India warns of hazardous rocket launching operations in the Eastern Indian Ocean from 16 September 0530Z to 0700Z within a bounded area.
Laccadive Sea · HYDROPAC 2634/26
What this record establishes
Cancelled notice · 2026-09-14 15:15Z
This notice disappeared from the issuing source's in-force list. No explicit recovery or all-clear is established by that removal.
- Source and dates
- NGA MSI in-force warnings (DailyMem*.txt). Issued 2026-09-11 17:51Z. First collected 2026-09-14 20:17Z; last seen in collection 2026-09-18 07:17Z. Collection dates record ingestion, not a new incident or a fresh field observation.
- Location covered
- Laccadive 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
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 1143/262026-04-17 · Cancelled notice
- HYDROPAC 2372/262026-08-18 · Cancelled notice
- HYDROPAC 2634/26 · this notice2026-09-11 · Cancelled notice
Current notices and reporting history in the Laccadive Sea →
Activity windows · 1 in this warning
| opens (UTC) | closes (UTC) | local | length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-16 05:30Z | 2026-09-16 07:00Z | — | 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
- 2026-09-11 17:51Z
- status
- Cancelled notice
- self-cancels
- 2026-09-16 08:00Z
- sea
- Laccadive Sea
- position
- 8.147, 76.190
- source
- NGA MSI in-force warnings (DailyMem*.txt) · first seen 2026-09-14 20:17Z
Original warning text
EASTERN INDIAN OCEAN. INDIA. 1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS, ROCKET LAUNCHING 160530Z TO 160700Z SEP IN AREA BOUND BY 08-31.98N 076-52.05E, 08-34.48N 076-47.68E, 08-18.85N 075-37.45E, 08-06.23N 075-40.90E, 07-54.42N 075-46.52E, 07-43.73N 075-54.10E, 07-34.50N 076-03.45E, 08-27.07N 076-51.17E. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 160800Z SEP 26.
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.
- 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
170 within 180 nm since 2000 · 3 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 210530Z to 210700Z aug in area bound by 08-31.98N 076-52.05E,…2026-08-18
- Hazardous operations, rocket launching 220530Z to 220700Z apr in area bound by 08-31.98N 076-52.05E,…2026-04-17
- Hazardous operations, rocket launching 180530Z to 180700Z jun in areas bound by: a. 08-31.98N 076-52.05E,…2025-06-16
- Hazardous operations, rocket launching 170530Z to 170700Z apr in areas bound by: a. 08-31.98N 076-52.05E,…2024-04-15
- Hazardous operations, rocket launching 200530Z to 200700Z mar in areas bound by: a. 08-31.98N 076-52.05E,…2024-03-18
- Hazardous operations, rocket launching 280430Z to 290830 feb in areas: a. bound by 07-41.07N 077-42.75E,…2024-02-26
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 08:48Z; 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.