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OPS-004 • Lead Mission Planner: P. Patel · Minimum Plan Version: V8

P. Patel’s Mission Planner

Search the live debris catalog to find your object, then generate a preliminary mission plan. P. Patel will calculate real orbital parameters: delta-V requirements, fuel allocation, approach window, and vehicle assignment. The plan will be version 8 at minimum. Versions 1 through 7 have been retired. This is not optional.

P. Patel mission planning
P. PATEL · LEAD MISSION PLANNER · ORC
PLAN VERSION V8+ · VERSIONS 1–7 RETIRED
01 / METHODOLOGY

How P. Patel plans a mission

P. Patel has planned every ORC mission since 2013. The current plan version is V11 for one mission and V8 for the rest. Plans below V8 were retired. The reasons are documented. The document is V4 of itself.

01

Orbital characterisation

Live orbital parameters are retrieved directly from the US Space Surveillance Network catalog. Altitude, inclination, period, and radar cross-section drive the core calculations. P. Patel does not accept parameters provided without a NORAD reference. P. Patel has said this clearly. On multiple occasions.

02

Delta-V & fuel estimate

P. Patel calculates the Hohmann transfer delta-V from the vehicle’s parking orbit to the target orbit, plus inclination correction and proximity operations reserve. Finance is informed of the fuel estimate at this stage. Finance then comments. Finance always comments.

03

Plan issued

The preliminary plan is issued for regulatory review. L. Sandhu reviews. A. Kowalski coordinates. M. Hargreaves authorises. C. Morrison is already drafting the report. The plan is never final until it is complete. Even then, C. Morrison may add a note.

NOTE · P. PATEL  This planner uses live data from the US Space Surveillance Network public catalog via CelesTrak. Delta-V calculations use simplified two-impulse Hohmann transfer assumptions. Actual mission plans account for eccentricity, phasing, and proximity operations not captured here. The output is a preliminary planning estimate, not a mission plan. The mission plan will be at least V8.
02 / CATALOG

Find your object

Live data from the US Space Surveillance Network public catalog via CelesTrak. Enter a NORAD number for an exact match, or search by name.

NORAD CATALOG LOOKUP

Fastest route. P. Patel will retrieve the exact orbital record.

OBJECT NAME SEARCH

Search by name across the full 27,000-object catalog.

SUGGESTED OBJECTS

Objects of planning interest

Representative objects across different orbital zones and complexity classes. Click any to load live data and begin mission planning.

DATA: US SPACE SURVEILLANCE NETWORK PUBLIC CATALOG · VIA CELESTRAK.ORG · US GOVERNMENT PUBLIC DOMAIN · UPDATED DAILY
03 / PLAN

Mission parameters & plan output

Generate mission plan
PLAN OUTPUT

Preliminary mission plan

AWAITING INPUT

Use the catalog search above to find your object, or fill in the parameters manually, then generate the plan.

P. Patel is standing by. P. Patel is always standing by.