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District 11 Broadcast Notice to Mariners Message

Message Originator: Los Angeles/Long Beach

SAFETY / PACIFIC OCEAN-CALIFORNIA-OCEANSIDE / SPACE OPERATIONS / CCGD11 BNM 9002-25 /

1. SPACE CAPSULE REENTRY OPERATIONS WHICH MAY BE HAZARDOUS TO SURFACE VESSELS
WILL BE CONDUCTED FOR THE REENTRY OF FRAM2 WITHIN PORTIONS OF THE FOLLOWING
REENTRY SITE:
A: OFFSHORE OCEANSIDE:
FROM 33-12-15N/117-44-52W
33-00-42N/117-31-11W
32-49-12N/117-44-52W
33-00-42N/117-58-25W TO BEGINNING
2. THE HAZARD PERIODS FOR THE PRIMARY REENTRY OPPORTUNITY AND ANY BACKUP
REENTRY OPPORTUNITIES ARE AS FOLLOW (ALL TIMES ARE REPRESENTED AS ZULU TIME
UNLESS OTHERWISE INDICATED):
A: OFFSHORE OCEANSIDE
04/1604 APR 25 TO 04/1634 APR 25.
3. THE IDENTIFIED LOCATIONS IN PARAGRAPH 1 ARE DESIGNATED A HAZARDOUS WARNING
AREA FOR SPACE VEHICLE REENTRY. A SPACE VEHICLE MAY REENTER WITHIN THIS AREA
BETWEEN THE DATES AND TIMES LISTED. THE U.S. COAST GUARD IS ESTABLISHING THIS
HAZARDOUS WARNING AREA TO PROTECT VESSELS AND WATERWAY USERS FROM THE
POTENTIAL HAZARDS CREATED BY REENTRY VEHICLE SPLASHDOWNS AND RECOVERY
OPERATIONS.
4. THE U.S. COAST GUARD IS PROVIDING THIS NOTICE TO ADVISE MARINERS OF THESE
HAZARDOUS AREAS AND SAFETY ZONES WHICH MAY IMPACT NAVIGATION INTERESTS.
NAVIGATIONS HAZARDS FROM SPACE CAPSULE REENTRY ACTIVITIES MAY INCLUDE FREE
FALLING DEBRIS AND/OR DESCENDING VEHICLES OR VEHICLE COMPONENTS UNDER VARIOUS
MEANS OF CONTROL. MARINERS ARE URGED TO AVOID THE REENTRY SITES DURING
REENTRY WINDOWS AS DETAILED ABOVE.
5. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ABOUT THE REENTRY SAFETY ZONES, MARINERS MAY
CONTACT SPACEX AT RC@SPACEX.COM OR ON VHF-FM CHANNEL 05, 06 OR 16. FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION ABOUT THE SPACE VEHICLE, PLEASE VISIT WWW.SPACEX.COM. FOR
NAVIGATIONAL SAFETY, MARINERS ARE ADVISED TO REFER TO THE GEOSPATIAL CHART AT
WWW.NAVCEN.USCG.GOV/CHART FOR INFORMATION ON SPACE LAUNCH AND RECOVERY
OPERATIONS (SOLAR).
CANCEL AT//041634Z APR 25//
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