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PAN PANSpace debris hazardous operations in North Pacific area on 21 Oct
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No longer in forceHazardous space debris operations will take place in a defined area of the North Pacific on 21 October. Activity is scheduled from 210200Z to 210800Z Oct; the message is self-cancelling at 210900Z Oct 26. Mariners should avoid the area during the stated period. The warning lists a polygon of positions bounding the danger area.
Avoid the named polygon during the stated times and navigate with caution in the vicinity.
Background (general knowledge, not from the warning)
This warning indicates a planned re-entry or disposal operation producing hazardous debris over a defined ocean area. Such operations are usually associated with launch range activity, upper stage disposal or controlled re-entry of space hardware. Debris zones are declared to protect ships from falling fragments and can take the form of a polygon covering the predicted impact footprint. Mariners should expect temporary exclusion of the area while debris risk exists.
- Type
- Space debris · severity high
- Feed
- Rocket launches and space debrisAll warnings of this kind on the map, or as an API feed.
- Location
- North Pacific (area bounded by positions listed)
- Validity
- From 21 Oct 2026, 02:00 UTC
Until 21 Oct 2026, 09:00 UTC210200Z TO 210800Z OCT ... CANCEL THIS MSG 210900Z OCT 26. - Activity periods
- 21 Oct 2026, 02:00 UTC - 21 Oct 2026, 08:00 UTC (210200Z to 210800Z Oct (activity period))
- Hazards
- space debris, re-entry / hazardous operations
Worked out automatically from the warning text on 18 Oct 2026, 03:47 UTC; the background is general knowledge, not from the warning. It can be wrong: the official warning text is the authority.
Keywordsspace debrishazardous operations