Exercises

Hazardous operations 081541Z to 081721Z jul, alternate 091519Z to 091655Z and 101453Z to 101632Z jul in area…

South Pacific Ocean · HYDROPAC 1924/11

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2011-07-10 17:32Z

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) · EASTERN RANGE OP K0435 EXT TANK 271736Z JUN 11.. Issued 2011-07-03 09:14Z. 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.

Current notices and reporting history in the South Pacific Ocean →

Activity windows · 3 in this warning

opens (UTC)	closes (UTC)	local	length
2011-07-08 15:41Z	2011-07-08 17:21Z	—	1 h 40
2011-07-09 15:19Z	2011-07-09 16:55Z	—	1 h 36
2011-07-10 14:53Z	2011-07-10 16:32Z	—	1 h 39

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

issued: 2011-07-03 09:14Z
status: Archived notice
self-cancels: 2011-07-10 17:32Z
authority: EASTERN RANGE OP K0435 EXT TANK 271736Z JUN 11.
issued by: EASTERN RANGE OP
sea: South Pacific Ocean
position: -33.626, -155.675
source: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

SOUTH PACIFIC.
SPACE SHUTTLE.
1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS 081541Z TO 081721Z JUL,
   ALTERNATE 091519Z TO 091655Z
   AND 101453Z TO 101632Z JUL
   IN AREA BOUND BY
   42-59S 171-56W, 41-36S 169-09W,
   39-57S 166-08W, 37-18S 161-52W,
   35-27S 159-12W, 33-02S 156-03W,
   30-02S 152-30W, 27-58S 150-16W,
   25-20S 147-36W, 21-26S 143-59W,
   22-32S 142-31W, 23-09S 141-47W,
   24-00S 142-23W, 27-01S 145-14W,
   29-56S 148-15W, 33-15S 152-02W,
   36-04S 155-37W, 38-23S 158-56W,
   40-34S 162-24W, 43-06S 167-03W,
   44-49S 170-49W, 43-46S 171-40W.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 101732Z JUL.

Reading this warning

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.
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.

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Collected reports in this area · military exercises

74 within 180 nm since 2001 · 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.

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

9 military exercises listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-02 21:29Z; source collection times vary.

Exercises

Gunnery, firing and naval exercise areas. All current military exercises →

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.