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Not to the best of my knowledge; even with battery backup, ion engines have so little thrust that spacecraft with them use a very different style of orbital man
by DylanSp 4y ago
Not to the best of my knowledge; even with battery backup, ion engines have so little thrust that spacecraft with them use a very different style of orbital maneuvers than craft with chemical engines. This [1] answer on Space Stack Exchange discusses how Dawn entered Ceres orbit using the normal thrust of its ion engines.
[1]https://space.stackexchange.com/a/6665/13208 https://space.stackexchange.com/a/6665/13208