Missiles

Hazardous operations, space debris 061330Z to 061421Z oct, alternate 071309Z to 071359Z oct in area bound by…

Indian Ocean · HYDROPAC 2887/20

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2020-10-06 13:36Z

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) · EASTERN RANGE 051228Z OCT 20.. Issued 2020-10-05 12:55Z. 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
Indian 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.

Related notices and cancellation links

These reports were linked by category and sea, with positions within 30 nautical miles and issue dates within 30 days of another report's recorded in-force span. Links can extend through other members, so the full group can cover a larger area or period. Proximity does not confirm that they describe one incident.

  1. HYDROPAC 2652/202020-09-12 · Archived notice
  2. HYDROPAC 2710/202020-09-17 · Archived notice
  3. HYDROPAC 2765/202020-09-22 · Archived notice
  4. HYDROPAC 2798/202020-09-25 · Archived notice
  5. HYDROPAC 2821/202020-09-28 · Archived notice
  6. HYDROPAC 2855/202020-10-01 · Archived notice
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Current notices and reporting history in the Indian Ocean →

Activity windows · 2 in this warning

opens (UTC)closes (UTC)locallength
2020-10-06 13:30Z2020-10-06 14:21Z—51 min
2020-10-07 13:09Z2020-10-07 13:59Z—50 min

Parsed from the warning text; outside these windows the area is normally not active, but the warning stays in force until cancelled.

issued
2020-10-05 12:55Z
status
Archived notice
self-cancels
2020-10-07 14:59Z
authority
EASTERN RANGE 051228Z OCT 20.
issued by
EASTERN RANGE
sea
Indian Ocean
position
-46.118, 102.446
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

INDIAN OCEAN.
WESTERN SOUTH PACIFIC.
1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS, SPACE DEBRIS
   061330Z TO 061421Z OCT, ALTERNATE
   071309Z TO 071359Z OCT
   IN AREA BOUND BY
   29-43S 060-07E, 24-55S 064-27E,
   38-45S 084-30E, 45-12S 099-45E,
   49-46S 119-13E, 50-42S 138-19E,
   48-50S 156-44E, 51-46S 158-08E,
   54-42S 148-32E, 56-20S 131-03E,
   55-52S 107-50E, 49-11S 085-05E,
   34-32S 064-13E.
2. CANCEL HYDROPAC 2866/20, 2873/20.
3. CANCEL THIS MSG 071459Z OCT 20.

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.
Cancellation reference
A line that cancels an earlier warning by its number, such as CANCEL HYDROLANT 1085/12.
HYDROPAC
The U.S. long-range warning series for the Pacific outside NAVAREA XII and for the Indian Ocean, Persian Gulf and adjoining seas.
CANCEL THIS MSG
The warning's own expiry: a line telling the reader when the message cancels itself.

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Collected reports in this area · missile & rocket hazards

89 within 180 nm since 2019 · 0 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now

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20
22

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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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 07:15Z; 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.