Hazardous operations, space debris: a. 271450Z to 271520Z apr, alternate 280600Z apr to 051215Z may in area…
North Atlantic Ocean · NAVAREA IV 459/24
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2024-04-30 07:54Z
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 181202Z APR 24.. Issued 2024-04-23 17:17Z. 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 459/24, 468/24 and this msg, operations completedlater cancellation notice
Current notices and reporting history in the North Atlantic Ocean →
Activity windows · 14 in this warning
| opens (UTC) | closes (UTC) | local | length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-04-27 06:50Z | 2024-04-27 07:20Z | — | 30 min |
| 2024-04-27 06:55Z | 2024-04-27 07:25Z | — | 30 min |
| 2024-04-27 14:40Z | 2024-04-27 15:10Z | — | 30 min |
| 2024-04-27 14:45Z | 2024-04-27 15:15Z | — | 30 min |
| 2024-04-27 14:50Z | 2024-04-27 15:20Z | — | 30 min |
| 2024-04-27 15:05Z | 2024-04-27 15:35Z | — | 30 min |
| 2024-04-27 15:10Z | 2024-04-27 15:40Z | — | 30 min |
| 2024-04-27 15:10Z | 2024-05-04 12:55Z | — | 165 h 45 |
| … 6 more | |||
Parsed from the warning text; outside these windows the area is normally not active, but the warning stays in force until cancelled.
- issued
- 2024-04-23 17:17Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2024-05-05 13:15Z
- authority
- SPACEX 0/24 181202Z APR 24.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA IV
- issued by
- SPACEX
- sea
- North Atlantic Ocean
- position
- 30.926, -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. 271450Z TO 271520Z APR, ALTERNATE
280600Z APR TO 051215Z MAY IN AREA WITHIN
NINE MILES OF 28-51.00N 080-13.80W.
B. 271445Z TO 271515Z APR, ALTERNATE
280605Z APR TO 051210Z MAY IN AREA WITHIN
NINE MILES OF 29-48.00N 080-40.02W.
C. 271440Z TO 271510Z APR, ALTERNATE
280610Z APR TO 051205Z MAY IN AREA WITHIN
NINE MILES OF 30-54.96N 080-15.00W.
D. 270650Z TO 270720Z APR, ALTERNATE
271510Z APR TO 041255Z MAY IN AREA WITHIN
NINE MILES OF 29-42.96N 086-10.80W.
E. 270655Z TO 270725Z APR, ALTERNATE
290610Z APR TO 041300Z MAY IN AREA WITHIN
NINE MILES OF 29-48.00N 087-30.00W.
F. 271505Z TO 271535Z APR, ALTERNATE
280620Z APR TO 041250Z MAY IN AREA WITHIN
NINE MILES OF 29-16.98N 084-12.00W.
G. 271510Z TO 271540Z APR, ALTERNATE
280610Z APR TO 050355Z MAY IN AREA WITHIN
NINE MILES OF 28-06.00N 083-54.00W.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 051315Z 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.
- 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.
- 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, rocket launching 072312Z to 072350Z apr, alternate 2311Z to 2350Z daily 08 thru 13 apr…2024-04-03
- Hazardous operations, rocket launching 072302Z to 080001Z apr, alternate 2301Z to 0001Z daily 08 thru 13 apr…2024-04-02
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
5 missile & rocket hazards listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-02 13:19Z; 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.