Hazardous operations, space debris: a. 290001Z to 290200Z apr in area bound by 25-46S 156-50W, 45-12S…
South Pacific Ocean · HYDROPAC 1256/21
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2021-04-29 10:45Z
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 108/21 260600Z APR 21.. Issued 2021-04-26 06:07Z. 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
- Cancel HYDROPAC 1256/21 and this msglater cancellation notice
Current notices and reporting history in the South Pacific Ocean →
Activity windows · 2 in this warning
| opens (UTC) | closes (UTC) | local | length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-04-29 00:01Z | 2021-04-29 02:00Z | — | 1 h 59 |
| 2021-04-29 23:00Z | 2021-04-30 01:00Z | — | 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
- 2021-04-26 06:07Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2021-04-30 02:00Z
- authority
- NAVAREA XIV 108/21 260600Z APR 21.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA XIV · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- South Pacific Ocean
- position
- -40.222, -130.618
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
SOUTH PACIFIC.
DNC 06, DNC 07.
1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS, SPACE DEBRIS:
A. 290001Z TO 290200Z APR IN AREA BOUND BY
25-46S 156-50W, 45-12S 126-25W,
50-41S 097-00W, 52-00S 097-06W,
47-54S 126-40W, 28-33S 158-00W.
B. 292300Z TO 300100Z APR IN AREA BOUND BY
25-08S 151-30W, 44-46S 121-36W,
50-37S 092-30W, 52-00S 092-35W,
47-30S 121-53W, 27-54S 152-42W.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 300200Z APR 21.
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.
- 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.
- 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.
Collected reports in this area · missile & rocket hazards
8 within 180 nm since 2011 · 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, space debris 0900Z to 1030Z daily 16 thru 19 dec in area bound by 28-01.00S…2023-12-11
- Hazardous operations, space debris: a. 291100Z to 291300Z nov in area bound by 28-25.00S 165-20.00W,…2023-11-25
- Hazardous operation, space debris: a. 240200Z to 240400Z oct in area bound by 30-38.00S 162-18.00W,…2022-10-20
- Hazardous operations, space debris 0700Z to 0900Z daily 28 feb thru 03 mar in area bound by 28-38S 145-04W,…2021-02-23
- Hazardous operations, space debris 291700Z to 291830Z jul in area bound by 30-19S 163-49W, 49-00S 092-25W,…2019-07-26
- Hazardous operations, space debris 301730Z to 301900Z jul in area bound by 37-24S 171-41W, 40-18S 172-20W,…2019-07-26
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 04:04Z; 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.