Missiles

Space debris hazardous operations occur in the Indian Ocean on April 20-26 within an area bounded by coordinates 43-39S to 53-20S and 020-44E to 040-51E.

Indian Ocean · HYDROPAC 1111/26

issued
2026-04-12 08:30Z
status
cancelled 2026-08-17 00:00Z (dropped from snapshot)
self-cancels
2026-04-26 15:04Z
sea
Indian Ocean
position
-48.519, 30.784
source
nga_wayback · first seen 2026-04-17 16:00Z

Original warning text

INDIAN OCEAN.
1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS, SPACE DEBRIS
   201319Z TO 201428Z, 211314Z TO 211424Z,
   221310Z TO 221420Z, 231306Z TO 231416Z,
   241302Z TO 241412Z, 251258Z TO 251408Z
   AND 261254Z TO 261404Z APR
   IN AREA BOUND BY
   43-39.00S 022-36.00E, 51-17.00S 040-51.00E,
   53-20.00S 038-40.00E, 45-42.00S 020-44.00E.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 261504Z APR 26.

Activity windows · 7 in this warning

opens (UTC)closes (UTC)locallength
2026-04-20 13:19Z2026-04-20 14:28Z—1 h 09
2026-04-21 13:14Z2026-04-21 14:24Z—1 h 10
2026-04-22 13:10Z2026-04-22 14:20Z—1 h 10
2026-04-23 13:06Z2026-04-23 14:16Z—1 h 10
2026-04-24 13:02Z2026-04-24 14:12Z—1 h 10
2026-04-25 12:58Z2026-04-25 14:08Z—1 h 10
2026-04-26 12:54Z2026-04-26 14:04Z—1 h 10

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

This area · missile & rocket hazards

7 within 180 nm since 2011 · 1 in the last 12 months · 0 in force now

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Season · when missile & rocket hazards happen here

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month of issue, all years in the archive

Nearby now · within 120 nm

Nothing else in force within 120 nm.

Worldwide now

25 missile & rocket hazards in force · see all

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.