Hazardous operations, rocket launching: a. 2051Z to 0007Z commencing daily 16 jan thru 15 feb in area bound…
South Atlantic Ocean · HYDROLANT 94/20
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2020-01-17 15:01Z
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 061044Z JAN 20.. Issued 2020-01-11 04:58Z. 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
- Cancel HYDROLANT 94/20 and this msg, operations completedlater cancellation notice
Current notices and reporting history in the South Atlantic Ocean →
Activity windows · 62 in this warning
| opens (UTC) | closes (UTC) | local | length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-01-16 20:51Z | 2020-01-17 00:07Z | — | 3 h 16 |
| 2020-01-16 21:02Z | 2020-01-17 00:54Z | — | 3 h 52 |
| 2020-01-17 20:51Z | 2020-01-18 00:07Z | — | 3 h 16 |
| 2020-01-17 21:02Z | 2020-01-18 00:54Z | — | 3 h 52 |
| 2020-01-18 20:51Z | 2020-01-19 00:07Z | — | 3 h 16 |
| 2020-01-18 21:02Z | 2020-01-19 00:54Z | — | 3 h 52 |
| 2020-01-19 20:51Z | 2020-01-20 00:07Z | — | 3 h 16 |
| 2020-01-19 21:02Z | 2020-01-20 00:54Z | — | 3 h 52 |
| … 54 more | |||
Parsed from the warning text; outside these windows the area is normally not active, but the warning stays in force until cancelled.
- issued
- 2020-01-11 04:58Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2020-02-16 01:54Z
- authority
- FRENCH GUIANA 061044Z JAN 20.
- issued by
- FRENCH GUIANA
- sea
- South Atlantic Ocean
- position
- -0.631, -8.744
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
ATLANTIC OCEAN.
DNC 01.
1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS, ROCKET LAUNCHING:
A. 2051Z TO 0007Z COMMENCING DAILY
16 JAN THRU 15 FEB IN AREA BOUND BY
06-15N 048-17W, 06-25N 047-18W,
05-53N 047-12W, 05-43N 048-12W.
B. 2051Z TO 0007Z COMMENCING DAILY
16 JAN THRU 15 FEB IN AREA BOUND BY
06-21N 046-58W, 06-37N 045-12W,
06-16N 045-09W, 06-00N 046-54W.
C. 2102Z TO 0054Z COMMENCING DAILY
16 JAN THRU 15 FEB IN AREA BOUND BY
01-25N 014-12W, 01-31S 000-24E,
03-17S 000-03E, 00-20S 014-34W.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 160154Z FEB 20.
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.
- 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
67 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 2100Z to 0446Z daily 06 sep thru 06 oct in area bound by 01-42.00N…2022-09-01
- 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, space debris 2000Z to 2332Z daily 30 jul thru 29 aug in areas bound by: a. 05-37N…2021-07-25
- Hazardous operations, space debris 2000Z to 2332Z daily 30 jul thru 29 aug in areas bound by: a. 05-37N…2021-07-25
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 06:17Z; 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.