Somehow, whenever i try to remove ion cannon(mk2) from platform, it gives me not the cannon but a basic radar instead.

And i have the issue when i have "mobile version" of cannons, that doesnt work at all. Cannons just doesnt work (i dont know, feature is this or actually something broke)

Thanks for reply whenever it'll happens.

And also, mod version - 3.8.9

the ion cannon cannot be deinstalled. it ist a fixed installation in the orbit of current planet.
if you dismantle the controller (looks like a radar), you get a radar. because controllers are currently not repositionable.
In a future version this could change and you will lose control of the ion cannon until you place a new one.

Understood

on a related note :

Currently the resulting item can be placed on planets wich can waste a lot of resouces (it places a radar and gives back a normal radar) without adding any ion cannons.
can i suggest to add limitations to the entity?
Snippet from the asteroid collector definition:
surface_conditions =
{
{
property = "pressure",
min = 0,
max = 0
}
},

adding this definitions makes it being unbuildable on any planet and only on space platforms (modded planets excluded)