Hazardous operations, space debris: a. 130020Z to 130050Z and 200600Z to 200630Z mar, alternate 140820Z to…
North Atlantic Ocean · NAVAREA IV 266/24
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2024-03-12 11:26Z
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) · SPACEX 0/24 101641Z MAR 24.. Issued 2024-03-10 17:53Z. 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, space debris: a. 090150Z to 090220Z and 091020 to 091050Z mar, alternate 100130Z to…cancelled by this notice
- Cancel NAVAREA IV 266/24 and this msg, operations completedlater 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 103/242024-01-31 · Archived notice
- NAVAREA IV 108/242024-02-01 · Archived notice
- NAVAREA IV 119/242024-02-03 · Archived notice
- NAVAREA IV 125/242024-02-05 · Archived notice
- NAVAREA IV 126/242024-02-05 · Archived notice
- NAVAREA IV 134/242024-02-06 · Archived notice
Current notices and reporting history in the North Atlantic Ocean →
Activity windows · 21 in this warning
| opens (UTC) | closes (UTC) | local | length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-03-12 09:20Z | 2024-03-12 09:50Z | — | 30 min |
| 2024-03-12 09:25Z | 2024-03-12 09:55Z | — | 30 min |
| 2024-03-12 09:30Z | 2024-03-12 10:00Z | — | 30 min |
| 2024-03-12 09:35Z | 2024-03-12 10:05Z | — | 30 min |
| 2024-03-13 00:20Z | 2024-03-13 00:50Z | — | 30 min |
| 2024-03-13 08:35Z | 2024-03-13 09:05Z | — | 30 min |
| 2024-03-13 08:40Z | 2024-03-13 09:10Z | — | 30 min |
| 2024-03-14 00:20Z | 2024-03-22 06:05Z | — | 197 h 45 |
| … 13 more | |||
Parsed from the warning text; outside these windows the area is normally not active, but the warning stays in force until cancelled.
- issued
- 2024-03-10 17:53Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2024-03-22 22:10Z
- authority
- SPACEX 0/24 101641Z MAR 24.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA IV
- issued by
- SPACEX
- sea
- North Atlantic Ocean
- position
- 30.923, -80.250
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
GULF OF MEXICO.
WESTERN NORTH ATLANTIC.
FLORIDA.
1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS, SPACE DEBRIS:
A. 130020Z TO 130050Z AND 200600Z TO 200630Z MAR,
ALTERNATE 140820Z TO 222055Z MAR
IN AREA WITHIN NINE MILES OF 28-50.98N 080-13.80W.
B. 130840Z TO 130910Z AND 202120Z TO 202150Z MAR,
ALTERNATE 140815Z TO 222100Z MAR
IN AREA WITHIN NINE MILES OF 29-47.98N 080-40.01W.
C. 130835Z TO 130905Z AND 200550Z TO 200620Z MAR,
ALTERNATE 140810Z TO 222105Z MAR
IN AREA WITHIN NINE MILES OF 30-54.83N 080-15.00W.
D. 120930Z TO 121000Z AND 162315Z TO 162345Z MAR,
ALTERNATE 140020Z TO 220605Z MAR
IN AREA WITHIN NINE MILES OF 29-42.85N 086-10.86W.
E. 120935Z TO 121005Z AND 192210Z TO 192240Z MAR,
ALTERNATE 150005Z TO 220610Z MAR
IN AREA WITHIN NINE MILES OF 29-47.98N 087-30.00W.
F. 120920Z TO 120950Z AND 200615Z TO 200645Z MAR,
ALTERNATE 140835Z TO 222110Z MAR
IN AREA WITHIN NINE MILES OF 29-16.54N 084-12.00W.
G. 120925Z TO 120955Z AND 200620Z TO 200650Z MAR,
ALTERNATE 140835Z TO 222105Z MAR
IN AREA WITHIN NINE MILES OF 28-05.98N 083-54.00W.
2. CANCEL NAVAREA IV 239/24.
3. CANCEL THIS MSG 222210Z MAR 24.
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.
- 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.
- Within a radius of
- A circular area — every position within a stated distance of a point.
- 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
222 within 180 nm since 1998 · 3 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 011500Z to 011550Z oct, alternate 021438Z to 021528Z, 031415Z to…2026-09-30
- Hazardous operations, rocket launching 011500Z to 011550Z oct, alternate 021438Z to 021528Z, 031415Z to…2026-09-25
- Hazardous operations, rocket launching 160102Z to 160220Z aug, alternate 170045Z to 170203Z, 180031Z to…2026-08-10
- Hazardous operations, space debris a. 071340Z to 071410Z oct, alternate 072210Z to 171845Z oct in area…2024-09-24
- Hazardous operations, space debris: a. 271450Z to 271520Z apr, alternate 280600Z apr to 051215Z may in area…2024-04-23
- Hazardous operations, rocket launching 072312Z to 072350Z apr, alternate 2311Z to 2350Z daily 08 thru 13 apr…2024-04-03
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
7 missile & rocket hazards listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-03 18:02Z; 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.