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  2. Slant range - Wikipedia

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    An example of slant range is the distance to an aircraft flying at high altitude with respect to that of the radar antenna. The slant range (1) is the hypotenuse of the triangle represented by the altitude of the aircraft and the distance between the radar antenna and the aircraft's ground track (point (3) on the earth directly below the aircraft).

  3. Slant - Wikipedia

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    Slant range, in telecommunications, the line-of-sight distance between two points which are not at the same level Slant drilling (or Directional drilling), the practice of drilling non-vertical wells Slant height , is the distance from any point on the circle to the apex of a right circular cone

  4. Height finder - Wikipedia

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    In World War II, a height finder was an optical rangefinder used to determine the altitude of an aircraft (actually the slant range from the emplacement which was combined with the angle of sight, in a mechanical computer, to produce altitude), used to direct anti-aircraft guns. [2] [3] Examples of American [3] and Japanese [4] versions exist ...

  5. Tactical air navigation system - Wikipedia

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    Typical US Air Force TACAN site using a dB Systems Model 900E TACAN Antenna. A tactical air navigation system, commonly referred to by the acronym TACAN, is a navigation system initially designed for naval aircraft to acquire moving landing platforms (i.e., ships) and later expanded for use by other military aircraft.

  6. Rifleman's rule - Wikipedia

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    This means that the rifle sight setting for any range from 0 to 500 meters is available. The sight adjustment procedure can be followed step-by-step. 1. Determine the slant range to the target. Assume that a range finder is available that determines that the target is exactly 300 meters distance. 2. Determine the elevation angle of the target.

  7. True-range multilateration - Wikipedia

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    There is no accepted or widely-used general term for what is termed true-range multilateration here . That name is selected because it: (a) is an accurate description and partially familiar terminology (multilateration is often used in this context); (b) avoids specifying the number of ranges involved (as does, e.g., range-range; (c) avoids implying an application (as do, e.g., DME/DME ...

  8. Trilateration - Wikipedia

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    True-range multilateration (also termed range-range multilateration and spherical multilateration) is a method to determine the location of a movable vehicle or stationary point in space using multiple ranges between the vehicle/point and multiple spatially-separated known locations (often termed "stations").

  9. Glossary of aerospace engineering - Wikipedia

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    Distance measuring equipment – (DME), is a radio navigation technology that measures the slant range (distance) between an aircraft and a ground station by timing the propagation delay of radio signals in the frequency band between 960 and 1215 megahertz (MHz). Line-of-visibility between the aircraft and ground station is required.