{"id":16015,"date":"2021-11-11T14:51:03","date_gmt":"2021-11-11T19:51:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ops.group\/blog\/?p=16015"},"modified":"2022-03-28T04:27:52","modified_gmt":"2022-03-28T08:27:52","slug":"rocket-debris-in-bodo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ops.group\/blog\/rocket-debris-in-bodo\/","title":{"rendered":"Rocket Debris in Bod\u00f8"},"content":{"rendered":"

On November 16 the Arianespace Vega rocket, otherwise known as VV20, will be launched from French Guiana.<\/p>\n

The rocket will carry some Ceres satellites for the French military into space.<\/p>\n

Will the launch affect aviation?<\/h4>\n

The Guiana Space Centre, also known as Europe Spaceport is a French (and rest of Europe) launch site.<\/p>\n

It is here –<\/p>\n

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To give some worldwide context.<\/p><\/div>\n

So if you are flying into SOCA\/Cayenne <\/strong>or SMJO\/Paramaribo <\/strong>airports (or any of the smaller domestic ones around there) on that day you might want to watch out for some prohibited airspace around the Space Center.<\/strong><\/p>\n

You can read more about the space centre, and this upcoming mission, on the Space Center website<\/a>, and if you are in the area go check it out or even watch the launch.<\/p>\n

But in general, the actual going-up-of-the-rocket is not the issue. It is the bits that come down again that are.<\/p>\n

Where are the bits going to come down?<\/h4>\n

The launch has a northbound trajectory<\/strong> and as the third stage detaches, debris from this is expected to fall somewhere in the ENOB\/Bod\u00f8 or the BIRD\/Reykjavik Oceanic FIRs<\/strong> – both of which are of course part of the North Atlantic region<\/strong> where a fair amount of of traffic often tends to be.<\/p>\n

The latitude is from around 70\u00b050N to 74\u00b010N<\/strong> so is unlikely to impact the NAT HLA organised track system, but may impact some random route or polar flights.<\/strong><\/p>\n

So there will be a restricted bit of airspace, and by restricted we mean traffic totally forbidden<\/strong>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Here is a picture of it –\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Eurocontrol’s map.<\/p><\/div>\n

And to put that into better context, here it is superimposed on a larger area of map.<\/p>\n

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Eurocontrol’s map on top of another map.<\/p><\/div>\n

When will it happen?<\/h4>\n

The primary launch window is on November 16<\/strong>, which means debris could be expected between the very specific times of 09:32 – 11:49 UTC.<\/strong> If this doesn\u2019t go ahead for whatever reason then the secondary launch window is on November 26<\/strong>, with debris fall hazards between the same times again.<\/p>\n

The timings of the airspace restriction will be confirmed in Notam via the Norwegian NOTAM office. For now, ENOB Notam A4648\/21 has the info.<\/strong><\/p>\n

A4648\/21 - TEMPO DANGER AREA 'ZC\/VV20-Z9 FALLING AREA' ACTIVATED WITHIN\r\nLIMITS OF BODOE OCEANIC (ENOB) FIR. FALLING AREA FOR SCIENTIFIC\r\nROCKET FROM FRENCH GUIANA SPACE CENTER. DANGEROUS ZONE BOUNDARIES \r\nARE PSN 713431N 0000000E - 741000N 0265100E - 732700N 0270400E - \r\n705000N 0000000E - (713431N 0000000E). GND - UNL, DAILY 0932-1149, 16 NOV 09:32\r\n2021 UNTIL 26 NOV 11:49 2021. CREATED: 08 NOV 11:21 2021<\/pre>\n
What is the overall operational impact likely to be?<\/h4>\n
It is likely to be low.<\/strong> It is a short window and a narrow area of airspace that is expected to be impacted, but caution should be applied if you are operating in that region during those times.<\/p>\n
Fancy reading some more on space stuff?<\/h4>\n
Here’s an article we wrote before<\/a> looking at the impact of space travel on ground based aviation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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