Rocket launching creates hazardous operations off Florida in the North Atlantic from 1 to 7 October in two designated areas.
North Atlantic Ocean · NAVAREA IV 931/26
What this record establishes
Cancelled notice · 2026-09-28 16:45Z
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 2026-09-25 18:16Z. First collected 2026-09-28 19:02Z; last seen in collection 2026-09-29 03:17Z. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-01 15:00Z | 2026-10-01 15:50Z | — | 50 min |
| 2026-10-02 14:38Z | 2026-10-02 15:28Z | — | 50 min |
| 2026-10-03 14:15Z | 2026-10-03 15:05Z | — | 50 min |
| 2026-10-04 13:52Z | 2026-10-04 14:42Z | — | 50 min |
| 2026-10-05 13:30Z | 2026-10-05 14:20Z | — | 50 min |
| 2026-10-06 13:04Z | 2026-10-06 13:54Z | — | 50 min |
| 2026-10-07 12:42Z | 2026-10-07 13:32Z | — | 50 min |
Parsed from the warning text; outside these windows the area is normally not active, but the warning stays in force until cancelled.
- issued
- 2026-09-25 18:16Z
- status
- Cancelled notice
- self-cancels
- 2026-10-07 14:32Z
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA IV
- sea
- North Atlantic Ocean
- position
- 30.906, -78.061
- source
- NGA MSI in-force warnings (DailyMem*.txt) · first seen 2026-09-28 19:02Z
Original warning text
NORTH ATLANTIC.
FLORIDA.
1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS, ROCKET LAUNCHING
011500Z TO 011550Z OCT, ALTERNATE
021438Z TO 021528Z, 031415Z TO 031505Z,
041352Z TO 041442Z, 051330Z TO 051420Z,
061304Z TO 061354Z, 071242Z TO 071332Z OCT
IN AREAS BOUND BY:
A. 30-43.00N 078-30.00W, 31-53.00N 077-11.00W,
31-43.00N 076-57.00W, 30-31.00N 078-19.00W.
B. 28-39.23N 080-37.57W, 28-43.14N 080-32.44W,
28-51.00N 080-24.00W, 28-51.00N 080-18.00W,
28-50.00N 080-16.00W, 28-44.00N 080-16.00W,
28-33.00N 080-27.00W, 28-30.30N 080-33.20W.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 071432Z OCT 26.
251542Z SEP.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
386 within 180 nm since 1998 · 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.
- Hazardous operations, rocket launching 250549Z to 251032Z aug, alternate 260852Z to 261335Z, 270830Z to…2026-08-19
- Hazardous operations, rocket launching 201519Z to 202001Z aug, alternate 211457Z to 211939Z, 221435Z to…2026-08-19
- Hazardous operations, rocket launching 160102Z to 160220Z aug, alternate 170045Z to 170203Z, 180031Z to…2026-08-10
- Hazardous operations, rocket launching 101449Z to 101931Z aug, alternate 111426Z to 111908Z, 121404Z to…2026-08-05
- Hazardous operations, space debris a. 071340Z to 071410Z oct, alternate 072210Z to 171845Z oct in area…2024-09-24
- Hazardous operations, rocket launching 231703Z to 232131Z jun, alternate 241640Z to 242108Z, 251618Z to…2024-06-20
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
Worldwide in the collected sources
4 missile & rocket hazards listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-09-29 03:17Z; 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.