Space debris
South Pacific Ocean · HYDROPAC 2163/13
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2013-07-27 00:30Z
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 60/13 211000Z JUL 13 - CNW 165/13 220930Z JUL 13.. Issued 2013-07-22 11:52Z. 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 1893/13cancelled by this notice
Current notices and reporting history in the South Pacific Ocean →
Activity windows · 2 in this warning
| opens (UTC) | closes (UTC) | local | length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013-07-25 23:30Z | 2013-07-26 01:30Z | — | 2 h |
| 2013-07-26 21:30Z | 2013-07-26 23:30Z | — | 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
- 2013-07-22 11:52Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2013-07-27 00:30Z
- authority
- NAVAREA XIV 60/13 211000Z JUL 13 - CNW 165/13 220930Z JUL 13.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA XIV · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- South Pacific Ocean
- position
- -46.839, -127.033
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
SOUTH PACIFIC.
SPACE DEBRIS.
1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS:
A. 252330Z TO 260130Z JUL
IN AREA BOUND BY
47-58S 149-50W, 50-31S 133-05W,
44-47S 095-38W, 49-04S 097-50W,
52-46S 131-07W, 51-07S 148-38W.
B. 262130Z TO 262330Z JUL
IN AREA BOUND BY
34-48S 149-02W, 41-07S 138-47W,
50-04S 112-46W, 51-32S 111-41W,
43-50S 141-13W, 37-27S 151-41W.
2. CANCEL HYDROPAC 1899/13(76).
3. CANCEL THIS MSG 270030Z JUL 13.
Reading this warning
- 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.
- 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.
- Cancellation reference
- A line that cancels an earlier warning by its number, such as CANCEL HYDROLANT 1085/12.
- HYDROPAC
- The U.S. long-range warning series for the Pacific outside NAVAREA XII and for the Indian Ocean, Persian Gulf and adjoining seas.
- 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
16 within 180 nm since 2004 · 1 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 0245Z to 0723Z daily 16 thru 22 sep in area bound by 27-48.00S…2026-09-08
- Hazardous operations, space debris 300130Z to 300330Z and 310130Z to 310330Z aug in areas bound by: a.…2018-08-25
- Hazardous operations space debris 012217Z to 012315Z and 03129Z to 032227Z jun in area bound by 31-45S…2017-05-27
- Space debris2015-12-15
- Space debris2014-11-15
- Space debris2014-07-29
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 01:59Z; 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.