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District 7 Broadcast Notice to Mariners Message

Message Originator: D7

SAFETY / ATLANTIC OCEAN-FLORIDA-CAPE CANAVERAL / SPACE OPERATIONS / CGD-SE BNM 9050-26 /

1. SPACE LAUNCH OPERATIONS, WHICH MAY BE HAZARDOUS TO SURFACE VESSELS, WILL
BE CONDUCTED WITHIN PORTIONS OF THE FOLLOWING HAZARD AREAS FOR STARLINK
G10-31:
A. FROM 31-42-00N/077-10-00W
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 31-31-00N/076-56-00W TO BEGINNING
B. FROM 28-37-53.67N/080-36-52.54W
TO 28-56-00N/080-14-00W
TO 28-51-00N/080-09-00W
TO 28-33-00N/080-25-00W
TO 28-30-46.38N/080-33-10.33W TO BEGINNING
2. HAZARD PERIODS FOR PRIMARY LAUNCH DAY AND BACKUP LAUNCH DAYS (ALL TIMES
ARE REPRESENTED AS ZULU TIME UNLESS OTHERWISE INDICATED):
21/0926 MAY 26 TO 21/1408 MAY 26.
22/0904 MAY 26 TO 22/1346 MAY 26.
23/0841 MAY 26 TO 23/1323 MAY 26.
24/0819 MAY 26 TO 24/1301 MAY 26.
25/0800 MAY 26 TO 25/1242 MAY 26.
26/0800 MAY 26 TO 26/1242 MAY 26.
27/0800 MAY 26 TO 27/1242 MAY 26.
3. THE U.S. COAST GUARD WILL ENFORCE THE SECURITY ZONE AS SPECIFIED IN 33 CFR
165.701 BEGINNING 2 HOURS PRIOR TO THE SCHEDULED LAUNCH WINDOW IN THIS NOTICE
UNTIL SUSPENDED BY THE CAPTAIN OF THE PORT, JACKSONVILLE, FL VIA BROADCAST ON
VHF-FM CHANNEL 16 AND CANCELLATION OF THIS BROADCAST NOTICE TO MARINERS
MESSAGE.
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//271242Z MAY 26//
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