Examples of 'ion engine' in a sentence

Meaning of "ion engine"

Ion engine: An ion engine is a type of propulsion system that uses ionized particles to generate thrust for spacecraft or satellites. By expelling ions at high speeds through an electric or electromagnetic field, ion engines can achieve efficient and continuous acceleration in the vacuum of space, enabling long-distance travel and orbital maneuvers
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  • a type of spacecraft propulsion, whereby electric fields accelerate ions out the exhaust to provide motive force

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Activating ion engine thrust drive in three.
It also had an experimental ion engine.
Initiating ion engine burn.
My thought on this is it sounds a lot like an ion engine.
But then switched to an ion engine for its journey through deep space.
Could be used to power an ion engine.
The ion engine replaces the chemical fuel with an inert gas like xenon.
The orbiter will use a single xenon ion engine.
NSTAR ion engine.
The focus of this mission phase was on the ion engine systems.
With an ion engine that can generate a strong magnetic field, sir.
The Hermes is powered by a plasma ion engine powered by nuclear energy.
Now, the difference is that this is more like an ion engine.
With the ion engine technique, previously unfeasible missions should soon be possible.
The Hayabusa project was the first ever test of the ion engine in a practical situation.

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I have to fire my ion engine thrusters … off to the sides so I do not blast it.
NASA successfully tested an ion engine.
VASIMR 's ion engine gets an added radio frequency generator and a second stage.
This electrical repulsion is the heart of John 's revolutionary machine, the Ion engine.
In early March, we will temporarily stop the ion engine to estimate its precise orbit.
GOCE 's orbital altitude will also be maintained with the assistance of an on-board ion engine.
You have very, very low thrust . An ion engine generates The same amount of thrust.
The Dawn spacecraft was able to achieve a record-breaking level of propulsion from its ion engine.
At that altitude, Tsubame activated its ion engine to maintain its orbit for one month.
Nobody 's hiring an ex-con with fake hands to build an ion engine.
Activating ion engine thrust drive in three … two, one.
Once in space, this small craft will use an ion engine to reach the Moon.
The ion engine chamber?
Whoa, I have never been inside an ion engine before.
A Glenn-derived ion engine was used on the successful NASA probe Deep Space 1.
Duranium metal shell, ion engine power.
Among them, Tesla music transformers, DC multipliers up to 75 kV, Marx generator, ion engine.
On 4 November 2009, the ion engine D automatically stopped working due to an anomaly from degradation.
SERT-1 was the first spacecraft to utilize ion engine design.
Another promising technology, tested on Deep Space 1, is the ion engine.
Object is a class-F shuttlecraft . Duranium metal shell, ion engine power.
But if we were in space, the .22 would be just like the ion engine.
Computed. Object is a class-F shuttlecraft. Duranium metal shell, ion engine power.

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