Using an ion drive, it will gently nudge these useless scraps out of orbit.

通过使用电离驱动，太空舱将把那些无用的废弃物轻轻推出轨道。

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An ESA engineer working with engineers in the UK may have found a solution using a new type of orbit combined with continuous-thrust ion propulsion.

来自欧空局和英国的工程师们可能已经找到了解决方案——采用新型轨道与连续离子动力推进相结合的方式。

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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.

离子推进由太阳光提供动力，以微量的氙气作为推进剂，将使卫星停留在地球和火星的轨道之间。

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"We will use the tremendous capabilities of this ion propulsion system to climb out of orbit around Vesta, travel for almost another three years through the asteroid belt to dwarf planet Ceres and then go into orbit around Ceres and undertake the same kind of measurements there that we'll be doing at Vesta.

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For much of last year, supporters of Anonymous downloaded a program called Low Orbit Ion Canon (LOIC) to launch their DDoS attacks.

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Even though Anontune's creators say the service isn't a rebuttal to the shuttering of the file-sharing service, its timely unveiling could serve as a model for a different way for Anonymous to respond to incidents (as opposed to, say, directing Low Orbit Ion Cannons at the website of the Recording Industry Association of America).

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