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Gulf of Mexico · NAVAREA IV 278/24

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2024-03-18 17:00Z

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 122001Z MAR 24.. Issued 2024-03-13 15:03Z. 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.

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issued
2024-03-13 15:03Z
status
Archived notice
self-cancels
2024-03-18 17:00Z
authority
SPACEX 0/24 122001Z MAR 24.
NAVAREA
NAVAREA IV
issued by
SPACEX
sea
Gulf of Mexico
position
25.138, -88.148
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

GULF OF MEXICO.
STRAITS OF FLORIDA.
WESTERN NORTH ATLANTIC.
TEXAS.
1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS, ROCKET LAUNCHING
   1200Z TO 1600Z DAILY 14, 15 AND 18 AND
   1200Z TO 1220Z DAILY 16 AND 17 MAR
   IN AREA BOUND BY
   25-59.00N 097-11.00W, 26-03.00N 097-11.00W,
   26-04.00N 097-08.00W, 26-05.00N 097-04.00W,
   26-06.00N 097-01.00W, 26-16.00N 096-39.00W,
   26-18.00N 096-37.00W, 26-24.00N 096-31.00W,
   26-27.00N 096-17.00W, 26-37.00N 095-18.00W,
   26-39.00N 094-45.00W, 26-45.00N 093-28.00W,
   26-42.00N 092-18.00W, 26-41.00N 091-02.00W,
   26-38.00N 090-16.00W, 26-02.00N 086-23.00W,
   25-33.00N 084-49.00W, 24-30.00N 082-45.00W,
   23-07.00N 076-51.00W, 23-20.00N 076-35.00W,
   23-02.00N 075-43.00W, 22-17.00N 074-33.00W,
   22-13.00N 074-33.00W, 23-10.00N 078-58.00W,
   23-36.00N 081-02.00W, 23-42.00N 082-58.00W,
   23-52.00N 083-55.00W, 23-38.00N 087-03.00W,
   23-52.00N 087-03.00W, 24-16.00N 084-33.00W,
   25-03.00N 090-41.00W, 24-39.00N 091-29.00W,
   25-01.00N 092-35.00W, 24-59.00N 093-26.00W,
   24-49.00N 094-12.00W, 25-18.00N 094-41.00W,
   24-57.00N 095-24.00W, 25-24.00N 095-39.00W,
   25-28.00N 096-30.00W.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 181700Z 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.
Rocket launching
The areas where spent rocket stages, boosters and fairings are expected to fall after a launch, with the launch window.
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.
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.

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Collected reports in this area · missile & rocket hazards

3 within 180 nm since 2024 · 2 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now

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25
26

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

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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 09:53Z; 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.