Hazardous operations, rocket launching 2145Z to 0145Z commencing daily 11 thru 19 apr: a. within ten miles…
Bay of Bengal · HYDROPAC 1340/18
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2018-04-13 00:06Z
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 275/18 061001Z APR 18.. Issued 2018-04-07 19:12Z. 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 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 1321/18, 1340/18 and this msglater cancellation notice
Current notices and reporting history in the Bay of Bengal →
Activity windows · 9 in this warning
| opens (UTC) | closes (UTC) | local | length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-04-11 21:45Z | 2018-04-12 01:45Z | — | 4 h |
| 2018-04-12 21:45Z | 2018-04-13 01:45Z | — | 4 h |
| 2018-04-13 21:45Z | 2018-04-14 01:45Z | — | 4 h |
| 2018-04-14 21:45Z | 2018-04-15 01:45Z | — | 4 h |
| 2018-04-15 21:45Z | 2018-04-16 01:45Z | — | 4 h |
| 2018-04-16 21:45Z | 2018-04-17 01:45Z | — | 4 h |
| 2018-04-17 21:45Z | 2018-04-18 01:45Z | — | 4 h |
| 2018-04-18 21:45Z | 2018-04-19 01:45Z | — | 4 h |
| … 1 more | |||
Parsed from the warning text; outside these windows the area is normally not active, but the warning stays in force until cancelled.
- issued
- 2018-04-07 19:12Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2018-04-20 02:45Z
- authority
- NAVAREA VIII 275/18 061001Z APR 18.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA VIII · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- Bay of Bengal
- position
- 12.958, 83.125
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
INDIAN OCEAN.
BAY OF BENGAL.
DNC 03.
1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS, ROCKET LAUNCHING
2145Z TO 0145Z COMMENCING DAILY 11 THRU 19 APR:
A. WITHIN TEN MILES OF 13-43.9N 080-14.2E.
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.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 200245Z APR 18.
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.
- 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
57 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 052330Z to 060330Z apr in area within ten miles of 13-38.30N 080-14.20E2024-04-03
- 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
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 01:46Z; 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.