An ion thruster, ion drive, or ion engine is a form of electric propulsion used for spacecraft propulsion. An ion thruster creates a cloud of positive ions from a neutral gas by ionizing it to extract some electrons from its atoms. The ions are then accelerated using electricity to …

An ion pulse was a type of warhead. An ion pulse was installed on Naboo, following the Trade Federation's invasion of the planet in 32 BBY. It disabled any threat that was outside the Theed Royal Palace upon its activation.

Ion missiles, with some varieties called ion pulse missiles, were warheads designed to disable craft in a similar way to Ion cannons or Conner nets. More comprehensive in their effect than magnetic pulse warheads, which simply knocked out weapons systems, they permitted craft without ion cannons...

2024年11月2日 · Dawn's futuristic, hyper-efficient ion propulsion system allows Dawn to go into orbit around two different solar system bodies, a first for any spacecraft. Meeting the ambitious mission objectives would be impossible without the ion engines.

2024年9月17日 · However, it is not only laser pulses that provide answers to unsolved questions in physics, but also ion pulses: a new method has now been used to generate extremely short, powerful pulses of...

Ion thrusters are being designed for a wide variety of missions—from keeping communications satellites in the proper position (station-keeping) to pro-pelling spacecraft throughout our solar system.

The ion pulse cannon was a massive experimental ion cannon model fitted onto the Subjugator-class heavy cruiser Malevolence. Rather than targeting a specific enemy vessel, the ion pulse cannon fired a massive ion burst that expanded outward from the …

2024年9月17日 · However, it is not only laser pulses that provide answers to unsolved questions in physics, but also ion pulses: a new method has now been used to generate extremely short, powerful pulses of...

2019年5月8日 · In this paper, we propose a concept to generate ultrashort ion pulses via femtosecond photoionization of rare gas atoms entrained in a supersonic jet, combined with ion optical bunching of the resulting ion package.

Ion Pulse Drive. The Ion Pulse Drive is actually a type of ion propulsion engine, or ion thruster. I've see the ion engine work in video as a simple science project, a light tethered object charges the air positively to create enough force to generate lift. Ion Thrusters. There has actually been lots of theory and experimentation with ion ...