Hazardous space debris operations occur in the South Pacific on 1 to 7 October in set daily windows within a bounded area; the warning cancels 7 October.
South Pacific Ocean · HYDROPAC 2791/26
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 19:36Z. 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 16:06Z | 2026-10-01 17:01Z | — | 55 min |
| 2026-10-02 15:44Z | 2026-10-02 16:39Z | — | 55 min |
| 2026-10-03 15:21Z | 2026-10-03 16:16Z | — | 55 min |
| 2026-10-04 14:58Z | 2026-10-04 15:53Z | — | 55 min |
| 2026-10-05 14:36Z | 2026-10-05 15:31Z | — | 55 min |
| 2026-10-06 14:10Z | 2026-10-06 15:05Z | — | 55 min |
| 2026-10-07 13:48Z | 2026-10-07 14:43Z | — | 55 min |
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 19:36Z
- status
- Cancelled notice
- self-cancels
- 2026-10-07 15:43Z
- sea
- South Pacific Ocean
- position
- -35.988, -159.250
- 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 011606Z TO 011701Z, 021544Z TO 021639Z, 031521Z TO 031616Z, 041458Z TO 041553Z, 051436Z TO 051531Z, 061410Z TO 061505Z AND 071348Z TO 071443Z OCT IN AREA BOUND BY 27-06.00S 149-35.00W, 28-54.00S 148-00.00W, 37-08.00S 157-59.00W, 44-20.00S 170-14.00W, 42-41.00S 171-31.00W, 35-24.00S 159-30.00W. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 071543Z 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.
- 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 2019 · 1 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 131206Z to 131301Z, 141146Z to 141241Z, 151121Z to 151216Z, 161101Z to…2025-06-11
- Hazardous operations, space debris 1931Z to 2225Z daily 21 thur 27 mar in area bound by 29-22.00S…2024-03-16
- Hazardous operations, space debris 0340Z to 0635Z daily 01 thru 07 mar in area bound by 29-22.00S…2024-02-25
- Hazardous operations, space debris 1608Z to 1902Z daily 29 jan thru 04 feb in area bound by 29-06.00S…2024-01-24
- Hazardous operations, space debris 2050Z to 2345Z daily 17 thru 23 jan in area bound by 29-22.00S…2024-01-12
- Hazardous operations, space debris 2050Z to 2342Z daily 17 thru 23 jan in area bound by 29-22.00S…2024-01-12
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.