Hazardous operations, rocket launching 0330Z to 0730Z daily 10 thru 12 feb: a. in area within ten miles of…
Indian Ocean · HYDROPAC 419/23
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2023-02-12 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 120/23 071010Z FEB 23.. Issued 2023-02-07 11:26Z. 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
- Indian 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.
Activity windows · 3 in this warning
| opens (UTC) | closes (UTC) | local | length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-02-10 03:30Z | 2023-02-10 07:30Z | — | 4 h |
| 2023-02-11 03:30Z | 2023-02-11 07:30Z | — | 4 h |
| 2023-02-12 03:30Z | 2023-02-12 07:30Z | — | 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
- 2023-02-07 11:26Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2023-02-12 08:30Z
- authority
- NAVAREA VIII 120/23 071010Z FEB 23.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA VIII · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- Indian Ocean
- position
- -0.292, 93.076
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
BAY OF BENGAL.
INDIAN OCEAN.
INDIA.
DNC 03.
1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS, ROCKET LAUNCHING
0330Z TO 0730Z DAILY 10 THRU 12 FEB:
A. IN AREA WITHIN TEN MILES OF
13-44.00N 080-14.10E.
B. IN AREA BOUND BY
09-30.00N 083-40.00E, 10-10.00N 084-10.00E,
07-10.00N 086-50.00E, 06-30.00N 086-20.00E.
C. IN AREA BOUND BY
00-35.00N 091-30.00E, 01-35.00N 092-10.00E,
01-10.00S 094-40.00E, 01-35.00S 094-50.00E,
02-30.00S 094-15.00E.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 120830Z FEB 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.
- 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.
- Area bound by
- Introduces a list of positions that are the corners of an area — the polygon the warning applies to.
- 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.
Collected reports in this area · missile & rocket hazards
5 within 180 nm since 2021 · 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, space debris 170600Z to 171200Z dec in area bound by 02-32.00N 092-06.00E, 02-44.00N…2023-12-18
- Hazardous operations, space debris 160600Z to 161200Z dec in area bound by 02-32.00N 092-06.00E, 02-44.00N…2023-12-13
- Hazardous operations, rocket launching 030739Z to 030839Z aug in area bound by 00-46.83N 091-28.15E,…2021-08-03
- Hazardous operations, rocket launching 010800Z to 010930Z feb in area bound by 00-40.26N 091-03.45E,…2021-01-30
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 08:19Z; 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.