Hazardous rocket launching operations are scheduled off California in the North Pacific from 1 to 7 October, closing set areas at listed times.
North Pacific Ocean · NAVAREA XII 672/26
What this record establishes
Cancelled notice · 2026-09-28 16:45Z
This notice disappeared from the issuing source's in-force list. No explicit recovery or all-clear is established by that removal.
- Source and dates
- NGA MSI in-force warnings (DailyMem*.txt). Issued 2026-09-20 19:22Z. First collected 2026-09-28 19:17Z; last seen in collection 2026-09-29 03:17Z. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-01 18:08Z | 2026-10-01 19:50Z | — | 1 h 42 |
| 2026-10-01 18:08Z | 2026-10-01 20:09Z | — | 2 h 01 |
| 2026-10-02 18:08Z | 2026-10-02 19:50Z | — | 1 h 42 |
| 2026-10-02 18:08Z | 2026-10-02 20:09Z | — | 2 h 01 |
| 2026-10-03 18:08Z | 2026-10-03 19:50Z | — | 1 h 42 |
| 2026-10-03 18:08Z | 2026-10-03 20:09Z | — | 2 h 01 |
| 2026-10-04 18:08Z | 2026-10-04 19:50Z | — | 1 h 42 |
| 2026-10-04 18:08Z | 2026-10-04 20:09Z | — | 2 h 01 |
| … 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
- 2026-09-20 19:22Z
- status
- Cancelled notice
- self-cancels
- 2026-10-07 21:09Z
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA XII
- sea
- North Pacific Ocean
- position
- 31.384, -121.211
- source
- NGA MSI in-force warnings (DailyMem*.txt) · first seen 2026-09-28 19:17Z
Original warning text
NORTH PACIFIC.
CALIFORNIA.
1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS, ROCKET LAUNCHING:
A. 011808Z TO 011950Z OCT, ALTERNATE
1808Z TO 1950Z DAILY 02 THRU 07 OCT
IN AREA BOUND BY
34-27.00N 120-26.00W, 34-43.00N 120-36.00W,
34-36.00N 120-43.00W, 33-10.00N 120-58.00W,
30-42.00N 121-33.00W, 30-27.00N 121-36.00W,
30-27.00N 121-24.00W, 30-33.00N 121-19.00W,
30-43.00N 121-15.00W, 31-30.00N 121-12.00W,
33-08.00N 120-51.00W, 33-09.00N 120-45.00W,
34-04.00N 120-30.00W.
B. 011808Z TO 012009Z OCT, ALTERNATE
1808Z TO 2009Z DAILY 02 THRU 07 OCT
IN AREA BOUND BY
30-28.00N 121-42.00W, 30-27.00N 121-24.00W,
30-04.00N 120-54.00W, 29-49.00N 120-52.00W,
29-28.00N 121-13.00W, 29-29.00N 121-31.00W,
29-52.00N 122-00.00W, 30-07.00N 122-03.00W.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 072109Z 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.
Collected reports in this area · missile & rocket hazards
919 within 180 nm since 1998 · 13 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. 050806Z to 050852Z oct, alternate 060759Z to 060845Z, 070751Z to…2026-09-25
- Hazardous operations, rocket launching: a. 301600Z to 302025Z sep, alternate 1600Z to 2025Z daily 01 thru 06…2026-09-19
- 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
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
Worldwide in the collected sources
4 missile & rocket hazards listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-09-29 03:18Z; 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.