On two occasions, I have lost my operator status for a space station. There is no event that says I've been removed as operator, and the owner of the station did not remove me.
I checked my "Manage Operator Space Stations" page, and all of a sudden, the station is no longer listed.
The only circumstances I'm aware of where you do not receive an event is if someone else was assigned as Operator instead of you. It could have been done by the station Owner or Manager. The event is only sent when the Unassign option is used, not if you are replaced by someone else with the Assign option.
Stations do not simply unassign themselves from people on their own.
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