Hazardous operations, rocket launching 102300Z to 110442Z dec, alternate 112300z to 120442Z and 122300Z to…
North Atlantic Ocean · NAVAREA IV 1182/20
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2020-12-06 05:26Z
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) · EASTERN RANGE 021832Z DEC 20.. Issued 2020-12-06 04:58Z. 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 Atlantic 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.
Related notices and cancellation links
- Hazardous operations, rocket launching 102300Z to 110442Z dec, alternate 112300z to 120442Z and 122300Z to…later 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 1182/20 · this notice2020-12-06 · Archived notice
- NAVAREA IV 1183/202020-12-06 · Archived notice
Current notices and reporting history in the North Atlantic Ocean →
Activity windows · 3 in this warning
| opens (UTC) | closes (UTC) | local | length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-12-10 23:00Z | 2020-12-11 04:42Z | — | 5 h 42 |
| 2020-12-11 23:00Z | 2020-12-12 04:42Z | — | 5 h 42 |
| 2020-12-12 23:00Z | 2020-12-13 04:42Z | — | 5 h 42 |
Parsed from the warning text; outside these windows the area is normally not active, but the warning stays in force until cancelled.
- issued
- 2020-12-06 04:58Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2020-12-13 05:42Z
- authority
- EASTERN RANGE 021832Z DEC 20.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA IV
- issued by
- EASTERN RANGE
- sea
- North Atlantic Ocean
- position
- 27.847, -71.125
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
WESTERN NORTH ATLANTIC.
FLORIDA.
1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS, ROCKET LAUNCHING
102300Z TO 110442Z DEC, ALTERNATE
112300z TO 120442Z AND 122300Z TO 130442Z DEC
IN AREAS BOUND BY:
A. 28-35.07N 080-34.51W, 28-37.00N 080-21.00W,
28-34.00N 079-44.00W, 28-29.00N 079-44.00W,
28-28.00N 080-08.00W, 28-28.87N 080-32.26W,
28-30.18N 080-32.89W.
B. 27-32.00N 072-22.00W, 28-11.00N 072-19.00W,
28-07.00N 069-06.00W, 27-26.00N 069-07.00W.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 130542Z DEC 20.
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
144 within 180 nm since 2010 · 1 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 131840Z to 132110Z sep, alternate 1840Z to 2110Z daily 14 thru 19 sep…2026-09-07
- Hazardous operations, rocket launching 071447Z to 071527Z oct, alternate 081441Z to 081521Z, 091436Z to…2024-10-02
- Hazardous operations, rocket launching 182135Z to 190053Z, alternate 2135Z to 0053Z daily 19 thru 24 jun in…2024-06-14
- Hazardous operations, rocket launching 091653Z to 092151Z apr, alternate 101649Z to 102151Z and 111645Z to…2024-04-08
- Hazardous operations, rocket launching 011725Z to 012251Z apr, alternate 021725Z to 022251Z and 031725Z to…2024-03-29
- Hazardous operations, rocket launching 291737Z to 292251Z mar, alternate 011725Z to 012251Z and 021725Z to…2024-03-28
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
3 missile & rocket hazards listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-09-29 22:45Z; 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.