| 释义 |
down-range, downrange, adv. Chiefly U.S.
[down prep. 3.]
In a position along the course of a missile, space-vehicle, or the like. Also attrib., designating a station or observation-point thus placed.
1952N.Y. Times 9 Mar. 4/1 ‘Down-range’ stations at Jupiter Inlet on the Florida coast and on Grand Bahama Island already provide instrumentation 200 miles from the missile launching sites on Cape Canaveral. 1953Monsanto Mag. July 3 They seized upon the light house as a reference point. From it they worked ‘down range’ to establish a series of stations from which to observe the flight of missiles. Ibid., A typical down range station is a little electronic city set up to track missiles, predict weather, receive telemetry signals from missiles. 1962G. Cooper in Into Orbit 28 We had already worked out rescue and recovery procedures for picking up the Astronaut down-range. 1966Times 28 Feb. (Canada Suppl.) p. xii/3 Some experts believe it can fire a projectile 160 miles downrange. |