Hazardous operations, rocket launching 302152Z to 310031Z mar, alternate 2152Z to 0221Z daily 31 mar thru 05…
North Atlantic Ocean · NAVAREA IV 350/24
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2024-03-30 22:55Z
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) · EASTERN RANGE 0/24 261301Z MAR 24.. Issued 2024-03-26 14:34Z. 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, rocket launching 302152Z to 310221Z mar, alternate 2152Z to 0221Z daily 31 mar thru 05…cancelled by this notice
- Cancel NAVAREA IV 350/24 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 342/242024-03-25 · Archived notice
- NAVAREA IV 350/24 · this notice2024-03-26 · Archived notice
Current notices and reporting history in the North Atlantic Ocean →
Activity windows · 7 in this warning
| opens (UTC) | closes (UTC) | local | length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-03-30 21:52Z | 2024-03-31 00:31Z | — | 2 h 39 |
| 2024-03-31 21:52Z | 2024-04-01 02:21Z | — | 4 h 29 |
| 2024-04-01 21:52Z | 2024-04-02 02:21Z | — | 4 h 29 |
| 2024-04-02 21:52Z | 2024-04-03 02:21Z | — | 4 h 29 |
| 2024-04-03 21:52Z | 2024-04-04 02:21Z | — | 4 h 29 |
| 2024-04-04 21:52Z | 2024-04-05 02:21Z | — | 4 h 29 |
| 2024-04-05 21:52Z | 2024-04-06 02:21Z | — | 4 h 29 |
Parsed from the warning text; outside these windows the area is normally not active, but the warning stays in force until cancelled.
- issued
- 2024-03-26 14:34Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2024-04-06 03:21Z
- authority
- EASTERN RANGE 0/24 261301Z MAR 24.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA IV
- issued by
- EASTERN RANGE
- sea
- North Atlantic Ocean
- position
- 28.351, -73.658
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
WESTERN NORTH ATLANTIC.
FLORIDA.
1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS, ROCKET LAUNCHING
302152Z TO 310031Z MAR, ALTERNATE
2152Z TO 0221Z DAILY 31 MAR THRU 05 APR
IN AREAS BOUND BY:
A. 28-39.00N 080-37.69W, 28-39.00N 080-13.00W,
28-32.00N 080-11.00W, 28-31.15N 080-33.35W.
B. 28-10.00N 074-35.00W, 28-33.00N 074-33.00W,
28-40.00N 072-44.00W, 28-29.00N 072-17.00W,
28-10.00N 072-18.00W, 28-00.00N 072-45.00W.
2. CANCEL NAVAREA IV 342/24.
3. CANCEL THIS MSG 060321Z APR 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.
- 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
311 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.
- Hazardous operations, rocket launching 131840Z to 132110Z sep, alternate 1840Z to 2110Z daily 14 thru 19 sep…2026-09-07
- Hazardous operations, rocket launching 071447Z to 071527Z oct, alternate 081441Z to 081521Z, 091436Z to…2024-10-02
- Hazardous operations, rocket launching 050652Z to 051123Z oct, alternate 060625Z to 061056Z, 070559Z to…2024-09-22
- Hazardous operations, rocket launching 182135Z to 190053Z, alternate 2135Z to 0053Z daily 19 thru 24 jun in…2024-06-14
- Florida 1. hazardous operations, rocket launching 130011Z to 130442Z may, alternate 132345Z to 140416Z,…2024-05-07
- Hazardous operations, rocket launching 081442Z to 081913Z may, alternate 091416Z to 091847Z, 101350Z to…2024-05-06
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 2026-09-28 14:05Z; 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.