Hazardous operations, rocket launching 030117Z to 030548Z may, alternate 040051Z to 040522Z, 050025Z to…
North Atlantic Ocean · NAVAREA IV 482/24
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2024-05-03 14:53Z
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 291301Z APR 24.. Issued 2024-04-29 18:03Z. 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
- 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 020143Z to 020614Z may, alternate 030117Z to 030548Z, 040051Z to…cancelled by this notice
- F/V, seven persons onboard, disabled in 16-18.00N 080-15.00Wcancelled by this notice
- Cancel NAVAREA IV 482/24 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 1383/222022-12-23 · Archived notice
- NAVAREA IV 77/232023-01-19 · Archived notice
- NAVAREA IV 86/232023-01-20 · Archived notice
- NAVAREA IV 110/232023-01-27 · Archived notice
- NAVAREA IV 117/232023-01-30 · Archived notice
- NAVAREA IV 145/232023-02-06 · Archived notice
Current notices and reporting history in the North Atlantic Ocean →
Activity windows · 6 in this warning
| opens (UTC) | closes (UTC) | local | length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-05-03 01:17Z | 2024-05-03 05:48Z | — | 4 h 31 |
| 2024-05-04 00:51Z | 2024-05-04 05:22Z | — | 4 h 31 |
| 2024-05-05 00:25Z | 2024-05-05 04:56Z | — | 4 h 31 |
| 2024-05-05 23:58Z | 2024-05-06 04:29Z | — | 4 h 31 |
| 2024-05-06 23:32Z | 2024-05-07 04:03Z | — | 4 h 31 |
| 2024-05-07 23:06Z | 2024-05-08 03:37Z | — | 4 h 31 |
Parsed from the warning text; outside these windows the area is normally not active, but the warning stays in force until cancelled.
- issued
- 2024-04-29 18:03Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2024-05-08 04:37Z
- authority
- EASTERN RANGE 0/24 291301Z APR 24.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA IV
- issued by
- EASTERN RANGE
- sea
- North Atlantic Ocean
- position
- 25.848, -75.258
- 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
030117Z TO 030548Z MAY, ALTERNATE
040051Z TO 040522Z, 050025Z TO 050456Z,
052358Z TO 060429Z, 062332Z TO 070403Z,
072306Z TO 080337Z MAY.
IN AREAS BOUND BY:
A. 28-39.00N 080-37.68W, 28-39.00N 080-28.00W,
28-30.00N 080-10.00W, 28-23.00N 080-04.00W,
28-20.00N 080-07.00W, 28-23.00N 080-19.00W,
28-29.35N 080-32.49W.
B. 26-15.00N 076-00.00W, 26-06.00N 074-58.00W,
25-36.00N 074-03.00W, 25-23.00N 073-53.00W,
25-09.00N 074-01.00W, 25-06.00N 074-16.00W,
25-08.00N 074-38.00W, 25-18.00N 075-00.00W,
25-58.00N 075-59.00W.
2. CANCEL NAVAREA IV 473/24
3. CANCEL NAVAREA IV 481/24, MSG NOT PROMULGATED.
4. CANCEL THIS MSG 080437Z 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.
- 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
242 within 180 nm since 2010 · 0 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 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
- Hazardous operations, rocket launching 071508Z to 071939Z may, alternate 081442Z to 081913Z, 091416Z to…2024-05-03
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 2026-09-25 00:32Z; 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.