Hazardous operations involving space debris occur in the South Pacific from 01 to 07 October, daily 1958Z to 2149Z, within a defined area.
South Pacific Ocean · HYDROPAC 2790/26
What this record establishes
Cancelled notice · 2026-09-28 16:45Z
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 2026-09-23 19:57Z. First collected 2026-09-28 19:02Z; last seen in collection 2026-09-29 00:02Z. 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 · 7 in this warning
| opens (UTC) | closes (UTC) | local | length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-01 19:58Z | 2026-10-01 21:49Z | — | 1 h 51 |
| 2026-10-02 19:58Z | 2026-10-02 21:49Z | — | 1 h 51 |
| 2026-10-03 19:58Z | 2026-10-03 21:49Z | — | 1 h 51 |
| 2026-10-04 19:58Z | 2026-10-04 21:49Z | — | 1 h 51 |
| 2026-10-05 19:58Z | 2026-10-05 21:49Z | — | 1 h 51 |
| 2026-10-06 19:58Z | 2026-10-06 21:49Z | — | 1 h 51 |
| 2026-10-07 19:58Z | 2026-10-07 21:49Z | — | 1 h 51 |
Parsed from the warning text; outside these windows the area is normally not active, but the warning stays in force until cancelled.
- issued
- 2026-09-23 19:57Z
- status
- Cancelled notice
- self-cancels
- 2026-10-07 22:49Z
- sea
- South Pacific Ocean
- position
- -44.811, -161.842
- source
- NGA MSI in-force warnings (DailyMem*.txt) · first seen 2026-09-28 19:02Z
Original warning text
SOUTH PACIFIC. 1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS, SPACE DEBRIS 1958Z TO 2149Z DAILY 01 THRU 07 OCT IN AREA BOUND BY 25-16.00S 157-18.00W, 25-41.00S 154-55.00W, 43-00.00S 158-36.00W, 60-00.00S 165-00.00W, 59-29.00S 170-11.00W, 42-29.00S 162-10.00W. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 072249Z OCT 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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
29 within 180 nm since 2014 · 4 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 0343Z to 0829Z daily 19 thru 25 aug in area bound by 25-23.00S…2026-08-11
- Hazardous operations, space debris 0343Z to 0818Z daily 22 thru 28 apr in area bound by 59-13.00S…2026-04-14
- Hazardous operations, space debris 1543Z to 2029Z daily 18 thru 24 apr in area bound by 25-23.00S…2026-04-13
- Hazardous operations, space debris 0200Z to 0630Z daily 13 thru 22 dec in areas bound by: a. 40-30.00S…2023-12-11
- Hazardous operations, space debris 1452Z to 1622Z daily 25 apr thru 01 may in area bounded by 25-22.00S…2023-04-20
- Hazardous operations, space debris 0245Z to 1415Z daily 16 thru 31 mar in areas bound by: a. 40-06.00S…2023-03-11
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 00:10Z; 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.