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Hazardous operations, rocket launching 2000Z to 0200Z commencing daily until 20 jul in area bound by 49-53N…

North Pacific Ocean · NAVAREA XII 283/18

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2018-07-21 03:00Z

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) · COMCOGARD SECTOR ANCHORAGE 77/18 152356Z JUL 18 - CCGD17 28/18 160045Z JUL 18.. Issued 2018-07-16 00:51Z. 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 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 North Pacific Ocean →

issued: 2018-07-16 00:51Z
status: Archived notice
self-cancels: 2018-07-21 03:00Z
authority: COMCOGARD SECTOR ANCHORAGE 77/18 152356Z JUL 18 - CCGD17 28/18 160045Z JUL 18.
NAVAREA: NAVAREA XII
issued by: COMCOGARD SECTOR ANCHORAGE
sea: North Pacific Ocean
position: 53.235, -154.254
source: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

EASTERN NORTH PACIFIC.
GULF OF ALASKA.
ALASKA.
1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS, ROCKET LAUNCHING
   2000Z TO 0200Z COMMENCING DAILY UNTIL 20 JUL
   IN AREA BOUND BY
   49-53N 156-16W, 50-38N 157-44W,
   54-03N 157-14W, 55-29N 155-32W,
   57-26N 152-25W, 57-28N 152-17W,
   57-24N 152-10W, 55-12N 150-36W,
   50-21N 152-54W, 49-25N 155-29W,
   49-33N 156-16W.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 210300Z JUL 18.

Reading this warning

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.
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.
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

3 within 180 nm since 2018 · 0 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 2026-10-01 14:09Z; 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.