While there are a great many possible sub-orbital flight profiles, it is expected that some will be more common than others.
The missile would not carry out terrain following in this flight profile.
This is emphasised for civil aircraft where flight profiles are almost standard.
The planned flight profile called for slowing to Mach 2.4 before turning back to base.
As Meretskov started a banking turn he saw both missiles rising according to their flight profile.
Two different flight profiles were originally proposed by Space Adventures.
Energy climb techniques and flight profiles were developed to put the Lightning into a suitable attack position.
Pretty sure, judging by the flight profile and the damage they caused.
The launch conditions were the same as the first two firings but the missile flew a different flight profile.