Missiles

Hazardous operations, rocket launching 180530Z to 180730Z nov in areas: a. within ten miles of 13-41.00N…

Bay of Bengal · HYDROPAC 3248/22

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2022-11-18 08:30Z

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 VIII 886/22 161022Z NOV 22.. Issued 2022-11-16 12:13Z. 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 · 1 in this warning

opens (UTC)	closes (UTC)	local	length
2022-11-18 05:30Z	2022-11-18 07:30Z	—	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: 2022-11-16 12:13Z
status: Archived notice
self-cancels: 2022-11-18 08:30Z
authority: NAVAREA VIII 886/22 161022Z NOV 22.
NAVAREA: NAVAREA VIII · named as the source of this relay
sea: Bay of Bengal
position: 13.471, 81.457
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
   180530Z TO 180730Z NOV IN AREAS:
   A. WITHIN TEN MILES OF 13-41.00N 080-14.00E.
   B. BOUND BY
      13-54.74N 080-52.60E, 14-18.73N 082-00.18E,
      14-04.89N 082-04.32E, 13-50.62N 082-06.56E,
      13-36.18N 082-06.88E, 13-21.80N 082-05.27E,
      13-07.75N 082-01.76E, 12-54.24N 081-56.41E,
      12-41.53N 081-49.30E, 12-29.81N 081-40.56E,
      13-15.16N 080-45.47E, 13-19.41N 080-48.67E,
      13-24.00N 080-51.21E, 13-28.90N 080-53.18E,
      13-39.18N 080-55.05E, 13-44.50N 080-54.95E,
      13-49.68N 080-54.12E.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 180830Z NOV 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.
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.
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.
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.
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

41 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

Hazardous operations 290830Z to 290930Z sep in area bound by 13-07.02N 080-18.01E, 13-14.90N 080-25.98E,…Exercises · 63.8 nm
Buoy established in 14-05.21N 080-28.50ENav aids · 68.1 nm

Worldwide in the collected sources

4 missile & rocket hazards listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-02 10:18Z; 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.