Space debris hazard operations are scheduled in the South Atlantic from 5 to 11 October within a bounded area between 38 and 60 degrees south.
South Atlantic Ocean · HYDROPAC 2828/26
What this record establishes
Cancelled notice · 2026-09-30 15:00Z
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 2026-09-27 08:24Z. First collected 2026-09-30 16:02Z; last seen in collection 2026-09-30 21:32Z. Collection dates record ingestion, not a new incident or a fresh field observation.
- Location covered
- South Atlantic 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 Atlantic Ocean →
Activity windows · 7 in this warning
| opens (UTC) | closes (UTC) | local | length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-05 10:28Z | 2026-10-05 11:23Z | — | 55 min |
| 2026-10-06 10:21Z | 2026-10-06 11:16Z | — | 55 min |
| 2026-10-07 10:13Z | 2026-10-07 11:08Z | — | 55 min |
| 2026-10-08 10:06Z | 2026-10-08 11:01Z | — | 55 min |
| 2026-10-09 09:58Z | 2026-10-09 10:53Z | — | 55 min |
| 2026-10-10 09:51Z | 2026-10-10 10:46Z | — | 55 min |
| 2026-10-11 09:43Z | 2026-10-11 10:38Z | — | 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
- 2026-09-27 08:24Z
- status
- Cancelled notice
- self-cancels
- 2026-10-11 11:38Z
- sea
- South Atlantic Ocean
- position
- -49.483, 19.571
- source
- NGA MSI in-force warnings (DailyMem*.txt) · first seen 2026-09-30 16:02Z
Original warning text
SOUTH ATLANTIC. 1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS, SPACE DEBRIS 051028Z TO 051123Z, 061021Z TO 061116Z, 071013Z TO 071108Z, 081006Z TO 081101Z, 090958Z TO 091053Z, 100951Z TO 101046Z AND 110943Z TO 111038Z OCT IN AREA BOUND BY 38-18.00S 018-00.00E, 38-00.00S 027-00.00E, 49-02.00S 025-15.00E, 60-00.00S 022-30.00E, 59-00.00S 010-00.00E, 48-44.00S 014-50.00E. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 111138Z 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
7 within 180 nm since 2023 · 2 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 051028Z to 051123Z, 061021Z to 061116Z, 071013Z to 071108Z, 081006Z to…2026-09-27
- Hazardous operations, space debris 1643Z to 1806Z daily 31 aug thru 05 sep in area bound by 40-58.00S…2023-08-26
- Hazardous operations, space debris 1643Z to 1806Z daily 31 aug thru 05 sep in area bound by 40-58.00S…2023-08-26
- Hazardous operations, space debris 1456Z to 1606Z daily 19 thru 25 may in area bound by 39-43.00S…2023-05-19
- Hazardous operations, space debris 1648Z to 1806Z daily 30 mar thru 05 apr in area bound by 44-13.00S…2023-03-28
- Hazardous operations, space debris 1648Z to 1806Z daily 30 mar thru 05 apr in area bound by 44-13.00S…2023-03-28
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 2026-09-30 21:46Z; 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.