1. SPACE LAUNCH OPERATIONS, WHICH MAY BE HAZARDOUS TO SURFACE VESSELS, WILL BE CONDUCTED WITHIN PORTIONS OF THE FOLLOWING HAZARD AREAS FOR FIREFLY W8969: A. FROM 035-09-00N/120-39-00W TO 034-08-00N/119-36-00W TO 033-54-00N/119-56-00W TO 033-55-00N/121-20-00W TO 032-50-00N/122-12-00W TO 032-10-00N/123-18-00W TO 032-10-00N/123-48-00W TO 033-21-00N/123-14-00W TO 035-05-00N/120-48-00W TO BEGINNING B. FROM 031-09-00N/124-59-00W TO 030-29-00N/125-41-00W TO 030-23-00N/125-38-00W TO 031-18-00N/124-35-00W TO 031-29-00N/124-30-00W TO BEGINNING C. FROM 027-56-00N/129-12-00W TO 029-03-00N/128-07-00W TO 028-33-00N/127-10-00W TO 027-19-00N/128-22-00W TO BEGINNING D. FROM TO BEGINNING E. FROM TO BEGINNING F. FROM TO BEGINNING 2. HAZARD PERIODS FOR PRIMARY LAUNCH DAY AND BACKUP LAUNCH DAYS (ALL TIMES ARE REPRESENTED AS ZULU TIME UNLESS OTHERWISE INDICATED):
A. 21/0020 FEB 26 TO 21/0346 FEB 26. 22/0020 FEB 26 TO 22/0346 FEB 26. 23/0020 FEB 26 TO 23/0346 FEB 26. 24/0020 FEB 26 TO 24/0346 FEB 26. 25/0020 FEB 26 TO 25/0346 FEB 26. 26/0020 FEB 26 TO 26/0346 FEB 26. 27/0020 FEB 26 TO 27/0346 FEB 26. B. 21/0020 FEB 26 TO 21/0346 FEB 26. 22/0020 FEB 26 TO 22/0346 FEB 26. 23/0020 FEB 26 TO 23/0346 FEB 26. 24/0020 FEB 26 TO 24/0346 FEB 26. 25/0020 FEB 26 TO 25/0346 FEB 26. 26/0020 FEB 26 TO 26/0346 FEB 26. 27/0020 FEB 26 TO 27/0346 FEB 26. C. 21/0020 FEB 26 TO 21/0346 FEB 26. 22/0020 FEB 26 TO 22/0346 FEB 26. 23/0020 FEB 26 TO 23/0346 FEB 26. 24/0020 FEB 26 TO 24/0346 FEB 26. 25/0020 FEB 26 TO 25/0346 FEB 26. 26/0020 FEB 26 TO 26/0346 FEB 26. 27/0020 FEB 26 TO 27/0346 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. MARINERS ARE ADVISED TO REMAIN CLEAR OF THESE AREAS FOR THE DURATION OF OPERATIONS. FOR MORE DETAILS OR COMMENTS CONTACT FIREFLY AT RANGEOPS@FIREFLYSPACE.COM OR ON VHF-FM CHAN. 06 OR 16. 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
