ground track

American  

noun

1. the path on the earth's surface below an aircraft, missile, rocket, or spacecraft.

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Etymology

Origin of ground track

First recorded in 1975–80

Example Sentences

Since Discovery will be placed in a polar orbit, its ground track will cover the Soviet Union.

From Time Magazine Archive

Put a little dummy engine on these rails, and let it run to and fro along the platform car, while the platform car is pulled along the ground track.

From Stories by American Authors, Volume 5 by James, Henry

And number 1, in fifteen seconds, has gone its quarter of a mile along the ground track, and has reached station B. All this has been done in fifteen seconds.

From Stories by American Authors, Volume 5 by James, Henry