NAVAREA XI 26-0486
PAN PANRocket launch danger areas in western North Pacific, daily 02-30 Nov
Launch: Demo Flight, Mir, 4 Nov 05:00 to 09:00 UTC
Warning text
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Scheduledstarts 02 Nov 2026, 05:00 UTC (in 28 h)Rocket launching operations will affect several bounded areas in the western North Pacific. Activity is scheduled 04 Nov 0500-0900Z and alternately 02, 03 and 05-30 Nov daily 0500-0900Z. Mariners should avoid the listed areas during the stated times. Message cancels itself at 301000Z NOV.
Stay clear of the bounded areas during the listed times and keep a sharp lookout; avoid transit through these areas while active.
Background (general knowledge, not from the warning)
These hazard areas are promulgated for scheduled rocket launches and the possible fall of spent stages or debris over the ocean. Such notices are typically issued for launches from Japanese ranges and maritime hazard corridors used for orbital or suborbital launch trajectories. The polygonal areas mark where falling debris or re-entry fragments may impact and are sized to protect shipping during launch windows. Mariners should treat these as exclusion zones during the stated hours.
- Type
- Missile / rocket launch · severity high
- Feed
- Rocket launches and space debrisAll warnings of this kind on the map, or as an API feed.
- Location
- North Pacific, western part
- Validity
- From 02 Nov 2026, 05:00 UTC
Until 30 Nov 2026, 10:00 UTC040500Z TO 040900Z NOV, ALTERNATE 0500Z TO 0900Z DAILY 02, 03 AND 05 TO 30 NOV. CANCEL THIS MSG 301000Z NOV. - Activity periods
- 02 Nov 2026, 05:00 UTC - 02 Nov 2026, 09:00 UTC (daily 0500-0900Z on 02 Nov)
- 03 Nov 2026, 05:00 UTC - 03 Nov 2026, 09:00 UTC (daily 0500-0900Z on 03 Nov)
- 04 Nov 2026, 05:00 UTC - 04 Nov 2026, 09:00 UTC (scheduled 040500-040900Z Nov)
- 05 Nov 2026, 05:00 UTC - 05 Nov 2026, 09:00 UTC (daily 0500-0900Z 05-30 Nov (first day))
- 30 Nov 2026, 05:00 UTC - 30 Nov 2026, 09:00 UTC (daily 0500-0900Z 05-30 Nov (last day))
- Hazards
- rocket launch, falling launch debris
Coast stations for this area
- RCCMRCC NahaJapan296 NM from the area
- DSCDSC Station TamagusukuMRCC NahaJapanMMSI 004311101MF 150range 150 NM290 NM from the area
- DSCDSC Station NazeMRCC KagoshimaJapanMMSI 004311001MF 100range 100 NM293 NM from the area
Worked out automatically from the warning text on 28 Oct 2026, 12:27 UTC; the background is general knowledge, not from the warning. It can be wrong: the official warning text is the authority.
Keywordsrocket launch
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