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District 11 Broadcast Notice to Mariners Message

Message Originator: D11

SAFETY / Pacific Ocean / SPACE OPERATIONS / CGD-SW BNM 9020-26 /

1. SPACE LAUNCH OPERATIONS, WHICH MAY BE HAZARDOUS TO SURFACE VESSELS, WILL
BE CONDUCTED WITHIN PORTIONS OF THE FOLLOWING HAZARD AREAS FOR SPACE X
STARLINK G17-26:
A. FROM 031-45-00N/121-09-00W
TO 031-43-00N/121-15-00W
TO 034-40-00N/120-39-00W
TO 034-40-00N/120-37-00W
TO 034-27-00N/120-26-00W
TO 033-47-00N/120-35-00W TO BEGINNING
B. FROM 028-26-00N/121-34-00W
TO 028-19-00N/121-55-00W
TO 028-31-00N/122-13-00W
TO 028-52-00N/122-13-00W
TO 029-48-00N/121-45-00W
TO 029-48-00N/121-34-00W
TO 028-48-00N/121-25-00W TO BEGINNING
2. HAZARD PERIODS FOR PRIMARY LAUNCH DAY AND BACKUP LAUNCH DAYS (ALL TIMES
ARE REPRESENTED AS ZULU TIME UNLESS OTHERWISE INDICATED):

A.
21/2000 FEB 26 TO 22/0024 FEB 26.
22/2000 FEB 26 TO 23/0024 FEB 26.
23/2000 FEB 26 TO 24/0024 FEB 26.
24/2000 FEB 26 TO 25/0024 FEB 26.
25/2000 FEB 26 TO 26/0024 FEB 26.
26/2000 FEB 26 TO 27/0024 FEB 26.
27/2000 FEB 26 TO 28/0024 FEB 26.
B.
21/2000 FEB 26 TO 22/0043 FEB 26.
22/2000 FEB 26 TO 23/0043 FEB 26.
23/2000 FEB 26 TO 24/0043 FEB 26.
24/2000 FEB 26 TO 25/0043 FEB 26.
25/2000 FEB 26 TO 26/0043 FEB 26.
26/2000 FEB 26 TO 27/0043 FEB 26.
27/2000 FEB 26 TO 28/0043 FEB 26.
3. THE U.S. COAST GUARD IS PROVIDING THIS NOTICE TO ADVISE MARINERS OF THESE
HAZARDOUS AREAS IDENTIFIED BY U.S. SPACE FORCE AND/OR A COMMERCIAL SPACE
OPERATION, WHICH MAY IMPACT NAVIGATION INTERESTS. NAVIGATION HAZARDS FROM
ROCKET LAUNCH ACTIVITIES MAY INCLUDE FREE FALLING DEBRIS AND/OR DESCENDING
VEHICLES OR VEHICLE COMPONENTS UNDER VARIOUS MEANS OF CONTROL. MARINERS ARE
URGED TO AVOID WATERS WITHIN ROCKET FLIGHT TRAJECTORIES/HAZARD AREAS DURING
LAUNCH WINDOWS AS DETAILED ABOVE.
4. FOR MORE INFORMATION, MARINERS MAY CONTACT THE U.S. SPACE FORCE LAUNCH
INFORMATION HOTLINE AT 1-800-470-7232 OR BY VISITING
WWW.PATRICK.SPACEFORCE.MIL. 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).
BT