Z SEP 17.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA V · named as the source of this relay
- issued by
- NAVAREA V COASTAL E
- sea
- South Atlantic Ocean
- position
- -5.909, -35.249
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
WESTERN SOUTH ATLANTIC.
BRAZIL-NORTHEAST COAST.
DNC 01.
1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS, ROCKET LAUNCHING,
0830Z TO 2030Z DAILY 18 SEP THRU 27 OCT:
A. IN AREA BOUND BY
05-42.53S 034-45.02W, 06-09.83S 034-46.82W,
06-03.93S 034-57.22W, 05-47.03S 034-56.32W.
B. WITHIN 32 MILES OF 05-54.53S 035-14.92W.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 272130Z OCT 17.
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.
- Within a radius of
- A circular area — every position within a stated distance of a point.
- 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
43 within 180 nm since 1999 · 3 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 0800Z to 2000Z daily 15 thru 19 sep in area bound by 05-55.28S…2026-09-11
- Hazardous operations, rocket launching 0800Z to 2000Z daily 15 thru 17 sep in area bound by 05-55.28S…2026-09-11
- Hazardous operations, rocket launching 0800Z to 2000Z daily 15 thru 17 sep in area bound by 05-55.28S…2026-09-10
- Hazardous operations, rocket launching 031300Z to 072030Z feb in area bound by 05-53.68S 035-11.15W,…2020-01-29
- Hazardous operations, rocket launching 291300Z to 312030Z jan in area bound by 05-53.68S 035-11.15W,…2020-01-24
- Hazardous operations 1000Z to 2100Z daily 27 thru 29 aug in area bound by 05-43.73S 034-59.43W, 05-48.22S…2014-08-22
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
- Odas buoy established in 05-09.46S 035-09.81WNav aids · 45.4 nm
- Odas buoy bravo rn-l temporarily established until 20 oct in 04-53.00S 035-46.01WNav aids · 68.9 nm
Worldwide in the collected sources
7 missile & rocket hazards listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-03 16:35Z; 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.