Hazardous operations 0345Z to 0600Z daily 09 thru 11 sep: a. within ten miles of 13-43.9N 080-14.2E
Bay of Bengal · HYDROPAC 2529/12
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2012-09-09 07:50Z
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 VIII 416/12 311001Z AUG 12.. Issued 2012-09-04 06:54Z. 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
- Bay of Bengal. 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 operationslater cancellation notice
Current notices and reporting history in the Bay of Bengal →
Activity windows · 3 in this warning
| opens (UTC) | closes (UTC) | local | length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012-09-09 03:45Z | 2012-09-09 06:00Z | — | 2 h 15 |
| 2012-09-10 03:45Z | 2012-09-10 06:00Z | — | 2 h 15 |
| 2012-09-11 03:45Z | 2012-09-11 06:00Z | — | 2 h 15 |
Parsed from the warning text; outside these windows the area is normally not active, but the warning stays in force until cancelled.
- issued
- 2012-09-04 06:54Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2012-09-11 07:00Z
- authority
- NAVAREA VIII 416/12 311001Z AUG 12.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA VIII · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- Bay of Bengal
- position
- 13.858, 80.237
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
INDIAN OCEAN.
BAY OF BENGAL.
ROCKETS.
1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS 0345Z TO 0600Z DAILY
09 THRU 11 SEP:
A. WITHIN TEN MILES OF 13-43.9N 080-14.2E.
B. WITHIN 125 MILES OF 13-43.9N 080-14.2E
BETWEEN 130 DEGREES AND 150 DEGREES.
C. IN AREA BOUND BY
09-20.0N 082-25.0E, 09-40.0N 083-25.0E,
08-40.0N 083-40.0E, 08-20.0N 082-40.0E.
D. IN AREA BOUND BY
00-50.0N 082-00.0E, 00-35.0N 083-35.0E,
03-25.0S 083-00.0E, 03-10.0S 081-25.0E.
E. IN AREA BOUND BY
28-00.0S 075-00.0E, 29-00.0S 079-00.0E,
33-00.0S 078-00.0E, 32-00.0S 074-00.0E.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 110700Z SEP 12.
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.
- Within a radius of
- A circular area — every position within a stated distance of a point.
- 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.
- Area bound by
- Introduces a list of positions that are the corners of an area — the polygon the warning applies to.
- 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
39 within 180 nm since 2000 · 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 062330 to 070330 apr in area within ten miles of 13-38.30N 080-14.20E2024-04-06
- Hazardous operations, rocket launching 052330Z to 060330Z apr in area within ten miles of 13-38.30N 080-14.20E2024-04-03
- Hazardous operations, rocket launching 0030Z to 0430Z daily 25 thru 28 mar in area within ten miles of…2024-03-22
- Hazardous operations, rocket launching 220030Z to 220430Z mar in area within ten miles of 13-38.30N 080-14.20E2024-03-20
- Hazardous operations, rocket launching 1000Z to 1200Z daily 07 thru 09 nov: a. in area bound by 13-41.00N…2023-11-03
- Hazardous operations, rocket launching 0100Z to 0500Z daily 21 thru 30 oct in area within ten miles of…2023-10-17
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
Worldwide in the collected sources
4 missile & rocket hazards listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-02 02:24Z; 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.