The ID they use is from a US government database: https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=2018-017A https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecr

The ID they use is from a US government database: https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=2018-017A https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id... I'm not sure if it was the lack of trajectories or the unusual orbit which caused the automation issue at MPC.