Hazardous operations, rocket launching 280029Z to 280111Z apr, alternate 290025Z to 290107Z, 300021Z to…
North Atlantic Ocean · NAVAREA IV 458/24
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2024-04-28 01:09Z
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 201400Z APR 24.. Issued 2024-04-23 09:22Z. 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 458/24 and this msg, operations completedlater cancellation notice
Current notices and reporting history in the North Atlantic Ocean →
Activity windows · 7 in this warning
| opens (UTC) | closes (UTC) | local | length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-04-28 00:29Z | 2024-04-28 01:11Z | — | 42 min |
| 2024-04-29 00:25Z | 2024-04-29 01:07Z | — | 42 min |
| 2024-04-30 00:21Z | 2024-04-30 01:03Z | — | 42 min |
| 2024-05-01 00:17Z | 2024-05-01 00:59Z | — | 42 min |
| 2024-05-02 00:13Z | 2024-05-02 00:55Z | — | 42 min |
| 2024-05-03 00:09Z | 2024-05-03 00:51Z | — | 42 min |
| 2024-05-04 00:05Z | 2024-05-04 00:47Z | — | 42 min |
Parsed from the warning text; outside these windows the area is normally not active, but the warning stays in force until cancelled.
- issued
- 2024-04-23 09:22Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2024-05-04 01:47Z
- authority
- EASTERN RANGE 0/24 201400Z APR 24.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA IV
- issued by
- EASTERN RANGE
- sea
- North Atlantic Ocean
- position
- 34.562, -74.638
- 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
280029Z TO 280111Z APR, ALTERNATE
290025Z TO 290107Z, 300021Z TO 300103Z APR,
010017Z TO 010059Z, 020013Z TO 020055Z,
030009Z TO 030051Z AND 040005Z TO 040047Z MAY
IN AREAS BOUND BY:
A. 28-38.28N 080-37.17W, 28-43.00N 080-32.00W,
28-56.00N 080-19.00W, 28-59.00N 080-14.00W,
28-55.00N 080-11.00W, 28-50.00N 080-14.00W,
28-40.00N 080-21.00W, 28-35.00N 080-25.00W,
28-31.26N 080-33.41W.
B. 33-11.00N 076-37.00W, 35-47.00N 074-25.00W,
36-18.00N 073-15.00W, 36-06.00N 072-53.00W,
34-55.00N 073-04.00W, 32-50.00N 076-08.00W.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 040147Z MAY 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
228 within 180 nm since 2000 · 4 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 011130Z to 011800Z oct in areas within: a. 15 miles of 37-43.73N…2026-09-28
- Hazardous operations, rocket launching 250549Z to 251032Z aug, alternate 260852Z to 261335Z, 270830Z to…2026-08-19
- Hazardous operations, rocket launching 201519Z to 202001Z aug, alternate 211457Z to 211939Z, 221435Z to…2026-08-19
- Hazardous operations, rocket launching 101449Z to 101931Z aug, alternate 111426Z to 111908Z, 121404Z to…2026-08-05
- Hazardous operations, rocket launching 231703Z to 232131Z jun, alternate 241640Z to 242108Z, 251618Z to…2024-06-20
- Hazardous operations, rocket launching 240930Z to 241400Z jun, alternate 250907Z to 251337Z, 260844Z to…2024-06-14
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 2026-10-02 04:05Z; 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.