Hazardous operations, rocket launching 291200Z to 291400Z aug in area bound by 05-23.46N 052-53.80W,…
North Atlantic Ocean · NAVAREA IV 973/23
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2023-08-29 15:00Z
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) · AVURNAV LOCAL CAYENNE 1034/23 281100Z AUG 23.. Issued 2023-08-28 11:48Z. 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
- North american ice service (nais) iceberg bulletin 290001Z auglater cancellation notice
Current notices and reporting history in the North Atlantic Ocean →
Activity windows · 1 in this warning
| opens (UTC) | closes (UTC) | local | length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-08-29 12:00Z | 2023-08-29 14:00Z | — | 2 h |
Parsed from the warning text; outside these windows the area is normally not active, but the warning stays in force until cancelled.
- issued
- 2023-08-28 11:48Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2023-08-29 15:00Z
- authority
- AVURNAV LOCAL CAYENNE 1034/23 281100Z AUG 23.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA IV
- issued by
- AVURNAV LOCAL CAYENNE
- sea
- North Atlantic Ocean
- position
- 5.328, -52.732
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
WESTERN NORTH ATLANTIC. FRENCH GUIANA. DNC 14. 1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS, ROCKET LAUNCHING 291200Z TO 291400Z AUG IN AREA BOUND BY 05-23.46N 052-53.80W, 05-29.12N 052-49.82W, 05-19.18N 052-36.00W, 05-14.57N 052-35.68W, 05-10.10N 052-37.40W, 05-13.50N 052-43.50W. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 291500Z AUG 23.
Reading this warning
- DNC (Digital Nautical Chart)
- A reference to one of the regions of NGA's Digital Nautical Chart, used to tell the reader which charts a warning affects.
- 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
93 within 180 nm since 1999 · 1 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, space debris 0111Z to 0151Z daily 15 sep thru 15 oct in area bound by 05-48.00N…2026-09-02
- Hazardous operations, rocket launching 0126Z to 0206Z daily 05 oct thru 04 nov in area bound by 05-23.46N…2023-09-30
- Hazardous operations, space debris 2120Z to 0014Z daily 04 jul thru 04 aug in area bound by 05-18.00N…2023-06-29
- Hazardous operations, rocket launching 2116Z to 0008Z daily 16 jun thru 17 jul in area bound by 05-18.00N…2023-06-12
- Hazardous operations, rocket launching 1154Z to 1246Z daily 13 thru 30 apr in area bound by 05-18.00N…2023-04-08
- Hazardous operations, rocket launching 0137Z to 0218Z daily 21 dec thru 20 jan 23 in area bound by 05-12.00N…2022-12-17
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
5 missile & rocket hazards listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-09-26 20:13Z; 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.