Hazardous operations, rocket launching 160200Z to 160642Z oct, alternate 0200Z to 0642Z daily 17 and 18 oct…
North Atlantic Ocean · NAVAREA IV 977/20
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2020-10-13 20:13Z
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 061641Z OCT 20.. Issued 2020-10-11 09:01Z. 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
- Cancel NAVAREA IV 977/20 and this msglater 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 898/202020-09-22 · 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-10-16 02:00Z | 2020-10-16 06:42Z | — | 4 h 42 |
Parsed from the warning text; outside these windows the area is normally not active, but the warning stays in force until cancelled.
- issued
- 2020-10-11 09:01Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2020-10-18 07:42Z
- authority
- EASTERN RANGE 061641Z OCT 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
160200Z TO 160642Z OCT, ALTERNATE
0200Z TO 0642Z DAILY 17 AND 18 OCT
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 180742Z OCT 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 17:46Z; 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.