We Are Not Discussing ORC-2024-031
L. Sandhu has been reviewing the remainder since March 2024. The remainder is extensive.
Hover the black sections. Some of them reveal things. Some of them do not.
ORC completed mission ORC-2024-031 in 2024. The mission involved [REDACTED] at [REDACTED] altitude, using [REDACTED]. The outcome was SUCCESS. The object — or objects, the count is [REDACTED] — was disposed of in accordance with [REDACTED]. All regulatory requirements were met. The client was satisfied. The client has since [REDACTED].
We mention ORC-2024-031 in the ORC-2026-074 report as “the ORC-2024-031 situation, which we also do not discuss publicly, but for different reasons.” This is accurate. The reasons are different. The reasons for not discussing it are [REDACTED].
[REDACTED] contacted ORC in [REDACTED] with a request that was, in M. Hargreaves’ words, [REDACTED].
The characterisation data provided by the client was [REDACTED]. Our astrodynamics team reviewed it. Dr. Chen’s initial assessment was [REDACTED]. The team proceeded.
The mission itself proceeded [REDACTED]. The object was located at [REDACTED]. Its mass was [REDACTED]. Its attitude state was [REDACTED]. We managed.
Disposal was completed via [REDACTED]. Re-entry, where applicable, was confirmed over [REDACTED]. The object no longer exists in [REDACTED]. This was the desired outcome.
The client received the mission report. The client requested [REDACTED]. The final report was issued. The client acknowledged it. That is the end of what we can say.
| Service tier | [REDACTED] |
| Vehicle | [REDACTED] |
| Altitude | [REDACTED] |
| Objects involved | [REDACTED] |
| Mission duration | [REDACTED] |
| Outcome | Successful. This we can say. |
| Anomalies | [REDACTED] |
| Documentation issued | Yes. To the client. Not to us. The client has the documentation. We have a signed receipt. |
| Review cycles | 14. L. Sandhu is still reviewing. |
| Things we cannot confirm | Most things. See above. |
| Things we can confirm | The mission happened. It succeeded. It is done. Moving on. |
ORC publishes mission dispatches as a record of our work and as a demonstration to potential clients of how we operate. ORC-2024-031 is part of our work. We operated. We are therefore including it.
L. Sandhu has reviewed fourteen drafts of this report and approved the current version on the condition that it contains [REDACTED].
M. Hargreaves has reviewed the report and confirmed that nothing in the published version [REDACTED].
We are moving on. The next report has more information in it. We recommend it.