Missiles

Hazardous operations, space debris 300130Z to 300330Z and 310130Z to 310330Z aug in areas bound by: a.…

South Pacific Ocean · HYDROPAC 3119/18

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2018-08-31 04:30Z

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 120/18 251430Z AUG 18.. Issued 2018-08-25 15:01Z. 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
2018-08-30 01:30Z	2018-08-30 03:30Z	—	2 h
2018-08-31 01:30Z	2018-08-31 03:30Z	—	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: 2018-08-25 15:01Z
status: Archived notice
self-cancels: 2018-08-31 04:30Z
authority: NAVAREA XIV 120/18 251430Z AUG 18.
NAVAREA: NAVAREA XIV · named as the source of this relay
sea: South Pacific Ocean
position: -47.259, -122.841
source: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

SOUTH PACIFIC.
DNC 06.
1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS, SPACE DEBRIS
   300130Z TO 300330Z AND 310130Z TO 310330Z AUG
   IN AREAS BOUND BY:
   A. 52-00S 091-02W, 51-00S 111-01W,
      47-55S 123-19W, 41-26S 136-55W,
      37-08S 144-33W, 35-01S 143-54W,
      39-19S 137-19W, 45-44S 122-50W,
      48-53S 110-54W, 50-46S 090-23W.
   B. 51-59S 091-08W, 52-35S 113-00W,
      50-57S 126-20W, 46-02S 142-25W,
      42-18S 151-01W, 39-44S 149-55W,
      43-33S 142-11W, 48-38S 125-29W,
      50-29S 112-10W, 49-00S 092-40W.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 310430Z AUG 18.

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.
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.

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Collected reports in this area · missile & rocket hazards

11 within 180 nm since 2004 · 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: a. 260400Z to 260600Z apr in area bound by 38-20S 146-20W, 40-35S…2018-04-23
Space debris2015-12-15
Space debris2014-02-07
Space debris2014-02-06
Space debris2013-07-22
Hazardous operations: a. 210154Z to 210318Z jul in area bound by 29-04-00N 133-49-00E, 29-14-32N 133-45-40E,…2012-07-16

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 02:31Z; 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.