Distance of Closest Approach

Views Updated: Dec 15, 2025

Key Facts

Abbreviation
DCA
Pronunciation
/ˈdɪstəns əv ˈkloʊsəst əˈproʊʧ/
Category
Governmental
Related Field
NASA

Examples in Context

  1. According to current relative motion relationship between targets and own's ship, and DCPA_S ( Distance of the Closest Safe Point of Approach ), the estimated model of own's ship safe course domain based on collision avoidance geometry is established in this paper.

Other meanings of DCA