Missiles

Hazardous operations space debris 0230Z to 0330Z daily 01 thru 04 feb in area bound by 27-47N 045-15W,…

North Atlantic Ocean · NAVAREA IV 87/18

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2018-02-01 11:23Z

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) · NAVAREA XIII 251111Z JAN 18.. Issued 2018-01-26 16:22Z. 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.

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Activity windows · 4 in this warning

opens (UTC)closes (UTC)locallength
2018-02-01 02:30Z2018-02-01 03:30Z—1 h
2018-02-02 02:30Z2018-02-02 03:30Z—1 h
2018-02-03 02:30Z2018-02-03 03:30Z—1 h
2018-02-04 02:30Z2018-02-04 03:30Z—1 h

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

issued
2018-01-26 16:22Z
status
Archived notice
self-cancels
2018-02-04 04:30Z
authority
NAVAREA XIII 251111Z JAN 18.
NAVAREA
NAVAREA IV
sea
North Atlantic Ocean
position
18.879, -46.565
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

WESTERN NORTH ATLANTIC.
1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS SPACE DEBRIS
   0230Z TO 0330Z DAILY 01 THRU 04 FEB
   IN AREA BOUND BY
   27-47N 045-15W, 27-35N 044-17W,
   10-15N 047-46W, 10-32N 048-50W.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 040430Z FEB 18.

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.
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.
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.

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Collected reports in this area · missile & rocket hazards

17 within 180 nm since 2011 · 0 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now

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15
20
23

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
J
J
A
S
O
N
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 20:37Z; 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.