Roychowdhury, Debdeep https://orcid.org/0009-0002-7737-1873
Grau, Sebastian https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3467-2748
Boyer, Fynn https://orcid.org/0009-0000-1008-5392
Kapitola, Sascha https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1059-5365
Legenza, Alan
Diez, José Manuel https://orcid.org/0009-0006-1062-8741
Palmer, Benjamin https://orcid.org/0009-0005-7881-1406
Stoll, Enrico https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4760-3445
Funding for this research was provided by:
Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt (50 RU 180)
Technische Universität Berlin
Article History
Received: 31 May 2025
Revised: 29 November 2025
Accepted: 19 January 2026
First Online: 3 March 2026
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: The authors declare no conflict of interest.
: A preliminary version of this work, focusing on early commissioning and initial orbit correction, was presented at the 2024 International Astronautical Congress (Roychowdhury et al., 2024) [ ]. This journal article significantly extends that work with new results, expanded analyses, and substantial additional content. The IAC paper is properly cited as contextual background, and the content of this manuscript is substantially new and distinct.
: Relevant subsections in Sect. describing the definitions, conventions, and equations have been rewritten with slight modifications from our earlier publication [ ] to ensure the manuscript remains self-contained and reader-friendly.