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During axial thrusting of a spin-stabilized spacecraft undergoing orbital injections or control maneuvers, misalignments and center-of-mass offset create undesired body-fixed torques. The effects of the body-fixed torques, which in turn cause velocity pointing errors, can be red…

The Neptune-Triton system is currently relatively unexplored, with only one flyby mission in its history. While valuable insight into the Neptune-Triton system was gained by the observations of that mission, many questions are still unanswered. This need motivates continued expl…