Missiles
Hazardous rocket launching operations take place off California in multiple areas from August 15 to 22, with alternate dates.
North Pacific · California · NAVAREA XII 539/26
- issued
- 2026-08-04 23:26Z
- status
- in force
- self-cancels
- 2026-08-22 02:12Z
- position
- 30.663, -118.456
- source
- nga_inforce · first seen 2026-08-17 13:41Z
Original warning text
NORTH PACIFIC.
CALIFORNIA.
1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS, ROCKET LAUNCHING:
A. 152152Z TO 160215Z AUG, ALTERNATE
162138Z TO 170201Z, 172124Z TO 180147Z,
182110Z TO 190133Z, 192056Z TO 200119Z,
202042Z TO 210105Z AND
212029Z TO 220052Z AUG IN AREA BOUND BY
34-28.00N 120-21.00W, 34-40.00N 120-37.00W,
34-39.00N 120-39.00W, 34-34.00N 120-39.00W,
34-19.00N 120-34.00W, 33-04.00N 119-51.00W,
32-20.00N 119-20.00W, 32-21.00N 119-18.00W
33-03.00N 119-37.00W.
B. 152152Z TO 160217Z AUG, ALTERNATE
162138Z TO 170203Z, 172124Z TO 180149Z,
182110Z TO 190135Z, 192056Z TO 200121Z,
202042Z TO 210107Z AND
212029Z TO 220054Z AUG IN AREA BOUND BY
29-48.00N 117-39.00W, 31-20.00N 118-49.00W,
31-19.00N 118-50.00W, 30-36.00N 118-39.00W,
29-54.00N 118-22.00W, 29-24.00N 118-08.00W.
C. 152152Z TO 160235Z AUG, ALTERNATE
162138Z TO 170221Z, 172124Z TO 180207Z,
182110Z TO 190153Z, 192056Z TO 200139Z,
202042Z TO 210125Z AND
212029Z TO 220112Z AUG IN AREA BOUND BY
29-48.00N 117-39.00W, 29-24.00N 118-08.00W,
29-15.00N 118-02.00W, 29-02.00N 117-59.00W,
28-13.00N 117-21.00W, 29-36.00N 117-16.00W.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 220212Z AUG 26.Conditions at the position · now
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Open-Meteo Marine / Open-Meteo · GEBCO 2020 · model data at the centroid, not an observation
This area · missile & rocket hazards
160 within 180 nm since 2011 · 2 in the last 12 months · 2 in force now
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- Hazardous operations, rocket launching a. 190200Z to 190625Z aug, alternate 0200Z to 0625Z daily 20 thru 25…2026-08-08
- Hazardous operations, space debris 0248Z to 0601Z daily 08 thru 10 and 0305Z to 0601Z daily 11 thru 14 may…2024-05-03
- Hazardous operations, space debris 280254Z to 280725Z, 290254Z to 290725Z, 300255Z to 300726Z apr, 010256Z…2024-04-23
- Missile operations 091300Z to 100001Z and 101300Z to 110001Z apr in area bound by 33-01.97N 118-37.98W,…2024-04-05
- Hazardous operations, space debris 0225Z to 0656Z daily 06 thru 12 apr in area bound by 30-39.00N…2024-04-02
- Hazardous operations, space debris 0230Z to 0701Z daily 28 mar thru 03 apr in area bound by 30-38.00N…2024-03-23
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Missiles
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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.