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South Pacific Ocean · HYDROPAC 2416/11

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2011-09-01 21:37Z

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 89/11 261636Z AUG 11.. Issued 2011-08-27 09:44Z. 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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Activity windows · 2 in this warning

opens (UTC)closes (UTC)locallength
2011-09-01 09:30Z2011-09-01 11:30Z—2 h
2011-09-02 09:30Z2011-09-02 11:30Z—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
2011-08-27 09:44Z
status
Archived notice
self-cancels
2011-09-02 12:30Z
authority
NAVAREA XIV 89/11 261636Z AUG 11.
NAVAREA
NAVAREA XIV · named as the source of this relay
sea
South Pacific Ocean
position
-41.874, -134.632
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

SOUTH PACIFIC.
HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS.
SPACE DEBRIS.
1. SPACE VEHICLE ELEMENTS FALLING:
   A. 010930Z TO 011130Z SEP
      IN AREA BOUND BY
      31-04S 142-59W, 38-17S 133-00W,
      48-55S 105-02W, 51-19S 111-30W,
      41-48S 139-09W, 34-50S 149-17W.
   B. 020930Z TO 021130Z SEP
      IN AREA BOUND BY
      34-47S 151-20W, 40-45S 141-48W,
      49-18S 125-22W, 50-26S 119-57W,
      44-20S 147-28W, 38-39S 157-17W.
2. CANCEL THIS MESSAGE 021230Z SEP.

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.
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.
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 · missile & rocket hazards

10 within 180 nm since 2001 · 0 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now

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24

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

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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 2026-09-24 17:48Z; 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.