Hazardous operations, rocket launching 231500Z to 301500Z aug in areas bound by: a. 36-06.94N 123-33.11E,…
Philippine Sea · HYDROPAC 2699/23
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2023-08-30 16:00Z
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 XI 288/23 211914Z AUG 23.. Issued 2023-08-21 19:57Z. 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
- Philippine 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.
Current notices and reporting history in the Philippine Sea →
Activity windows · 1 in this warning
| opens (UTC) | closes (UTC) | local | length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-08-23 15:00Z | 2023-08-30 15:00Z | — | 168 h |
Parsed from the warning text; outside these windows the area is normally not active, but the warning stays in force until cancelled.
- issued
- 2023-08-21 19:57Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2023-08-30 16:00Z
- authority
- NAVAREA XI 288/23 211914Z AUG 23.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA XI · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- Philippine Sea
- position
- 13.175, 129.288
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
PHILIPPINE SEA.
YELLOW SEA.
CHINA.
DNC 11, DNC 23.
1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS, ROCKET LAUNCHING
231500Z TO 301500Z AUG IN AREAS BOUND BY:
A. 36-06.94N 123-33.11E, 35-24.52N 123-22.78E,
35-20.02N 123-48.62E, 36-02.44N 123-59.18E.
B. 34-05.90N 123-01.99E, 33-23.47N 122-51.88E,
33-16.54N 123-29.66E, 33-58.97N 123-40.07E.
C. 14-54.17N 128-40.10E, 11-19.30N 129-10.84E,
11-26.81N 129-54.13E, 15-01.70N 129-24.05E.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 301600Z 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.
- 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
28 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 200023Z to 231023Z mar in areas bound by: a. 18-35.00N 118-12.00E,…2024-03-19
- Hazardous operations, rocket launching 200001Z to 200600Z mar in areas bound by: a. 15-21.00N 128-41.00E,…2024-03-16
- Hazardous operations, rocket launching 17 feb, alternate 18 feb thru 31 mar: a. 0027Z to 0416Z in area bound…2024-02-14
- Hazardous operations, space debris 150027Z to 150439Z feb, alternate 0027Z to 0439Z daily 16 feb thru 31 mar…2024-02-10
- Hazardous operations, rocket launching 211500Z to 301500Z nov in areas bound by: a. 36-02.44N 123-59.18E,…2023-11-20
- Hazardous operations, rocket launching 301500Z may to 101500Z jun in areas bounded by: a. 36-06.56N…2023-05-28
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 2026-09-29 04:38Z; 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.