Hazardous operations, rocket launching 052330Z to 060330Z apr in area within ten miles of 13-38.30N 080-14.20E
Bay of Bengal · HYDROPAC 1065/24
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2024-04-06 04:30Z
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 VIII 344/24 031010Z APR 24.. Issued 2024-04-03 11:59Z. 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
- Bay of Bengal. The parsed report position is 13.638, 80.237 with a 10.0 nm radius. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
Related notices and cancellation links
These reports were linked by category and sea, with positions within 30 nautical miles and issue dates within 30 days of another report's recorded in-force span. Links can extend through other members, so the full group can cover a larger area or period. Proximity does not confirm that they describe one incident.
- HYDROPAC 923/242024-03-20 · Archived notice
- HYDROPAC 950/242024-03-22 · Archived notice
- HYDROPAC 1065/24 · this notice2024-04-03 · Archived notice
- HYDROPAC 1104/242024-04-06 · Archived notice
Current notices and reporting history in the Bay of Bengal →
Activity windows · 1 in this warning
| opens (UTC) | closes (UTC) | local | length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-04-05 23:30Z | 2024-04-06 03:30Z | — | 4 h |
Parsed from the warning text; outside these windows the area is normally not active, but the warning stays in force until cancelled.
- issued
- 2024-04-03 11:59Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2024-04-06 04:30Z
- authority
- NAVAREA VIII 344/24 031010Z APR 24.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA VIII · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- Bay of Bengal
- position
- 13.638, 80.237 · r 10.0 nm
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
BAY OF BENGAL. INDIA. DNC 03. 1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS, ROCKET LAUNCHING 052330Z TO 060330Z APR IN AREA WITHIN TEN MILES OF 13-38.30N 080-14.20E. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 060430Z APR 24.
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.
- 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.
- Within a radius of
- A circular area — every position within a stated distance of a point.
- 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.
Collected reports in this area · missile & rocket hazards
40 within 180 nm since 2000 · 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 062330 to 070330 apr in area within ten miles of 13-38.30N 080-14.20E2024-04-06
- Hazardous operations, rocket launching 0030Z to 0430Z daily 25 thru 28 mar in area within ten miles of…2024-03-22
- Hazardous operations, rocket launching 220030Z to 220430Z mar in area within ten miles of 13-38.30N 080-14.20E2024-03-20
- Hazardous operations, rocket launching 1000Z to 1200Z daily 07 thru 09 nov: a. in area bound by 13-41.00N…2023-11-03
- Hazardous operations, rocket launching 0100Z to 0500Z daily 21 thru 30 oct in area within ten miles of…2023-10-17
- Hazardous operations, rocket launching 0500Z to 0700Z daily 09 and 10 oct: a. in area bound by 13-41.00N…2023-10-06
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
- Hazardous operations 290830Z to 290930Z sep in area bound by 13-07.02N 080-18.01E, 13-14.90N 080-25.98E,…Exercises · 29.4 nm
- Buoy established in 14-05.21N 080-28.50ENav aids · 30.3 nm
Worldwide in the collected sources
4 missile & rocket hazards listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-01 16:16Z; 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.