Hazardous operation, space debris: a. 240200Z to 240400Z oct in area bound by: 30-38.00S 162-18.00W,…
South Pacific Ocean · HYDROPAC 2938/22
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2022-10-20 09:09Z
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 XIV 228/22 191138Z OCT 22.. Issued 2022-10-19 12:48Z. 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
- 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.
Related notices and cancellation links
- Hazardous operation, space debris: a. 240200Z to 240400Z oct in area bound by 30-38.00S 162-18.00W,…later cancellation notice
These messages are connected by recorded cancellation references. The links establish relationships between notices; they do not by themselves confirm a single object, a continuous track, or recovery.
- HYDROPAC 2938/22 · this notice2022-10-19 · Archived notice
- HYDROPAC 2946/222022-10-20 · Archived notice
Current notices and reporting history in the South Pacific Ocean →
Activity windows · 2 in this warning
| opens (UTC) | closes (UTC) | local | length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-10-24 02:00Z | 2022-10-24 04:00Z | — | 2 h |
| 2022-10-25 01:00Z | 2022-10-25 03:00Z | — | 2 h |
Parsed from the warning text; outside these windows the area is normally not active, but the warning stays in force until cancelled.
- issued
- 2022-10-19 12:48Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2022-10-25 04:00Z
- authority
- NAVAREA XIV 228/22 191138Z OCT 22.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA XIV · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- South Pacific Ocean
- position
- -40.183, -139.778
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
EASTERN SOUTH PACIFIC.
SOUTH PACIFIC.
DNC 06.
1. HAZARDOUS OPERATION, SPACE DEBRIS:
A. 240200Z TO 240400Z OCT IN AREA BOUND BY:
30-38.00S 162-18.00W, 50-04.00S 115-55.00W,
52-18.00S 115-55.00W, 33-26.00S 163-21.00W.
B. 250100Z TO 250300Z OCT IN AREA BOUND BY:
28-48.00S 158-16.00W, 49-34.00S 113-32.00W,
51-53.00S 113-28.00W, 31-35.00S 159-23.00W.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 250400Z 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.
- 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
5 within 180 nm since 2003 · 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.
- Hazardous operations, space debris 300130Z to 300330Z aug in area bound by 39-44S 149-55W, 35-01S 143-54W,…2018-08-24
- Hazardous operations space debris: a. 280400Z to 280600Z dec in area bound by 28-35S 169-07W, 32-31S…2017-12-23
- Satellite re-entry 031030Z to 031230Z oct in area bound by 48-13S 127-52W, 43-44S 140-43W, 39-32S 148-02W,…2003-09-30
- Satellite re-entry 011900Z to 012100Z feb in area bound by 51-16S 159-35W, 48-43S 161-53W, 44-22S 147-16W,…2003-01-30
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 03:32Z; 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.