Rocket launching creates hazardous operations in the North Pacific off California September 30 and October 1-6, with daily windows until 2025 or 2043 UTC.
North Pacific Ocean · NAVAREA XII 662/26
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
- NGA MSI in-force warnings (DailyMem*.txt). Issued 2026-09-19 16:38Z. First collected 2026-09-25 18:32Z; last seen in collection 2026-09-25 21:32Z. 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 →
Activity windows · 14 in this warning
| opens (UTC) | closes (UTC) | local | length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-30 16:00Z | 2026-09-30 20:25Z | — | 4 h 25 |
| 2026-09-30 16:00Z | 2026-09-30 20:43Z | — | 4 h 43 |
| 2026-10-01 16:00Z | 2026-10-01 20:25Z | — | 4 h 25 |
| 2026-10-01 16:00Z | 2026-10-01 20:43Z | — | 4 h 43 |
| 2026-10-02 16:00Z | 2026-10-02 20:25Z | — | 4 h 25 |
| 2026-10-02 16:00Z | 2026-10-02 20:43Z | — | 4 h 43 |
| 2026-10-03 16:00Z | 2026-10-03 20:25Z | — | 4 h 25 |
| 2026-10-03 16:00Z | 2026-10-03 20:43Z | — | 4 h 43 |
| … 6 more | |||
Parsed from the warning text; outside these windows the area is normally not active, but the warning stays in force until cancelled.
- issued
- 2026-09-19 16:38Z
- status
- Listed in force
- self-cancels
- 2026-10-06 21:43Z
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA XII
- sea
- North Pacific Ocean
- position
- 31.179, -118.715
- nearest port
- Ensenada · 114 nm
- source
- NGA MSI in-force warnings (DailyMem*.txt) · first seen 2026-09-25 18:32Z
Original warning text
NORTH PACIFIC.
CALIFORNIA.
1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS, ROCKET LAUNCHING:
A. 301600Z TO 302025Z SEP, ALTERNATE
1600Z TO 2025Z DAILY 01 THRU 06 OCT
IN AREA BOUND BY
29-48.00N 117-39.00W, 34-28.00N 120-18.00W,
34-40.00N 120-36.00W, 34-39.00N 120-39.00W,
34-30.00N 120-39.00W, 29-35.00N 118-12.00W,
29-52.00N 117-54.00W.
B. 301600Z TO 302043Z SEP, ALTERNATE
1600Z TO 2043Z DAILY 01 THRU 06 OCT
IN AREA BOUND BY
29-48.00N 117-39.00W, 29-52.00N 117-54.00W,
29-35.00N 118-12.00W, 29-24.00N 118-08.00W,
29-15.00N 118-02.00W, 29-02.00N 117-59.00W,
28-12.00N 117-19.00W, 28-50.00N 117-19.00W,
29-36.00N 117-16.00W.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 062143Z OCT 26.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.
- 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.
Likely launch behind this area
Falcon 9 Block 5 | Transporter 18 (Dedicated SSO Rideshare)
- NET
- 2026-10-01 18:18Z · Go for Launch
- rocket
- Falcon 9 Block 5 · SpaceX
- pad
- Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA · 228 nm from this area
Matched by pad distance and launch window; the warning itself does not name the launch. 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
287 within 180 nm since 2011 · 11 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.
- Hazardous operations, rocket launching: a. 261156Z to 261521Z sep, alternate 271249Z to 271507Z, 281128Z to…2026-09-16
- Hazardous operations, rocket launching: a. 160100Z to 160523Z sep, alternate 0100Z to 0523Z daily 17 thru 22…2026-09-11
- Hazardous operations, rocket launching: a. 200147Z to 200612Z sep, alternate 210133Z to 210558Z, 220118Z to…2026-09-09
- Hazardous operations, rocket launching: a. 101537Z to 101902Z, alternate 111523Z to 111848Z, 121509Z to…2026-09-01
- Hazardous operations, rocket launching: a. 041128Z to 041553Z sep, alternate 051113Z to 051538Z, 061059Z to…2026-08-25
- Hazardous operations, rocket launching: a. 010801ZTO 011226Z sep, alternate 020746Z to 021211Z, 030732Z to…2026-08-21
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
- Hazardous operations 010800Z sep to 010800Z oct in area bound by 32-33.00N 118-25.00W, 32-35.00N 118-16.00W,…Exercises · 72.9 nm
- Hazardous operations 010800Z sep to 010800Z oct in area bound by 32-55.00N 118-25.00W, 32-55.00N 118-15.00W,…Exercises · 97.4 nm
- Hazardous operations 010800Z sep to 010800Z oct in area bound by 32-52.70N 119-11.96W, 33-08.06N 118-52.09W,…Exercises · 100.9 nm
- Hazardous operations 301300Z to 302300Z sep in area within one mile of 32-52.80N 118-17.70WExercises · 104.3 nm
- Coronado island south light 32-23.5N 117-14.5W unlitNav aids · 104.7 nm
Worldwide in the collected sources
6 missile & rocket hazards listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-09-25 21:45Z; 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.