District 7 Broadcast Notice to Mariners Message
Message Originator: D7
SAFETY / ATLANTIC OCEAN-FLORIDA-CAPE CANAVERAL / SPACE OPERATIONS / CGD-SE BNM 9018-26 /
1. SPACE LAUNCH OPERATIONS, WHICH MAY BE HAZARDOUS TO SURFACE VESSELS, WILL
BE CONDUCTED WITHIN PORTIONS OF THE FOLLOWING HAZARD AREAS FOR STARLINK
G10-40:
A. FROM 31-57-00N/077-01-00W
TO 32-23-00N/076-52-00W
TO 33-08-00N/075-40-00W
TO 33-28-00N/074-58-00W
TO 33-19-00N/074-46-00W
TO 32-36-00N/075-02-00W
TO 31-51-00N/076-13-00W
TO 31-41-00N/076-43-00W TO BEGINNING
B. FROM 28-39-41.22N/080-38-10.12W
TO 28-55-00N/080-20-00W
TO 28-46-00N/080-09-00W
TO 28-28-39.37N/080-32-09.29W TO BEGINNING
2. HAZARD PERIODS FOR PRIMARY LAUNCH DAY AND BACKUP LAUNCH DAYS (ALL TIMES
ARE REPRESENTED AS ZULU TIME UNLESS OTHERWISE INDICATED):
04/0658 MAR 26 TO 04/1140 MAR 26.
05/0636 MAR 26 TO 05/1118 MAR 26.
06/0614 MAR 26 TO 06/1056 MAR 26.
07/0552 MAR 26 TO 07/1034 MAR 26.
08/0530 MAR 26 TO 08/1012 MAR 26.
09/0507 MAR 26 TO 09/0949 MAR 26.
10/0445 MAR 26 TO 10/0927 MAR 26.
3. THE U.S. SPACE FORCE AND KENNEDY SPACE CENTER MAY CHOOSE TO ENFORCE A
RESTRICTED AREA AS SPECIFIED IN 33 CFR 334.525 AND 33 CFR 334.595. PRIMARILY
BEGINNING 2 HOURS PRIOR TO THE SCHEDULED LAUNCH WINDOW OF ANY ROCKET
LAUNCHES. THE RESTRICTED AREA WOULD REMAIN IN EFFECT UNTIL SUSPENDED BY SPACE
LAUNCH DELTA 45.
4. 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.
5. 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 WWW.NAVCEN.USCG.GOV/MSI TO VIEW THE LOCAL NOTICE TO MARINERS (LNM)
AND THE GEOSPATIAL CHART AT WWW.NAVCEN.USCG.GOV/CHART FOR INFORMATION ON
SPACE LAUNCH AND RECOVERY OPERATIONS (SOLAR).
CANCEL AT//100927Z MAR 26//
BT
