Missiles

Hazardous operations, rocket launching 1200Z to 1600Z daily 30 jun thru 02 jul: a. in area within ten miles…

South Pacific Ocean · HYDROPAC 1746/22

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2022-06-30 23:19Z

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 500/22 241006Z JUN 22.. Issued 2022-06-25 04:00Z. 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.

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Current notices and reporting history in the South Pacific Ocean →

Activity windows · 3 in this warning

opens (UTC)closes (UTC)locallength
2022-06-30 12:00Z2022-06-30 16:00Z—4 h
2022-07-01 12:00Z2022-07-01 16:00Z—4 h
2022-07-02 12:00Z2022-07-02 16:00Z—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
2022-06-25 04:00Z
status
Archived notice
self-cancels
2022-07-02 17:00Z
authority
NAVAREA VIII 500/22 241006Z JUN 22.
NAVAREA
NAVAREA VIII · named as the source of this relay
sea
South Pacific Ocean
position
-11.441, -104.466
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

ANDAMAN SEA.
BAY OF BENGAL.
EASTERN SOUTH PACIFIC.
INDIA.
DNC 03, DNC 06, DNC 07.
1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS, ROCKET LAUNCHING
   1200Z TO 1600Z DAILY 30 JUN THRU 02 JUL:
   A. IN AREA WITHIN TEN MILES OF
      13-43.20N 080-13.80E.
   B. IN AREA BOUND BY
      12-55.00N 082-05.00E, 13-35.00N 082-15.00E,
      13-15.00N 083-15.00E, 12-40.00N 083-05.00E.
   C. IN AREA BOUND BY
      12-10.00N 085-10.00E, 12-45.00N 085-20.00E,
      12-25.00N 086-25.00E, 11-50.00N 086-15.00E.
   D. IN AREA BOUND BY
      09-05.00N 094-50.00E, 09-55.00N 095-05.00E,
      09-35.00N 096-00.00E, 08-45.00N 095-45.00E.
   E. IN AREA BOUND BY
      15-30.00S 130-00.00W, 13-30.00S 130-00.00W,
      12-00.00S 112-00.00W, 07-30.00S 090-00.00W,
      09-30.00S 090-00.00W, 14-00.00S 112-00.00W.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 021700Z JUL 22.

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.

All warning terms →

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

13
15
20
23

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.

Month of issue in the collected archive

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
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N
D

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 06:39Z; 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.