downrange

[doun-reynj, 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

Word History and Origins

Origin of downrange¹

First recorded in 1950–55; down ¹ + range

Example Sentences

We erupt in cheers, and run downrange to inspect the carnage.

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Instead of trudging back to the treb for the seventh shot, a few of us linger downrange, about 30 yards to the side of the wall.

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But downrange, it’s another miss, another splash of dirt.

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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.

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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.

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