Hazardous operations, rocket launching 260401Z to 260613Z sep, alternate 0401Z to 0613Z daily 27 and 28 sep…
North Atlantic Ocean · NAVAREA IV 898/20
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2020-09-25 09:22Z
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 141549Z SEP 20.. Issued 2020-09-22 09:27Z. 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 270401Z to 270613Z sep, alternate 0401Z to 0613Z daily 28 and 29 sep…later 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 769/202020-08-21 · Archived notice
- NAVAREA IV 788/202020-08-24 · Archived notice
- NAVAREA IV 798/202020-08-27 · Archived notice
- NAVAREA IV 804/202020-08-27 · Archived notice
- NAVAREA IV 898/20 · this notice2020-09-22 · Archived notice
- NAVAREA IV 915/202020-09-25 · Archived notice
Current notices and reporting history in the North Atlantic Ocean →
Activity windows · 1 in this warning
| opens (UTC) | closes (UTC) | local | length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-09-26 04:01Z | 2020-09-26 06:13Z | — | 2 h 12 |
Parsed from the warning text; outside these windows the area is normally not active, but the warning stays in force until cancelled.
- issued
- 2020-09-22 09:27Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2020-09-28 07:13Z
- authority
- EASTERN RANGE 141549Z SEP 20.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA IV
- issued by
- EASTERN RANGE
- sea
- North Atlantic Ocean
- position
- 21.217, -42.219
- 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
260401Z TO 260613Z SEP, ALTERNATE
0401Z TO 0613Z DAILY 27 AND 28 SEP
IN AREAS BOUND BY:
A. 28-34-51N 080-34-26W, 28-36-00N 080-31-00W,
28-31-00N 079-42-00W, 28-27-00N 079-44-00W,
28-27-00N 080-19-00W, 28-27-42N 080-31-36W,
28-29-17N 080-32-27W, 28-34-44N 080-34-23W.
B. 27-34-00N 073-17-00W, 28-30-00N 073-12-00W,
28-13-00N 069-19-00W, 27-10-00N 069-16-00W.
C. 21-15-00N 045-22-00W, 23-51-00N 044-36-00W,
19-32-00N 032-09-00W, 17-06-00N 033-09-00W.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 280713Z SEP 20.
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.
Collected reports in this area · missile & rocket hazards
21 within 180 nm since 2012 · 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 220725Z to 221220Z jun, alternate 230721Z to 231216Z, 240718Z to…2023-06-21
- Hazardous operations, rocket launching 220725Z to 221220Z jun, alternate 230721Z to 231216Z, 240718Z to…2023-06-21
- Hazardous operations, rocket launching 210729Z to 211224Z jun, alternate 220725Z to 221220Z and 230721Z to…2023-06-16
- Hazardous operations, rocket launching 210729Z to 211224Z jun, alternate 220725Z to 221220Z and 230721Z to…2023-06-16
- Hazardous operation, space debris 1013Z to 1344Z daily 13 jul thru 12 aug in areas bound by: a. 08-40.00N…2022-07-08
- Hazardous operations, rocket launching 102300Z to 110442Z dec, alternate 112300z to 120442Z and 122300Z to…2020-12-06
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
6 missile & rocket hazards listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-02 18:22Z; 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.