Missiles

Hazardous operations, rocket launching 280430Z to 280830Z feb in areas: a. within ten miles of 13-43.9N…

Indian Ocean · HYDROPAC 633/21

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2021-02-28 09:30Z

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 171/21 251013Z FEB 21.. Issued 2021-02-25 10:29Z. 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.

Related notices and cancellation links

These reports were linked by category and sea, with positions within 30 nautical miles and issue dates within 30 days of another report's recorded in-force span. Links can extend through other members, so the full group can cover a larger area or period. Proximity does not confirm that they describe one incident.

  1. HYDROPAC 633/21 · this notice2021-02-25 · Archived notice
  2. HYDROPAC 646/212021-02-26 · Archived notice
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Activity windows · 1 in this warning

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2021-02-28 04:30Z2021-02-28 08:30Z—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
2021-02-25 10:29Z
status
Archived notice
self-cancels
2021-02-28 09:30Z
authority
NAVAREA VIII 171/21 251013Z FEB 21.
NAVAREA
NAVAREA VIII · named as the source of this relay
sea
Indian Ocean
position
-38.000, 72.667
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

INDIAN OCEAN.
BAY OF BENGAL.
INDIA.
DNC 03.
1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS, ROCKET LAUNCHING
   280430Z TO 280830Z FEB IN AREAS:
   A. WITHIN TEN MILES OF 13-43.9N 080-14.2E.
   B. WITHIN 60 MILES OF 13-43.9N 080-14.2E
      BETWEEN 130 DEGREES AND 150 DEGREES.
   C. BOUND BY
      11-35N 081-30E, 12-05N 082-00E,
      10-50N 082-55E, 10-20N 082-25E.
   D. BOUND BY
      09-55N 082-40E, 10-05N 083-15E,
      08-10N 083-35E, 08-00N 083-00E.
   E. BOUND BY
      02-10S 081-25E, 02-30S 082-45E,
      06-15S 081-50E, 05-55S 080-30E.
   F. BOUND BY
      32-55S 072-45E, 33-35S 075-20E,
      43-05S 072-35E, 42-25S 070-00E.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 280930Z FEB 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.
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

6 within 180 nm since 2013 · 0 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now

13
15
20
21

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

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D

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

7 missile & rocket hazards listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-02 21:54Z; source collection times vary.

Missiles

Missile firings, rocket launches and space debris re-entry areas. All current missile & rocket hazards →

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