Missiles

Hazardous operations, rocket launching 071508Z to 071939Z may, alternate 081442Z to 081913Z, 091416Z to…

North Atlantic Ocean · NAVAREA IV 495/24

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2024-05-06 19:08Z

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 261830Z APR 24.. Issued 2024-05-03 03:01Z. 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

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  1. NAVAREA IV 1383/222022-12-23 · Archived notice
  2. NAVAREA IV 77/232023-01-19 · Archived notice
  3. NAVAREA IV 86/232023-01-20 · Archived notice
  4. NAVAREA IV 110/232023-01-27 · Archived notice
  5. NAVAREA IV 117/232023-01-30 · Archived notice
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Activity windows · 7 in this warning

opens (UTC)closes (UTC)locallength
2024-05-07 15:08Z2024-05-07 19:39Z—4 h 31
2024-05-08 14:42Z2024-05-08 19:13Z—4 h 31
2024-05-09 14:16Z2024-05-09 18:47Z—4 h 31
2024-05-10 13:50Z2024-05-10 18:21Z—4 h 31
2024-05-11 13:23Z2024-05-11 17:54Z—4 h 31
2024-05-12 12:57Z2024-05-12 17:28Z—4 h 31
2024-05-13 12:31Z2024-05-13 17:02Z—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
2024-05-03 03:01Z
status
Archived notice
self-cancels
2024-05-13 18:02Z
authority
EASTERN RANGE 0/24 261830Z APR 24.
NAVAREA
NAVAREA IV
issued by
EASTERN RANGE
sea
North Atlantic Ocean
position
25.831, -75.227
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
   071508Z TO 071939Z MAY, ALTERNATE
   081442Z TO 081913Z, 091416Z TO 091847Z,
   101350Z TO 101821Z, 111323Z TO 111754Z,
   121257Z TO 121728Z AND 131231Z TO 131702Z MAY
   IN AREAS BOUND BY:
   A. 28-39.00N 080-37.68W, 28-39.00N 080-28.00W,
      28-30.00N 080-10.00W, 28-24.00N 080-09.00W,
      28-21.00N 080-11.00W, 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 THIS MSG 131802Z 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.

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Collected reports in this area · missile & rocket hazards

237 within 180 nm since 2010 · 0 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now

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15
20
24

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.

Month of issue in the collected archive

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F
M
A
M
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J
A
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D

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 21:10Z; 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.