Missiles

Hazardous operations, rocket launching 210130Z to 210330Z dec in area bound by 05-23.40N 052-53.60W,…

North Atlantic Ocean · NAVAREA IV 1357/22

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2022-12-21 04:30Z

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) · AVURNAV CAYENNE 42/22 130208Z DEC 22.. Issued 2022-12-16 10:18Z. 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.

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Activity windows · 1 in this warning

opens (UTC)	closes (UTC)	local	length
2022-12-21 01:30Z	2022-12-21 03:30Z	—	2 h

Parsed from the warning text; outside these windows the area is normally not active, but the warning stays in force until cancelled.

issued: 2022-12-16 10:18Z
status: Archived notice
self-cancels: 2022-12-21 04:30Z
authority: AVURNAV CAYENNE 42/22 130208Z DEC 22.
NAVAREA: NAVAREA IV
issued by: AVURNAV CAYENNE
sea: North Atlantic Ocean
position: 19.694, -53.537
source: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

WESTERN NORTH ATLANTIC.
FRENCH GUIANA.
1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS, ROCKET LAUNCHING
   210130Z TO 210330Z DEC IN AREA BOUND BY
   05-23.40N 052-53.60W, 09-04.30N 055-19.80W,
   22-32.40N 056-29.20W, 30-27.10N 058-35.40W,
   32-54.20N 052-39.30W, 23-17.30N 050-38.60W,
   09-37.20N 049-35.30W, 05-11.50N 052-41.20W.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 210430Z DEC 22.

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.

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Collected reports in this area · missile & rocket hazards

39 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.

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

6 missile & rocket hazards listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-02 19:02Z; 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.