Missiles · launch

Rocket launching hazardous operations occur off Florida from August 16 to 22, with alternate times, in designated areas.

North Atlantic Ocean · NAVAREA IV 776/26

What this record establishes

Cancelled notice · 2026-08-28 19:00Z

This notice disappeared from the issuing source's in-force list. No explicit recovery or all-clear is established by that removal.

Source and dates: NGA MSI in-force warnings (DailyMem*.txt). Issued 2026-08-10 04:17Z. First collected 2026-08-17 13:41Z; last seen in collection 2026-08-24 19:47Z. 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.

Current notices and reporting history in the North Atlantic Ocean →

Activity windows · 7 in this warning

opens (UTC)	closes (UTC)	local	length
2026-08-16 01:02Z	2026-08-16 02:20Z	—	1 h 18
2026-08-17 00:45Z	2026-08-17 02:03Z	—	1 h 18
2026-08-18 00:31Z	2026-08-18 01:49Z	—	1 h 18
2026-08-19 00:14Z	2026-08-19 01:32Z	—	1 h 18
2026-08-19 23:58Z	2026-08-20 01:16Z	—	1 h 18
2026-08-20 23:42Z	2026-08-21 01:00Z	—	1 h 18
2026-08-21 23:27Z	2026-08-22 00:45Z	—	1 h 18

Parsed from the warning text; outside these windows the area is normally not active, but the warning stays in force until cancelled.

issued: 2026-08-10 04:17Z
status: Cancelled notice
self-cancels: 2026-08-22 01:45Z
NAVAREA: NAVAREA IV
sea: North Atlantic Ocean
position: 31.563, -77.395
nearest port: Charleston · 149 nm
source: NGA MSI in-force warnings (DailyMem*.txt) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:41Z

Original warning text

NORTH ATLANTIC.
FLORIDA.
1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS, ROCKET LAUNCHING
   160102Z TO 160220Z AUG, ALTERNATE
   170045Z TO 170203Z, 180031Z TO 180149Z,
   190014Z TO 190132Z, 192358Z TO 200116Z,
   202342Z TO 210100Z AND
   212327Z TO 220045Z AUG IN AREAS BOUND BY:
   A. 30-58.00N 078-25.00W, 31-47.00N 077-47.00W,
      32-18.00N 077-09.00W, 32-45.00N 076-27.00W,
      32-28.00N 076-07.00W, 31-47.00N 076-23.00W,
      31-13.00N 077-21.00W, 30-40.00N 078-11.00W.
   B. 28-39.57N 080-38.08W, 29-06.00N 080-08.00W,
      29-02.00N 080-02.00W, 28-32.00N 080-28.00W,
      28-29.95N 080-32.78W.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 220145Z AUG 26.

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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Possibly related launches

Zhuque-3 | Honghu-03
NET 2026-08-18 23:35Z · Launch Successful
39 min before this window 2026-08-19 00:14Z – 01:32Z opens
Zhuque-3 · LandSpace · Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China

Matched on timing alone, against the windows the warning itself states — a launch counts if it lifts off inside one, or within the hour before it opens, which is where a disposal burn usually falls. No launch pad is near this area (down-range debris and stage-disposal zones are typically an ocean away from the pad), so this is a hint, not an identification. Data: Launch Library 2 (The Space Devs).

Collected reports in this area · missile & rocket hazards

362 within 180 nm since 2013 · 5 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.

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

Broadcast and communication services unreliable at uscg remote communication facilities: a. boston 41-43.00N…Nav aids · 49.7 nm

Worldwide in the collected sources

4 missile & rocket hazards listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-01 13:34Z; source collection times vary.

Missiles

Missile firings, rocket launches and space debris re-entry areas. All current missile & rocket hazards →

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