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South Pacific Ocean · HYDROPAC 985/16

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2016-04-09 15:30Z

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 XIV 28/16 032120Z APR 16.. Issued 2016-04-04 04:04Z. 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: South Pacific 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.

Current notices and reporting history in the South Pacific Ocean →

Activity windows · 2 in this warning

opens (UTC)	closes (UTC)	local	length
2016-04-08 13:30Z	2016-04-08 15:30Z	—	2 h
2016-04-09 12:30Z	2016-04-09 14:30Z	—	2 h

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

issued: 2016-04-04 04:04Z
status: Archived notice
self-cancels: 2016-04-09 15:30Z
authority: NAVAREA XIV 28/16 032120Z APR 16.
NAVAREA: NAVAREA XIV · named as the source of this relay
sea: South Pacific Ocean
position: -42.895, -128.319
source: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

EASTERN SOUTH PACIFIC.
SPACE DEBRIS.
DNC 06, DNC 07.
1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS:
   A. 081330Z TO 081530Z APR IN AREA BOUND BY
      50-36S 101-38W, 52-20S 100-04W,
      43-41S 140-43W, 36-36S 153-07W,
      33-34S 150-44W, 41-07S 138-48W.
   B. 091230Z TO 091430Z APR IN AREA BOUND BY
      50-32S 094-23W, 52-10S 092-57W,
      42-11S 135-15W, 34-39S 147-23W,
      31-30S 145-03W, 39-33S 133-25W.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 091530Z APR 16.

Reading this warning

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.
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.
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.
Area bound by: Introduces a list of positions that are the corners of an area — the polygon the warning applies to.
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

13 within 180 nm since 2010 · 1 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

4 missile & rocket hazards listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-02 04:33Z; 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.