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downrange

[ adjective doun-reynj; adverb doun-reynj ]

adjective

, Rocketry.
  1. being in the designated path from a launch pad to the point on a course generally taken as the target:

    The signal was picked up by a downrange radar station.



downrange

/ ˈdaʊnˈreɪndʒ /

adjective

  1. in the direction of the intended flight path of a rocket or missile
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of downrange1

First recorded in 1950–55; down 1 + range
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Example Sentences

This was the 17th launch of the first stage booster, and SpaceX made a recovery landing downrange on the Just Read the Instructions droneship in the Atlantic Ocean.

Noting that the drugs are illegal, Davids has told his force that any number above zero is unacceptable, whether during training or downrange when sailors are deployed.

Noting that the drugs are illegal, Davids has told his force that any number above zero is unacceptable, whether during training or downrange when sailors are deployed.

The first, the “rough braking” phase, began when the spacecraft was 30 kilometers above the moon in its orbit and about 750 km downrange from its landing site.

The first-stage booster made its fifth flight, with SpaceX once again recovering it downrange on its droneship A Shortfall of Gravitas in the Atlantic.

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