Missiles

Hazardous operations, space debris 1500Z to 1630Z daily 12 thru 15 oct in area within 216 miles of 24-23.00N…

North Pacific Ocean · HYDROPAC 2810/22

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2022-10-13 12:10Z

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 346/22 071209Z OCT 22.. Issued 2022-10-07 13:21Z. 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
North Pacific Ocean. The parsed report position is 24.383, 161.767 with a 216.0 nm radius. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.

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Current notices and reporting history in the North Pacific Ocean →

Activity windows · 4 in this warning

opens (UTC)closes (UTC)locallength
2022-10-12 15:00Z2022-10-12 16:30Z—1 h 30
2022-10-13 15:00Z2022-10-13 16:30Z—1 h 30
2022-10-14 15:00Z2022-10-14 16:30Z—1 h 30
2022-10-15 15:00Z2022-10-15 16:30Z—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
2022-10-07 13:21Z
status
Archived notice
self-cancels
2022-10-15 17:30Z
authority
NAVAREA XI 346/22 071209Z OCT 22.
NAVAREA
NAVAREA XI · named as the source of this relay
sea
North Pacific Ocean
position
24.383, 161.767 · r 216.0 nm
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

NORTH PACIFIC.
WESTERN NORTH PACIFIC.
DNC 12.
1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS, SPACE DEBRIS
   1500Z TO 1630Z DAILY 12 THRU 15 OCT
   IN AREA WITHIN 216 MILES OF 24-23.00N 161-46.00E.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 151730Z OCT 22.

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.
Within a radius of
A circular area — every position within a stated distance of a point.
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.

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Collected reports in this area · missile & rocket hazards

97 within 180 nm since 2010 · 0 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now

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15
20
23

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.

Month of issue in the collected archive

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A
M
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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 09:02Z; 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.