Missiles · launch

Rocket launching is scheduled in the western North Pacific on 7 October from 0333 to 0453 UTC, and alternatively at 0328 to 0443 UTC on 8 and 14 October.

Philippine Sea · NAVAREA XI 439/26

What this record establishes

Listed in force

The latest collected record lists this warning as active. This is the status of the notice, not a live observation of conditions at the location.

Source and dates: Japan Coast Guard JHOD NAVAREA XI · Japan Coast Guard (JHOD). Issued 2026-10-02 12:00Z. First collected 2026-10-02 12:21Z; last seen in collection 2026-10-02 12:21Z. Collection dates record ingestion, not a new incident or a fresh field observation.
Location covered: Philippine 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 Philippine Sea →

Activity windows · 1 in this warning

opens (UTC)	closes (UTC)	local	length
2026-10-07 03:33Z	2026-10-07 04:53Z	—	1 h 20

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

issued: 2026-10-02 12:00Z
status: Listed in force
self-cancels: 2026-10-07 05:53Z
authority: Japan Coast Guard (JHOD)
NAVAREA: NAVAREA XI
issued by: JAPAN COAST GUARD
sea: Philippine Sea
position: 10.499, 130.508
nearest port: Davao · 356 nm
source: Japan Coast Guard JHOD NAVAREA XI · first seen 2026-10-02 12:21Z

Original warning text

NORTH PACIFIC, WESTERN PART.
ROCKET LAUNCHING.
070333Z TO 070453Z OCT,
ALTERNATE 0328 TO 0443Z DAILY 08
AND 14 OCT. AREAS BOUNDED BY
A. 21-29-38N 128-41-23E
21-37-59N 129-53-50E
18-29-43N 130-17-36E
18-21-22N 129-06-34E.
B. 12-45-02N 129-26-02E
12-55-17N 131-04-59E
08-14-49N 131-34-13E
08-04-33N 129-56-46E.
CANCEL THIS MSG 070553Z OCT.

Reading this warning

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.
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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Possibly related launches

Nuri | NeonSat-2 to 6
NET 2026-10-07 03:23Z · Go for Launch
10 min before this window 2026-10-07 03:33Z – 04:53Z opens
KSLV-2 Nuri · Korea Aerospace Research Institute · Naro Space Center, South Korea

Matched on timing alone, against the windows the warning itself states — a launch counts if it lifts off inside one, or within the hour before it opens, which is where a disposal burn usually falls. No launch pad is near this area (down-range debris and stage-disposal zones are typically an ocean away from the pad), so this is a hint, not an identification. Data: Launch Library 2 (The Space Devs).

Conditions at the position · now

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MET Norway · NOAA WaveWatch III · HYCOM · GEBCO 2020 · model data at the centroid, not an observation

Collected reports in this area · missile & rocket hazards

33 within 180 nm since 2010 · 1 in the last 12 months · 1 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

5 missile & rocket hazards listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-02 15:01Z; 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.