Hazardous operations, rocket launching and space debris 1300Z to 1539Z daily 17, 19 and 20 nov and 181300Z…
Gulf of Mexico · NAVAREA IV 1322/23
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2023-11-20 16:39Z
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 131752Z NOV 23.. Issued 2023-11-13 21:03Z. 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. 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 1300Z to 1539Z daily 15 thru 17 and 181300Z to 181349Z nov in area…cancelled by this notice
- Hazardous operations, rocket launching and space debris 1300Z to 1539Z daily 18, 19 and 20 nov and 181300Z…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 1299/232023-11-08 · Archived notice
- NAVAREA IV 1309/232023-11-10 · Archived notice
- NAVAREA IV 1322/23 · this notice2023-11-13 · Archived notice
- NAVAREA IV 1332/232023-11-16 · Archived notice
Current notices and reporting history in the Gulf of Mexico →
Activity windows · 1 in this warning
| opens (UTC) | closes (UTC) | local | length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-11-18 13:00Z | 2023-11-18 13:59Z | — | 59 min |
Parsed from the warning text; outside these windows the area is normally not active, but the warning stays in force until cancelled.
- issued
- 2023-11-13 21:03Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2023-11-20 16:39Z
- authority
- SPACEX 0/23 131752Z NOV 23.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA IV
- issued by
- SPACEX
- sea
- Gulf of Mexico
- position
- 25.803, -94.536
- 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 AND SPACE DEBRIS 1300Z TO 1539Z DAILY 17, 19 AND 20 NOV AND 181300Z TO 181359Z NOV IN AREA BOUND BY 25-51.00N 096-46.00W, 25-48.00N 096-14.00W, 25-40.00N 095-03.00W, 25-21.00N 093-15.00W, 25-26.00N 092-48.00W, 25-58.00N 092-47.00W, 26-04.00N 093-18.00W, 26-01.00N 094-13.00W, 26-00.00N 094-48.00W, 26-03.00N 095-43.00W, 26-06.00N 096-45.00W, 26-07.00N 096-57.00W, 26-03.00N 097-07.00W, 26-02.00N 097-12.00W, 25-57.00N 097-12.00W, 25-52.00N 097-01.00W. 2. CANCEL NAVAREA IV 1309/23. 3. CANCEL THIS MSG 201639Z 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.
- Space debris
- An area where parts of a spacecraft or rocket stage are expected to come down at sea, from a launch or a planned re-entry.
- 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
6 within 180 nm since 2023 · 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 and space debris 1300Z to 1539Z daily 18, 19 and 20 nov and 181300Z…2023-11-16
- Hazardous operations, rocket launching 1300Z to 1539Z daily 15 thru 17 and 181300Z to 181349Z nov in area…2023-11-10
- Hazardous operations, rocket launching 1310Z to 1650Z daily 08 thru 13 sep in areas bound by 25-57.00N…2023-09-04
- Hazardous operations, rocket launching 1025Z to 1610Z daily 17 thru 21 apr in area bound by 25-57.00N…2023-04-07
- Hazardous operations, rocket launching 1125Z to 1710Z daily 06 thru 12 apr in areas bound by 25-57.00N…2023-04-01
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
No other collected notice is currently listed in force within this radius. This does not establish safe conditions.
Worldwide in the collected sources
4 missile & rocket hazards listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-02 01:18Z; 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.