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Downrange is the horizontal distance travelled by a spacecraft, or the spacecraft's horizontal distance from the launch site. More often, it is used as an adverb or adjective specifying the direction of that travel being measured in a horizontal direction. An Ariane 5 expendable launch vehicle lifts off with the Rosetta spacecraft on March 2, 2004. ...


Downrange is also a military slang term for being deployed overseas, usually in a war zone.


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Downrange is the horizontal distance travelled by a spacecraft, or the spacecraft's horizontal distance from the launch site.
More often, it is used as an adverb or adjective specifying the direction of that travel being measured in a horizontal direction.
Downrange is also a military slang term for being deployed overseas, usually in a war zone.
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