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South Pacific Ocean · HYDROPAC 1054/14

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2014-04-19 15:30Z

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 XIV 28/14 142113Z APR 14.. Issued 2014-04-14 23:42Z. 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 Pacific 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.

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Activity windows · 2 in this warning

opens (UTC)closes (UTC)locallength
2014-04-18 15:00Z2014-04-18 17:00Z—2 h
2014-04-19 12:30Z2014-04-19 14:30Z—2 h

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

issued
2014-04-14 23:42Z
status
Archived notice
self-cancels
2014-04-19 15:30Z
authority
NAVAREA XIV 28/14 142113Z APR 14.
NAVAREA
NAVAREA XIV · named as the source of this relay
sea
South Pacific Ocean
position
-47.063, -127.516
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

SOUTH PACIFIC.
SPACE DEBRIS.
1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS:
   A. 181500Z TO 181700Z APR
      IN AREA BOUND BY
      50-00S 145-57W, 50-44S 129-42W,
      45-42S 101-45W, 47-47S 101-06W,
      51-51S 126-39W, 52-47S 139-24W.
   B. 191230Z TO 191430Z APR
      IN AREA BOUND BY
      35-17S 153-51W, 42-04S 142-21W,
      50-32S 095-45W, 52-46S 099-00W,
      47-43S 140-05W, 42-54S 151-08W.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 191530Z APR 14.

Reading this warning

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.
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.
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.
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.

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Collected reports in this area · missile & rocket hazards

14 within 180 nm since 2004 · 1 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now

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26

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

4 missile & rocket hazards listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-02 02:59Z; 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.