Missiles

Hazardous operations, space debris 2300Z to 0030Z daily 12 thru 15 mar in area within 216 miles of 24-23.00N…

North Pacific Ocean · HYDROPAC 814/23

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2023-03-14 11:55Z

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 87/23 100429Z MAR 23.. Issued 2023-03-10 13:23Z. 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
North Pacific Ocean. The parsed report position is 24.383, 161.767 with a 216.0 nm radius. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.

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Activity windows · 4 in this warning

opens (UTC)closes (UTC)locallength
2023-03-12 23:00Z2023-03-13 00:30Z—1 h 30
2023-03-13 23:00Z2023-03-14 00:30Z—1 h 30
2023-03-14 23:00Z2023-03-15 00:30Z—1 h 30
2023-03-15 23:00Z2023-03-16 00:30Z—1 h 30

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

issued
2023-03-10 13:23Z
status
Archived notice
self-cancels
2023-03-16 01:30Z
authority
NAVAREA XI 87/23 100429Z MAR 23.
NAVAREA
NAVAREA XI · named as the source of this relay
sea
North Pacific Ocean
position
24.383, 161.767 · r 216.0 nm
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

NORTH PACIFIC.
DNC 12.
1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS, SPACE DEBRIS
   2300Z TO 0030Z DAILY 12 THRU 15 MAR
   IN AREA WITHIN 216 MILES OF 24-23.00N 161-46.00E.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 160130Z MAR 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.
Space debris
An area where parts of a spacecraft or rocket stage are expected to come down at sea, from a launch or a planned re-entry.
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

97 within 180 nm since 2010 · 0 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now

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15
20
23

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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J
A
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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

4 missile & rocket hazards listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-02 08:20Z; 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.