Missiles

Hazardous operations, rocket launching 0945Z to 1345Z daily 05, 06 and 07 mar in areas: a. within ten miles…

Bay of Bengal · HYDROPAC 704/20

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2020-03-05 12:19Z

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 147/20 290959Z FEB 20.. Issued 2020-02-29 12:37Z. 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
Bay of Bengal. 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

Current notices and reporting history in the Bay of Bengal →

issued
2020-02-29 12:37Z
status
Archived notice
self-cancels
2020-03-07 14:45Z
authority
NAVAREA VIII 147/20 290959Z FEB 20.
NAVAREA
NAVAREA VIII · named as the source of this relay
sea
Bay of Bengal
position
10.692, 90.267
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

BAY OF BENGAL.
ANDAMAN SEA.
INDIA.
DNC 03.
1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS, ROCKET LAUNCHING
   0945Z TO 1345Z DAILY 05, 06 AND 07 MAR
   IN AREAS:
   A. WITHIN TEN MILES OF 13-43.2N 080-13.8E.
   B. BOUND BY
      12-05N 084-50E, 12-50N 085-00E,
      12-20N 086-20E, 11-35N 086-10E.
   C. BOUND BY
      10-55N 088-35E, 11-40N 088-45E,
      11-05N 090-30E, 10-25N 090-20E.
   D. BOUND BY
      08-10N 095-10E, 09-35N 095-10E,
      09-35N 096-05E, 08-10N 096-05E.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 071445Z MAR 20.

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.
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.

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Collected reports in this area · missile & rocket hazards

9 within 180 nm since 2012 · 1 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now

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15
20
25
26

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

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A
M
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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 20:50Z; 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.