downrange

downrange [adjective doun-reynj; adverb doun-reynj] Word Origin adjective, adverb 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.

Origin of downrange First recorded in 1950–55; down1 + range British Dictionary definitions for downrange downrange adjective, adverb

1. in the direction of the intended flight path of a rocket or missile