try bsxfun
altitude = [100 150 200 250 300 350];
%Altitude calculations based on Elevation angle
El_angle = [0 pi/90 pi/45 pi/30 2*pi/45 pi/18]; %0 2 4 6 8 10 deg
Height_ReRatio=((altitude+Re)/Re).^2;
slant_rang = bsxfun(@(x,y)Re*(sqrt(x-((cos(y)).^2))-sin(y)),Height_ReRatio(:),El_angle);
