Hazardous operations space debris 1500Z to 1630Z daily 14 thru 17 jul in area bound by 51-03S 112-27E,…
Indian Ocean · HYDROPAC 2402/17
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2017-07-17 17:30Z
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 X 39/17 120429Z JUL 17.. Issued 2017-07-12 06:58Z. 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
- Indian 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
- Hazardous operations space debris 1500Z to 1600Z daily 14 thru 17 jul in area bound by 51-03S 112-27E,…cancelled by this 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 2398/172017-07-11 · Archived notice
- HYDROPAC 2402/17 · this notice2017-07-12 · Archived notice
Activity windows · 4 in this warning
| opens (UTC) | closes (UTC) | local | length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-07-14 15:00Z | 2017-07-14 16:30Z | — | 1 h 30 |
| 2017-07-15 15:00Z | 2017-07-15 16:30Z | — | 1 h 30 |
| 2017-07-16 15:00Z | 2017-07-16 16:30Z | — | 1 h 30 |
| 2017-07-17 15:00Z | 2017-07-17 16:30Z | — | 1 h 30 |
Parsed from the warning text; outside these windows the area is normally not active, but the warning stays in force until cancelled.
- issued
- 2017-07-12 06:58Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2017-07-17 17:30Z
- authority
- NAVAREA X 39/17 120429Z JUL 17.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA X · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- Indian Ocean
- position
- -46.333, 114.541
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
SOUTHEASTERN INDIAN OCEAN. DNC 04. 1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS SPACE DEBRIS 1500Z TO 1630Z DAILY 14 THRU 17 JUL IN AREA BOUND BY 51-03S 112-27E, 51-21S 113-06E, 41-55S 116-36E, 41-36S 115-48E. 2. CANCEL HYDROPAC 2398/17. 3. CANCEL THIS MSG 171730Z JUL 17.
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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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
4 within 180 nm since 2017 · 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, space debris 1430Z to 1630Z daily 20 thru 23 mar in area within 26 miles of trackline…2021-03-18
- Hazardous operations, space debris 051352Z to 051453Z oct, alternate 061330Z to 061421Z oct in area within…2020-10-03
- Hazardous operations space debris 1500Z to 1600Z daily 14 thru 17 jul in area bound by 51-03S 112-27E,…2017-07-11
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 07:49Z; 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.