District 11 Broadcast Notice to Mariners Message
Message Originator: D11
SAFETY / Pacific Ocean / SPACE OPERATIONS / CGD-SW BNM 9039-26 /
1. SPACE LAUNCH OPERATIONS, WHICH MAY BE HAZARDOUS TO SURFACE VESSELS, WILL
BE CONDUCTED WITHIN PORTIONS OF THE FOLLOWING HAZARD AREAS FOR ARTEMIS II:
A. FROM 26-10-00N/122-45-00W
TO 25-21-00N/120-55-00W
TO 10-42-00N/128-03-00W
TO 11-26-00N/129-47-00W TO BEGINNING
2. HAZARD PERIODS FOR PRIMARY LAUNCH DAY AND BACKUP LAUNCH DAYS (ALL TIMES
ARE REPRESENTED AS ZULU TIME UNLESS OTHERWISE INDICATED):02/0000 APR 26 TO
13/0000 APR 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
