Hazardous operations, space debris: a. 210300Z to 210500Z aug in area bound by 30-19.0S 166-21.0W, 34-19.0S…
South Pacific Ocean · HYDROPAC 2651/23
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2023-08-22 05:00Z
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 146/23 161102Z AUG 23.. Issued 2023-08-17 09:22Z. 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.
Current notices and reporting history in the South Pacific Ocean →
Activity windows · 2 in this warning
| opens (UTC) | closes (UTC) | local | length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-08-21 03:00Z | 2023-08-21 05:00Z | — | 2 h |
| 2023-08-22 02:00Z | 2023-08-22 04:00Z | — | 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
- 2023-08-17 09:22Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2023-08-22 05:00Z
- authority
- NAVAREA XIV 146/23 161102Z AUG 23.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA XIV · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- South Pacific Ocean
- position
- -43.975, -135.105
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
SOUTH PACIFIC.
DNC 06, DNC 07.
1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS, SPACE DEBRIS:
A. 210300Z TO 210500Z AUG IN AREA BOUND BY
30-19.0S 166-21.0W, 34-19.0S 161-27.0W,
48-10.0S 130-38.0W, 50-18.0S 117-17.0W,
49-11.0S 095-51.0W, 52-06.0S 095-07.0W,
52-30.0S 117-21.0W, 50-39.0S 130-52.0W,
37-06.0S 161-11.0W, 33-07.0S 167-24.0W.
B. 220200Z TO 220400Z AUG IN AREA BOUND BY
28-42.0S 162-03.0W, 32-47.0S 157-20.0W,
47-21.0S 127-47.0W, 49-54.0S 114-48.0W,
50-43.0S 093-11.0W, 52-27.0S 092-34.0W,
52-10.0S 114-46.0W, 49-54.0S 128-03.0W,
35-33.0S 157-05.0W, 31-30.0S 163-09.0W.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 220500Z AUG 23.
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.
- 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
16 within 180 nm since 2010 · 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: a. 130500Z to 130700Z feb in area bound by 30-10.00S 167-48.00W,…2024-02-08
- Hazardous operations, space debris: a. 291100Z to 291400Z nov in area bound by 28-25.00S 165-20.00W,…2023-11-27
- Hazardous operations, space debris: a. 291100Z to 291300Z nov in area bound by 28-25.00S 165-20.00W,…2023-11-25
- Hazardous operations, space debris 0730Z to 0930Z daily 17 and 18 oct in area bound by 30-00.00S 175-00.00W,…2023-10-13
- Hazardous operations, space debris from 020800Z to 060930Z aug in area bounded by: 30-00S 175-00W, 30-00S…2022-07-28
- Hazardous operations, space debris: a. 201600Z to 201800Z mar in area bound by 32-20S 160-23W, 36-27S…2022-03-18
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 03:26Z; 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.