Hazardous operations, rocket launching 210615Z to 211030Z mar, alternate 0615Z to 1030Z daily 22 thru 25 mar…
North Atlantic Ocean · NAVAREA IV 296/24
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2024-03-21 08:31Z
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) · WALLOPS 0/24 041301Z MAR 24.. Issued 2024-03-16 10:50Z. 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
- Cancel NAVAREA IV 296/24 and this msg, operations completedlater cancellation notice
Current notices and reporting history in the North Atlantic Ocean →
Activity windows · 5 in this warning
| opens (UTC) | closes (UTC) | local | length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-03-21 06:15Z | 2024-03-21 10:30Z | — | 4 h 15 |
| 2024-03-22 06:15Z | 2024-03-22 10:30Z | — | 4 h 15 |
| 2024-03-23 06:15Z | 2024-03-23 10:30Z | — | 4 h 15 |
| 2024-03-24 06:15Z | 2024-03-24 10:30Z | — | 4 h 15 |
| 2024-03-25 06:15Z | 2024-03-25 10:30Z | — | 4 h 15 |
Parsed from the warning text; outside these windows the area is normally not active, but the warning stays in force until cancelled.
- issued
- 2024-03-16 10:50Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2024-03-25 11:30Z
- authority
- WALLOPS 0/24 041301Z MAR 24.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA IV
- issued by
- WALLOPS
- sea
- North Atlantic Ocean
- position
- 34.142, -68.347
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
WESTERN NORTH ATLANTIC.
VIRGINIA.
1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS, ROCKET LAUNCHING
210615Z TO 211030Z MAR, ALTERNATE
0615Z TO 1030Z DAILY 22 THRU 25 MAR
IN AREAS BOUND BY:
A. 37-51.00N 075-30.00W, 37-52.00N 075-29.00W,
37-56.00N 075-17.00W, 38-19.00N 074-35.00W,
37-35.00N 074-11.00W, 37-15.00N 074-20.00W,
37-23.00N 075-18.00W, 37-30.00N 075-29.00W,
37-44.00N 075-30.00W, 37-48.00N 075-31.00W,
37-49.00N 075-31.00W, 37-50.00N 075-31.00W,
37-50.00N 075-31.00W.
B. 35-02.00N 070-55.00W, 35-56.00N 069-54.00W,
33-15.00N 065-46.00W, 32-19.00N 066-46.00W.
C. 27-19.00N 061-16.00W, 27-54.00N 060-27.00W,
24-27.00N 056-36.00W, 23-50.00N 057-26.00W.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 251130Z 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.
- 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.
Collected reports in this area · missile & rocket hazards
22 within 180 nm since 2000 · 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.
- Hazardous operations, rocket launching 301110Z to 301216Z aug, alternate 311110Z to 311216Z aug, 011107Z to…2026-08-24
- Hazardous operations, rocket launching 180045Z to 180430Z jun, alternate 0045Z to 0430Z daily 19 thru 21 jun…2023-06-15
- Hazardous operations, rocket launching 160045Z to 160430Z jun, alternate 0045Z to 0430Z daily 17 thru 21 jun…2023-06-12
- Hazardous operations, rocket launching 152130Z to 160100Z mar, alternate 162130Z to 170100Z, 172130Z to…2023-03-14
- Hazardous operations, rocket launching 151730Z to 152100Z mar, alternate 1730Z to 2100Z daily 16 thru 18 mar…2023-03-13
- Hazardous operations rocket launching 2130Z to 0100Z daily 14 thru 18 mar in areas bound by: a. 38-00.00N…2023-03-11
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 2026-10-01 06:18Z; 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.