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Navigational Warnings (NAVAREA IV 372/23 and NAVAREA XII 176/23) were published today for the long awaited inaugural launch of SpaceX's STARSHIP, the vehicle that one day should bring people to the Moon and Mars.
The Navigational Warnings fit an orbit with an orbital inclination of about 26.36 degrees. The resulting trajectory is visualised in the map above (numbers next to the trajectory represent the approximate elapsed time, in minutes, after launch).
Launch is from Starbase Texas, and just short of one full revolution after launch (i.e., strictly speaking this is a suborbital flight), Starship will splash down in the Pacific Ocean in the Pacific Missile Range north of Hawaii.
The estimated TLE below is for launch on April 6 at 11:25 UTC:
STARSHIP for launch on 6 April 2023 11:25:00 UTC
1 70002U 23999A 23096.47569444 .00000000 00000-0 00000-0 0 07
2 70002 026.3626 168.8581 0338186 110.5558 323.6714 15.99790612 02
If the launch actually is on another date/time, you can adjust the TLE to the new date/time with my program "TLEfromProxy".
The window of the Navigational Warnings runs from April 6 to April 12, 11:25 to 17:10 UTC daily. The text of the Navigational Warnings is below:
250611Z MAR 23
NAVAREA IV 372/23(11,28).
GULF OF MEXICO.
TEXAS.
1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS, ROCKET LAUNCHING
1125Z TO 1710Z DAILY 06 THRU 12 APR
IN AREAS BOUND BY
25-57.00N 097-12.00W, 26-02.00N 097-12.00W,
26-06.00N 096-46.00W, 26-05.00N 095-44.00W,
25-57.00N 093-13.00W, 25-43.00N 092-44.00W,
25-33.00N 092-44.00W, 25-32.00N 093-07.00W,
25-47.00N 095-14.00W, 25-52.00N 096-17.00W,
25-53.00N 096-46.00W.
2. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS, SPACE DEBRIS
1255Z TO 1710Z DAILY 06 THRU 12 APR
IN AREAS BOUND BY
25-57.00N 097-12.00W, 26-02.00N 097-12.00W,
26-03.00N 097-07.00W, 26-07.00N 096-59.00W,
26-10.00N 096-49.00W, 26-32.00N 096-25.00W,
26-42.00N 095-34.00W, 26-42.00N 092-53.00W,
26-08.00N 091-05.00W, 25-32.00N 090-24.00W,
24-37.00N 084-52.00W, 24-30.00N 084-52.00W,
25-09.00N 090-30.00W, 24-55.00N 091-06.00W,
25-09.00N 092-53.00W, 25-14.00N 093-53.00W,
24-58.00N 094-40.00W, 25-12.00N 096-10.00W,
25-54.00N 097-04.00W
2.CANCEL THIS MSG 121810Z APR 23.//
291338Z MAR 23
NAVAREA XII 176/23(GEN).
NORTH PACIFIC.
HAWAII TO MARSHALL ISLANDS.
1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS, ROCKET LAUNCHING
1125Z TO 1850Z DAILY 06 THRU 12 APR
IN AREA BOUND BY
23-49.00N 157-42.00W, 23-30.00N 157-37.00W,
23-40.00N 156-57.00W, 23-58.00N 157-03.00W.
2. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS, SPACE DEBRIS
1255Z TO 1850Z DAILY 06 THRU 12 APR
IN AREA BOUND BY
22-09.00N 167-02.00W, 19-50.00N 174-26.00W,
18-19.00N 179-59.90W, 15-00.00N 173-24.00E,
11-44.00N 167-39.00E, 11-18.00N 167-54.00E,
13-44.00N 174-11.00E, 16-08.00N 179-30.00W,
18-10.00N 173-45.00W, 20-13.00N 167-33.00W,
21-52.00N 162-27.00W, 22-26.00N 160-32.00W,
23-04.00N 157-57.00W, 23-36.00N 155-42.00W,
24-05.00N 154-01.00W, 24-24.00N 153-16.00W,
24-43.00N 152-44.00W, 24-49.00N 152-48.00W,
24-41.00N 154-58.00W, 24-08.00N 158-18.00W,
23-21.00N 162-33.00W.
3. CANCEL THIS MSG 121950Z APR 23.//
Inaugural launches tend to slip, so it is well possible that the launch evetually will postpone to after April 12. But you never know!