Space debris
South Pacific Ocean · HYDROPAC 3010/11
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2011-10-30 11:00Z
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 XIV 109/11 251910Z OCT 11.. Issued 2011-10-25 21:59Z. 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.
Current notices and reporting history in the South Pacific Ocean →
Activity windows · 2 in this warning
| opens (UTC) | closes (UTC) | local | length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011-10-29 12:00Z | 2011-10-29 14:00Z | — | 2 h |
| 2011-10-30 08:00Z | 2011-10-30 10:00Z | — | 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
- 2011-10-25 21:59Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2011-10-30 11:00Z
- authority
- NAVAREA XIV 109/11 251910Z OCT 11.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA XIV · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- South Pacific Ocean
- position
- -41.950, -104.269
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
SOUTH PACIFIC.
SPACE DEBRIS.
1. SPACE VEHICLE ELEMENTS FALLING:
A. 291200Z TO 291400Z IN AREA BOUND BY
43-42S 154-10W, 48-50S 137-01W,
47-00S 093-28W, 50-02S 092-52W,
51-28S 135-41W, 46-54S 153-28W.
B. 300800Z TO 301000Z IN AREA BOUND BY
30-07S 120-52W, 36-32S 112-32W,
45-28S 093-50W, 48-02S 092-57W,
40-12S 111-29W, 33-54S 121-18W.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 301100Z OCT.
Reading this warning
- 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
3 within 180 nm since 2011 · 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 11:48Z; 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.