Hazardous operations, rocket launching 131300Z to 131539Z, 141300Z to 141539Z, 151300Z to 151539Z, 161300Z…
Gulf of Mexico · Texas · NAVAREA IV 1299/23
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2023-11-10 17:48Z
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) · SPACEX 0/23 061959Z NOV 23.. Issued 2023-11-08 10:08Z. 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
- Gulf of Mexico · Texas. No usable coordinates were parsed; a location-based nearby search is unavailable. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
Related notices and cancellation links
- Hazardous operations, rocket launching 1300Z to 1539Z daily 15 thru 17 and 181300Z to 181349Z nov in area…later cancellation notice
These reports were linked by category and sea, with positions within 30 nautical miles and issue dates within 30 days of another report's recorded in-force span. Links can extend through other members, so the full group can cover a larger area or period. Proximity does not confirm that they describe one incident.
- NAVAREA IV 1299/23 · this notice2023-11-08 · Archived notice
- NAVAREA IV 1309/232023-11-10 · Archived notice
- NAVAREA IV 1322/232023-11-13 · Archived notice
- NAVAREA IV 1332/232023-11-16 · Archived notice
Activity windows · 6 in this warning
| opens (UTC) | closes (UTC) | local | length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-11-13 13:00Z | 2023-11-13 15:39Z | — | 2 h 39 |
| 2023-11-14 13:00Z | 2023-11-14 15:39Z | — | 2 h 39 |
| 2023-11-15 13:00Z | 2023-11-15 15:39Z | — | 2 h 39 |
| 2023-11-16 13:00Z | 2023-11-16 15:39Z | — | 2 h 39 |
| 2023-11-17 13:00Z | 2023-11-17 15:39Z | — | 2 h 39 |
| 2023-11-18 13:00Z | 2023-11-18 13:49Z | — | 49 min |
Parsed from the warning text; outside these windows the area is normally not active, but the warning stays in force until cancelled.
- issued
- 2023-11-08 10:08Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2023-11-18 14:49Z
- authority
- SPACEX 0/23 061959Z NOV 23.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA IV
- issued by
- SPACEX
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
GULF OF MEXICO. TEXAS. 1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS, ROCKET LAUNCHING 131300Z TO 131539Z, 141300Z TO 141539Z, 151300Z TO 151539Z, 161300Z TO 161539Z, 171300Z TO 171539Z AND 181300Z TO 181349Z NOV IN AREA BOUND BY 25-51.00N 96-46.00W, 25-48.00N 96-14.00W, 25-40.00N 95-03.00W, 25-21.00N 93-15.00W, 25-26.00N 92-48.00W, 25-58.00N 92-47.00W, 26-04.00N 93-18.00W, 26-01.00N 94-13.00W, 26-00.00N 94-48.00W, 26-03.00N 95-43.00W, 26-06.00N 96-45.00W, 26-07.00N 96-57.00W, 26-03.00N 97-07.00W, 26-02.00N 97-12.00W, 25-57.00N 97-12.00W, 25-52.00N 97-01.00W. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 181449Z NOV 23.
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.
Nearby notices listed in force · within 120 nm
No parsed position is available for this comparison.
Worldwide in the collected sources
7 missile & rocket hazards listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-03 14:03Z; 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.