Hazardous operations, rocket launching 180001Z dec to 172359Z jan 19 in area bound by 08-32N 052-54W, 08-32N…
Davis Strait · NAVAREA IV 1060/18
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2018-12-20 20:37Z
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) · FRENCH GUIANA 071252Z DEC 18.. Issued 2018-12-13 10:17Z. 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
- Davis Strait. The map shows an area described by the warning; the listed coordinate is its representative center. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
Related notices and cancellation links
- Hazardous operations, rocket launching 180001Z dec to 172359Z jan 19 in area bound by 08-32N 052-54W, 08-32N…cancelled by this notice
- Cancel NAVAREA IV 1060/18 and this msg, operations completedlater cancellation notice
These messages are connected by recorded cancellation references. The links establish relationships between notices; they do not by themselves confirm a single object, a continuous track, or recovery.
- NAVAREA IV 1059/182018-12-13 · Archived notice
- NAVAREA IV 1060/18 · this notice2018-12-13 · Archived notice
Activity windows · 63 in this warning
| opens (UTC) | closes (UTC) | local | length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-12-18 00:01Z | 2019-01-17 23:59Z | — | 743 h 58 |
| 2018-12-18 15:37Z | 2018-12-18 17:08Z | — | 1 h 31 |
| 2018-12-18 16:40Z | 2018-12-18 17:57Z | — | 1 h 17 |
| 2018-12-19 15:37Z | 2018-12-19 17:08Z | — | 1 h 31 |
| 2018-12-19 16:40Z | 2018-12-19 17:57Z | — | 1 h 17 |
| 2018-12-20 15:37Z | 2018-12-20 17:08Z | — | 1 h 31 |
| 2018-12-20 16:40Z | 2018-12-20 17:57Z | — | 1 h 17 |
| 2018-12-21 15:37Z | 2018-12-21 17:08Z | — | 1 h 31 |
| … 55 more | |||
Parsed from the warning text; outside these windows the area is normally not active, but the warning stays in force until cancelled.
- issued
- 2018-12-13 10:17Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2019-01-18 00:59Z
- authority
- FRENCH GUIANA 071252Z DEC 18.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA IV
- issued by
- FRENCH GUIANA
- sea
- Davis Strait
- position
- 60.317, -59.967
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
WESTERN NORTH ATLANTIC.
LABRADOR SEA.
DAVIS STRAIT.
1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS, ROCKET LAUNCHING
180001Z DEC TO 172359Z JAN 19
IN AREA BOUND BY
08-32N 052-54W, 08-32N 052-40W,
07-54N 052-41W, 07-55N 052-55W.
2. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS, ROCKET LAUNCHING
1537Z TO 1708Z DAILY 18 DEC THRU 17 JAN 19
IN AREAS BOUND BY:
A. 15-43N 053-38W, 15-44N 053-10W,
14-43N 053-07W, 14-41N 053-34W.
B. 19-46N 054-10W, 19-48N 053-29W,
18-22N 053-23W, 18-19N 054-03W.
3. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS, ROCKET LAUNCHING
1640Z TO 1757Z DAILY 18 DEC THRU 17 JAN 19
IN AREA BOUND BY
61-04N 060-44W, 61-08N 059-33W,
59-34N 059-14W, 59-30N 060-21W.
4. CANCEL NAVAREA IV 1059/18.
5. CANCEL THIS MSG 180059Z JAN 19.
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.
- Cancellation reference
- A line that cancels an earlier warning by its number, such as CANCEL HYDROLANT 1085/12.
- NAVAREA
- One of the 21 ocean areas of the World-Wide Navigational Warning Service, each with a coordinator that broadcasts long-range warnings.
- 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
5 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.
- Hazardous operations, rocket launching 1646Z to 1802Z daily 28 dec thru 27 jan 21 in area bound by 61-03N…2020-12-23
- Hazardous operations, rocket launching 0136Z to 0253Z daily 29 nov thru 29 dec in area bound by 59-51N…2020-11-24
- Hazardous operations, space debris: a. 06 mar thru 05 apr in area bound by 08-40N 052-50W, 08-39N 052-36W,…2020-03-02
- Hazardous operations, rocket launching 0136Z to 0253Z daily 06 thru 16 mar in area bound by 59-51N 056-59W,…2020-03-01
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 2026-09-28 17:26Z; 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.