Hazardous operations, rocket launching 0300Z to 0500Z daily 15 thru 17, 0300Z to 0900Z daily 18 and 19 and…
Arabian Sea · HYDROPAC 3593/23
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2023-11-20 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 IX 429/23 141514Z NOV 23.. Issued 2023-11-14 16:51Z. 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
- Arabian Sea. The map shows an area described by the warning; the listed coordinate is its representative center. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
Activity windows · 4 in this warning
| opens (UTC) | closes (UTC) | local | length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-11-15 03:00Z | 2023-11-15 05:00Z | — | 2 h |
| 2023-11-16 03:00Z | 2023-11-16 05:00Z | — | 2 h |
| 2023-11-17 03:00Z | 2023-11-17 05:00Z | — | 2 h |
| 2023-11-20 03:00Z | 2023-11-20 07:00Z | — | 4 h |
Parsed from the warning text; outside these windows the area is normally not active, but the warning stays in force until cancelled.
- issued
- 2023-11-14 16:51Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2023-11-20 08:00Z
- authority
- NAVAREA IX 429/23 141514Z NOV 23.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA IX · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- Arabian Sea
- position
- 25.434, 66.437
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
ARABIAN SEA. PAKISTAN. DNC 03. 1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS, ROCKET LAUNCHING 0300Z TO 0500Z DAILY 15 THRU 17, 0300Z TO 0900Z DAILY 18 AND 19 AND 200300Z TO 200700Z NOV IN AREA BOUND BY 25-31.43N 066-17.11E, 25-26.33N 066-15.40E, 25-21.22N 066-38.21E, 25-23.82N 066-39.09E. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 200800Z NOV 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.
- 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
36 within 180 nm since 2010 · 1 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.
- Missile and gunnery operations 231900Z to 251300Z sep in area bound by 25-28.00N 063-18.00E, 25-28.00N…2026-09-23
- Gunnery and missile operations 0300Z to 1500Z daily 16 thru 20 feb in area bound by 25-23.00N 063-33.00E,…2024-02-15
- Missile operations 0500Z to 0900Z daily 17 and 18 oct in area bound by 25-18.74N 065-58.80E, 25-08.94N…2023-10-16
- Gunnery and missile operations 0300Z to 1300Z daily 26 thru 31 oct in area bound by 24-54.00N 066-15.00E,…2022-10-25
- Missile and gunnery operations 0400Z to 1200Z daily 22 thru 27 apr in area bound by 25-13N 062-30E, 25-22N…2020-04-20
- Gunnery and missile operations 0400Z to 1200Z daily 19 thru 24 apr in area bound by 25-13N 062-30E, 25-22N…2020-04-15
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 0300Z to 1300Z daily 26 aug, 02, 09, 16, 23 and 30 sep in area bound by 24-50.26N…Exercises · 42.4 nm
- Wreck buoy 24-46.45N 066-57.09E missingWrecks · 48.5 nm
- Fairway buoy 24-43.14N 066-55.86E missingNav aids · 50.6 nm
- Ormara lighthouse 25-11.10N 064-41.10E unlitNav aids · 96.3 nm
- Hazardous operations 0300Z to 1200Z daily 25 and 26 sep in area bound by 25-12.00N 064-27.83E, 25-12.00N…Exercises · 99.2 nm
- Dangerous wreck in vicinity 23-51.80N 067-20.90EWrecks · 106.6 nm
Worldwide in the collected sources
3 missile & rocket hazards listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-09-30 09:07Z; 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.