Missiles

Hazardous operations, rocket launching 231012Z to 231112Z dec in areas bound by: a. 19-00-00N 120-00-00E,…

Philippine Sea · HYDROPAC 3702/21

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2021-12-23 12:12Z

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 XI 418/21 221042Z DEC 21.. Issued 2021-12-22 10:42Z. 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: Philippine 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.

Current notices and reporting history in the Philippine Sea →

Activity windows · 1 in this warning

opens (UTC)	closes (UTC)	local	length
2021-12-23 10:12Z	2021-12-23 11:12Z	—	1 h

Parsed from the warning text; outside these windows the area is normally not active, but the warning stays in force until cancelled.

issued: 2021-12-22 10:42Z
status: Archived notice
self-cancels: 2021-12-23 12:12Z
authority: NAVAREA XI 418/21 221042Z DEC 21.
NAVAREA: NAVAREA XI · named as the source of this relay
sea: Philippine Sea
position: 16.840, 139.815
source: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

PHILIPPINE SEA.
SOUTH CHINA SEA.
PHILIPPINES.
DNC 12, DNC 23.
1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS, ROCKET LAUNCHING
   231012Z TO 231112Z DEC
   IN AREAS BOUND BY:
   A. 19-00-00N 120-00-00E, 19-37-48N 120-02-24E,
      19-42-36N 118-36-36E, 19-04-48N 118-34-12E.
   B. 18-45-36N 123-46-12E, 19-18-00N 123-49-12E,
      19-25-00N 122-34-48E, 18-51-36N 122-32-24E.
   C. 16-16-48N 140-42-36E, 17-04-12N 140-51-36E,
      17-24-36N 138-55-12E, 16-36-36N 138-46-12E.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 231212Z DEC 21.

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.

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Collected reports in this area · missile & rocket hazards

6 within 180 nm since 2019 · 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

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 2026-10-01 20:16Z; 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.