Hazardous operation, rocket launching: a. 110405Z to 110609Z jun in area bounded by 29-39-00N 132-56-00E,…
Philippine Sea · HYDROPAC 2117/18
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2018-06-11 07:31Z
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 XI 282/18 061136Z JUN 18.. Issued 2018-06-06 11:41Z. 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
- Philippine Sea. 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
- Hazardous operation, rocket launching: a. 120425Z to 120443Z jun in area bound by 29-39-00N 132-56-00E,…later cancellation notice
These reports were linked by category and sea, with positions within 30 nautical miles and issue dates within 30 days of another report's recorded in-force span. Links can extend through other members, so the full group can cover a larger area or period. Proximity does not confirm that they describe one incident.
- HYDROPAC 2117/18 · this notice2018-06-06 · Archived notice
- HYDROPAC 2146/182018-06-09 · Archived notice
Current notices and reporting history in the Philippine Sea →
Activity windows · 3 in this warning
| opens (UTC) | closes (UTC) | local | length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-06-11 04:05Z | 2018-06-11 06:09Z | — | 2 h 04 |
| 2018-06-11 04:11Z | 2018-06-11 06:27Z | — | 2 h 16 |
| 2018-06-11 04:15Z | 2018-06-11 06:31Z | — | 2 h 16 |
Parsed from the warning text; outside these windows the area is normally not active, but the warning stays in force until cancelled.
- issued
- 2018-06-06 11:41Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2018-06-11 07:31Z
- authority
- NAVAREA XI 282/18 061136Z JUN 18.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA XI · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- Philippine Sea
- position
- 14.633, 134.304
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
PHILIPPINE SEA.
DNC 12.
1. HAZARDOUS OPERATION, ROCKET LAUNCHING:
A. 110405Z TO 110609Z JUN IN AREA BOUNDED BY
29-39-00N 132-56-00E, 30-08-00N 133-04-00E,
29-48-00N 134-13-00E, 29-30-36N 134-08-02E,
29-22-18N 133-56-38E.
B. 110411Z TO 110627Z JUN IN AREA BOUNDED BY
27-45-00N 135-56-00E, 26-21-00N 137-21-00E,
25-22-00N 136-23-00E, 26-38-24N 135-06-36E,
26-48-23N 134-59-22E.
C. 110415Z TO 110631Z JUN IN AREA BOUNDED BY
16-19N 133-03E 16-28N 135-20E, 12-57N 135-34E,
12-48N 133-16E.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 110731Z JUN 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.
- Rocket launching
- The areas where spent rocket stages, boosters and fairings are expected to fall after a launch, with the launch window.
- 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
27 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, rocket launching 17 feb, alternate 18 feb thru 31 mar: a. 0027Z to 0416Z in area bound…2024-02-14
- Hazardous operations, space debris 150027Z to 150439Z feb, alternate 0027Z to 0439Z daily 16 feb thru 31 mar…2024-02-10
- Hazardous operations, space debris 110406Z to 110632Z jan, alternate 0406Z to 0632Z daily 12JAN thru 29FEB…2024-01-06
- Hazardous operations, rocket launching: a. 060142Z to 060153Z mar, alternate 0142Z to 0153Z daily 07 thru 10…2023-03-03
- Hazardous operations, rocket launching 15 feb, alternate 16 feb thru 10 mar: a. 0142Z to 0153Z in area bound…2023-02-10
- Hazardous operations, rocket launching 09 feb: a. 0139Z to 0148Z in area bound by 29-34-00N 133-06-00E,…2020-02-06
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
6 missile & rocket hazards listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-02 16:17Z; 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.