Rockets
South Pacific Ocean · HYDROPAC 124/16
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2016-01-20 22:49Z
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 32/16 131002Z JAN 16.. Issued 2016-01-15 06:24Z. 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.
Related notices and cancellation links
- Rocketslater cancellation notice
These messages are connected by recorded cancellation references. The links establish relationships between notices; they do not by themselves confirm a single object, a continuous track, or recovery.
- HYDROPAC 124/16 · this notice2016-01-15 · Archived notice
- HYDROPAC 186/162016-01-20 · Archived notice
Current notices and reporting history in the South Pacific Ocean →
Activity windows · 3 in this warning
| opens (UTC) | closes (UTC) | local | length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-01-20 02:00Z | 2016-01-20 06:00Z | — | 4 h |
| 2016-01-21 02:00Z | 2016-01-21 06:00Z | — | 4 h |
| 2016-01-22 02:00Z | 2016-01-22 06:00Z | — | 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
- 2016-01-15 06:24Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2016-01-22 07:00Z
- authority
- NAVAREA VIII 32/16 131002Z JAN 16.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA VIII · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- South Pacific Ocean
- position
- -12.584, -104.842
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
EASTERN SOUTH PACIFIC.
INDIA-EAST COAST.
BAY OF BENGAL.
ANDAMAN SEA.
ROCKETS.
DNC 03, DNC 06, DNC 07.
1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS 0200Z TO 0600Z
DAILY 20 THRU 22 JAN:
A. WITHIN TEN MILES OF 13-43.2N 080-13.8E.
B. IN AREA BOUND BY
13-30N 080-30E, 13-50N 080-35E,
13-35N 081-30E, 13-15N 081-25E.
C. IN AREA BOUND BY
13-00N 082-10E, 13-30N 082-15E,
12-55N 084-05E, 12-25N 084-00E.
D. IN AREA BOUND BY
12-20N 084-05E, 13-00N 084-15E,
12-45N 085-10E, 12-05N 085-00E.
E. IN AREA BOUND BY
11-10N 088-25E, 11-45N 088-35E,
11-25N 089-40E, 10-50N 089-30E.
F. IN AREA BOUND BY
09-05N 094-50E, 09-55N 095-05E,
09-35N 096-00E, 08-45N 095-45E.
G. IN AREA BOUND BY
19-00S 134-00W, 17-00S 134-00W,
13-00S 112-00W, 07-00S 092-00W,
09-00S 092-00W, 15-00S 112-00W.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 220700Z JAN 16.
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.
- 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.
- Area bound by
- Introduces a list of positions that are the corners of an area — the polygon the warning applies to.
- 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
16 within 180 nm since 2013 · 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 010200Z to 010600Z jan 24 a. in area bound by 13-41.00N 080-14.00E,…2023-12-29
- Hazardous operations, rocket launching 020400Z to 020800Z sep: a. in area within ten miles of 13-43.19N…2023-08-30
- Hazardous operations, rocket launching 1200Z to 1600Z daily 30 jun thru 02 jul: a. in area within ten miles…2022-06-25
- Hazardous operations, rocket launching 170930Z to 171330Z dec in areas: a. within ten miles of 13-43.2N…2020-12-14
- Rockets2016-04-24
- Rockets2016-03-06
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
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 06:38Z; 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.