Missiles

Hazardous operations, rocket launching 0500Z to 0700Z daily 09 and 10 oct: a. in area bound by 13-41.00N…

Bay of Bengal · HYDROPAC 3192/23

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2023-10-10 08:00Z

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 875/23 061009Z OCT 23.. Issued 2023-10-06 12:17Z. 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.

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 3192/23 · this notice2023-10-06 · Archived notice
  2. HYDROPAC 3472/232023-11-03 · Archived notice
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Current notices and reporting history in the Bay of Bengal →

issued
2023-10-06 12:17Z
status
Archived notice
self-cancels
2023-10-10 08:00Z
authority
NAVAREA VIII 875/23 061009Z OCT 23.
NAVAREA
NAVAREA VIII · named as the source of this relay
sea
Bay of Bengal
position
13.558, 80.954
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

BAY OF BENGAL.
INDIA.
DNC 03.
1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS, ROCKET LAUNCHING
   0500Z TO 0700Z DAILY 09 AND 10 OCT:
   A. IN AREA BOUND BY
      13-41.00N 080-14.00E, 13-53.97N 081-29.77E,
      13-40.75N 081-31.06E, 13-28.53N 081-30.12E,
      13-15.34N 081-26.52E, 13-03.17N 081-20.69E.
   B. IN AREA WITHIN TEN MILES OF
      13-41.00N 080-14.00E.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 100800Z OCT 23.

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.
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.
Within a radius of
A circular area — every position within a stated distance of a point.
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

40 within 180 nm since 2000 · 0 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now

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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

Worldwide in the collected sources

4 missile & rocket hazards listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-02 03:24Z; 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.