ORC Statement Regarding Recent Media Coverage
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Orbital Recovery Crew Ltd wishes to address a number of inaccuracies contained in reporting published this week regarding Mission ORC-2023-019. ORC did not approach a national newspaper. ORC did not authorise any member of staff to speak on its behalf to any media organisation regarding this mission or any other.
Mission ORC-2023-019 was a standard retrieval operation ████████████████████████████████████. The mission was completed within the agreed operational window. All procedures were followed. The object was retrieved, processed, and disposed of per client specification and in full compliance with COSPAR guidelines. The mission file is closed.
ORC did not confirm that the object was, in the words of the published article, “of uncertain provenance.” ORC’s position is that the object was a piece of orbital debris. It was in an orbit. ORC retrieved it.
Regarding the source described as “a former ORC technician with direct knowledge of the mission”: this individual ██████████████████████████████████████████████ The individual has been informed.
ORC wishes to address the photograph published on page 14. The photograph ██████████████████████████████████████████████████████████. The photograph was taken by a member of the retrieval crew. It was not intended for external distribution. The crew member has been spoken to.
The full findings from Mission ORC-2023-019 were shared with ██████████████████████████████ in the standard manner. A further statement will be issued if required. A further statement has not been required.