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ion engine

A rocket engine that develops thrust by expelling ions rather than gaseous combustion products. Also called ion rocket.

ion engine

(Astronautics) a type of rocket engine in which thrust is obtained by the electrostatic acceleration of charged positive ions Compare plasma engine

ion engine

A rocket engine that develops thrust by expelling ions fired by an electron gun, used in some spacecraft. Though ion engines create less thrust than chemical combustion engines, they are considerably more efficient and require very little propellant, resulting in much lighter weight and less need for high thrust. See also solar-electric propulsion.

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ion engine - a type of reaction-propulsion engine to propel rockets in space; a stream of positive ions is accelerated to a high velocity by an electric field

reaction engine, reaction-propulsion engine - a jet or rocket engine based on a form of aerodynamic propulsion in which the vehicle emits a high-speed stream

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ion rocket ionic propulsion reaction engine reaction-propulsion engine reactive thrust solar-electric propulsion			The ion thrusters, powered by solar electricity and using tiny amounts of xenon gas as propellant, would hold the satellites in a B-orbit in full view of both Mars and Earth. New concept may enhance Earth-Mars communication by Asian News International The group introduces the technical side of nuclear propulsion and addresses nuclear thermal rocket propulsion systems, applications of ion thrusters to nuclear electric missions, high power and high-thrust-density electric propulsion for space transportation, metric configurations, and the legal issues and policies that need to be developed about the safety of nuclear propulsion systems and applications. Nuclear space power and propulsion systems by SciTech Book News The ion thrusters, powered by solar electricity and using tiny amounts of xenon gas as propellant, would hold the satellites in a B-orbit in full view of both Mars and Earth. New concept may enhance Earth-Mars communication by Asian News International			Iodol iodometry iodophor iodoprotein iodopsin Iodoquinine Iodothyrin iodothyronine iodotyrosine iodous Iodous acid Ioduret Iodyrite IOL iolite IOM ion ion beam ion engine ion exchange ion implantation ion microscope ion propulsion ion pump ion rocket Ion thruster ion trap Ion. Iona Ionamin IONARC ionate Ionesco Ionia Ionian Ionian Islands Ionian order Ionian Sea Ionic ionic beam ionic bond ionic charge Ionic dialect Ionic foot ionic medication Ionic mode Ionic order ionic propulsion Ionic sect Ionic type Ionicism			ion potential ion probe Ion Projection Lithography ion propulsion ion propulsion Ion Propulsion Control Unit ion pump ion pump ion pump Ion Release and Deposition Imaging Ion Release Module ion retardation ion rocket Ion Scattering Spectrometry Ion Scattering Spectroscopy Ion Scattering Spectroscopy Ion Selective Carrier Membrane Electrodes Ion selective electrode Ion selective electrode Ion Sensitive Field Effect Device Ion sensitive field effect transistor Ion source Ion Source Test Facility Ion Source Test Stand Ion sources Ion Specific Electrode ion spot Ion Stimulated Desorption Ion Temperature Gradient-Driven Turbulence Ion thruster ion transfer Ion transport Ion transporter Ion transporter Ion transporter ion trap ion trap ion trap Ion Trap Detector Ion Trap Mass Spectroscopy ion trapping ion trapping ion trapping Ion Vapor Deposition Ion wind generator Ion wind generator Ion-Acoustic ion-acoustic wave Ion-Assisted Deposition Ion-Assisted Pulsed-Laser Deposition ion-assisted sputter deposition Ion-Beam Materials Laboratory ion-beam mixing ion-beam scanning ion-beam thinning Ion-Channel Electron Cyclotron Maser Ion-channels Ion-channels ion-cyclotron-resonance mass spectrometer Ion-Electron Emission

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ion engine (redirected from Ion thruster)

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