Missiles

Hazardous operations, rocket launching 280430Z to 290830 feb in areas: a. bound by 07-41.07N 077-42.75E,…

Laccadive Sea · HYDROPAC 665/24

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2024-02-29 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 222/24 261016Z FEB 24.. Issued 2024-02-26 18:28Z. 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: Laccadive 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 Laccadive Sea →

issued: 2024-02-26 18:28Z
status: Archived notice
self-cancels: 2024-02-29 09:30Z
authority: NAVAREA VIII 222/24 261016Z FEB 24.
NAVAREA: NAVAREA VIII · named as the source of this relay
sea: Laccadive Sea
position: 7.436, 77.952
source: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

GULF OF MANNAR.
NORTHERN INDIAN OCEAN.
INDIA.
DNC 03.
1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS, ROCKET LAUNCHING
   280430Z TO 290830 FEB IN AREAS:
   A. BOUND BY
      07-41.07N 077-42.75E, 07-13.80N 077-30.15E,
      07-09.25N 077-42.48E, 07-06.96N 077-55.50E,
      07-06.85N 078-08.41E, 07-09.25N 078-21.54E,
      07-38.36N 078-13.74E.
   B. WITHIN FIVE MILES OF 08-22.00N 078-02.00E.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 290930Z FEB 24.

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.
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.
Within a radius of: A circular area — every position within a stated distance of a point.
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

169 within 180 nm since 2000 · 3 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

6 missile & rocket hazards listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-02 20:51Z; 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.