Missiles

Hazardous operations, rocket launching 1200Z to 1600Z daily 31 aug thru 02 sep: a. in area within ten miles…

Bay of Bengal · HYDROPAC 2896/17

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2017-09-02 17:00Z

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 VIII 574/17 221010Z AUG 17.. Issued 2017-08-26 04:54Z. 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: Bay of Bengal. 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 Bay of Bengal →

Activity windows · 3 in this warning

opens (UTC)	closes (UTC)	local	length
2017-08-31 12:00Z	2017-08-31 16:00Z	—	4 h
2017-09-01 12:00Z	2017-09-01 16:00Z	—	4 h
2017-09-02 12:00Z	2017-09-02 16:00Z	—	4 h

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

issued: 2017-08-26 04:54Z
status: Archived notice
self-cancels: 2017-09-02 17:00Z
authority: NAVAREA VIII 574/17 221010Z AUG 17.
NAVAREA: NAVAREA VIII · named as the source of this relay
sea: Bay of Bengal
position: 12.958, 83.125
source: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

BAY OF BENGAL.
ANDAMAN SEA.
INDIA.
DNC 30.
1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS, ROCKET LAUNCHING
   1200Z TO 1600Z DAILY 31 AUG THRU 02 SEP:
   A. IN AREA WITHIN TEN MILES OF 13-43.2N 080-13.8E.
   B. IN AREA BOUND BY
      13-30N 080-30E, 13-50N 080-35E,
      13-35N 081-30E, 13-15N 081-25E.
   C. IN AREA BOUND BY
      13-00N 082-10E, 13-30N 082-15E,
      12-55N 084-05E, 12-25N 084-00E.
   D. IN AREA BOUND BY
      12-20N 084-05E, 13-00N 084-15E,
      12-45N 085-10E, 12-05N 085-00E.
   E. IN AREA BOUND BY
      11-10N 088-25E, 11-45N 088-35E,
      11-25N 089-40E, 10-50N 089-30E.
   F. IN AREA BOUND BY
      09-05N 094-50E, 09-55N 095-05E,
      09-35N 096-00E, 08-45N 095-45E.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 021700Z SEP 17.

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.
Rocket launching: The areas where spent rocket stages, boosters and fairings are expected to fall after a launch, with the launch window.
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.
Area bound by: Introduces a list of positions that are the corners of an area — the polygon the warning applies to.
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

57 within 180 nm since 2000 · 0 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.

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 2026-10-02 09:48Z; 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.