SAFETY / ATLANTIC OCEAN-FLORIDA-CAPE CANAVERAL / SPACE OPERATIONS / CCGD7 BNM 9029-24
1. Space Launch Operations which may be hazardous to surface vessels will be
conducted within portions of Warning Areas: W-497A, W-497B and the following
Hazard Areas for U.S. Space Force Eastern Range OP X2113 FALCON 9 STARLINK
6-41:
A. From 28-39-00.03N/080-37-41.10W
To 28-39-00N/080-28-00W
To 28-30-00N/080-10-00W
To 28-24-00N/080-09-00W
To 28-21-00N/080-11-00W
To 28-23-00N/080-19-00W
To 28-29-21.22N/080-32-29.55W to beginning
B. From 26-15-00N/076-00-00W
To 26-06-00N/074-58-00W
To 25-36-00N/074-03-00W
To 25-23-00N/073-53-00W
To 25-09-00N/074-01-00W
To 25-06-00N/074-16-00W
To 25-08-00N/074-38-00W
To 25-18-00N/075-00-00W
To 25-58-00N/075-59-00W to beginning
2. Hazard periods for primary launch day and backup launch days (all times
are represented as Zulu time unless otherwise indicated):
04/2354 MAR 24 to 05/0425 MAR 24.
05/2328 MAR 24 to 06/0359 MAR 24.
06/2303 MAR 24 to 07/0334 MAR 24.
07/2238 MAR 24 to 08/0309 MAR 24.
08/2213 MAR 24 to 09/0244 MAR 24.
09/2148 MAR 24 to 10/0219 MAR 24.
3. The Coast Guard has established a Regulated Navigation Area under 33 CFR
165.775 to encompass the waters bound by the coordinates:
A. From 28-38-00N/080-36-58.21W
To 28-38-00N/080-34-00W
To 28-34-00N/080-30-00W
To 28-31-00N/080-31-00W
To 28-31-30.31N/080-33-31.37W, then following the shoreline back to the point
of origin.
B. Mariners are advised that the area encompassed by this zone is closed to
all vessels and persons except as authorized by the Commander, Seventh Coast
Guard District or the Captain of the Port, Jacksonville, FL beginning 45
minutes prior to the scheduled launch window in this notice until reopened by
the Captain of the Port, Jacksonville, FL via broadcast on VHF-FM channel 16
and cancellation of this Broadcast Notice to Mariners message. Detailed
launch information is available on the day of launch by contacting the Coast
Guard via VHF-FM channel 16 and 81A or through the U.S. Space Force Launch
Information hotline at 1-800-470-7232.
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 the geospatial chart at www.navcen.uscg.gov/chart for
information on Space Launch and Recovery Operations (SOLAR).
CANCEL AT//100219Z MAR 24//
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