Missiles

Hazardous operations, rocket launching 170930Z to 171330Z dec in areas: a. within ten miles of 13-43.2N…

South Pacific Ocean · HYDROPAC 3687/20

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2020-12-17 14:30Z

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 746/20 141027Z DEC 20.. Issued 2020-12-14 11:49Z. 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 · 1 in this warning

opens (UTC)	closes (UTC)	local	length
2020-12-17 09:30Z	2020-12-17 13:30Z	—	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: 2020-12-14 11:49Z
status: Archived notice
self-cancels: 2020-12-17 14:30Z
authority: NAVAREA VIII 746/20 141027Z DEC 20.
NAVAREA: NAVAREA VIII · named as the source of this relay
sea: South Pacific Ocean
position: -12.351, -103.981
source: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

EASTERN SOUTH PACIFIC.
BAY OF BENGAL.
1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS, ROCKET LAUNCHING
   170930Z TO 171330Z DEC IN AREAS:
   A. WITHIN TEN MILES OF 13-43.2N 080-13.8E.
   B. BOUND BY
      13-30N 080-30E, 13-50N 080-35E,
      13-35N 081-35E, 13-15N 081-30E.
   C. BOUND BY
      13-00N 082-10E, 13-30N 082-15E,
      13-05N 084-05E, 12-35N 084-00E.
   D. BOUND BY
      12-30N 084-05E, 13-10N 084-15E,
      12-55N 085-20E, 12-15N 085-10E.
   E. BOUND BY
      11-20N 088-35E, 12-00N 088-45E,
      11-45N 089-45E, 11-05N 089-35E.
   F. BOUND BY
      09-35N 094-50E, 10-30N 095-05E,
      10-15N 095-55E, 09-20N 095-40E.
   G. BOUND BY
      18-30S 134-00W, 16-30S 134-00W,
      13-00S 112-00W, 07-00S 090-00W,
      09-00S 090-00W, 15-00S 112-00W.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 171430Z DEC 20.

Reading this warning

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

15 within 180 nm since 2014 · 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, rocket launching 010200Z to 010600Z jan 24 a. in area bound by 13-41.00N 080-14.00E,…2023-12-29
Hazardous operations, rocket launching 020400Z to 020800Z sep: a. in area within ten miles of 13-43.19N…2023-08-30
Hazardous operations, rocket launching 1200Z to 1600Z daily 30 jun thru 02 jul: a. in area within ten miles…2022-06-25
Rockets2016-04-24
Rockets2016-03-06
Rockets2016-01-15

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

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 06:38Z; 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.