Course Curriculum

  • 1

    Lesson 13: Introduction to Geospatial Remote Sensing

    • Portions of Ballistic Missile Flight

    • Observables during Missile Flight

    • Missile Types

    • Missile Flight Characteristics
  • 2

    Lesson 14: Missile Launch Detection

    • Why Did Missile Detection Get Started?

    • Early Approach

    • Beginning of Missile Plume Detection

    • Missile Plume Emission Types

    • Thermal Spectral Signatures
  • 3

    Lesson 15: Missile Tracking

    • Portions of Ballistic Missile Flight

    • Missile Types

    • Missile Flight Characteristics

    • Minuteman 2 Flight Profile

    • Boost Phase Tracking

    • Midcourse Tracking

    • PAR
  • 4

    Lesson 16: Missile Defense

    • Elements of a Missile Defense System

    • Long history: Systems and Agencies

    • Current Systems/Sensors – Aegis

    • Current Systems/Sensors – Patriot

    • Current Systems/Sensors – THAAD

    • Current Systems/Sensors – GMD
  • 5

    Lesson 17: Nuclear Event Characteristics

    • Missions

    • Nuclear State of the World

    • Observables

    • Atmospheric detonation

    • Characteristic Nuclear Detonation Optical Time History

    • Platforms

    • Sensors

    • Agencies Involved
  • 6

    Lesson 18: Lightning Detection

    • Objectives and Applications

    • Location, Time of Day, and Season

    • Lightning Visible Flash Characteristics

    • Spectral Characteristics

    • Typical lightning flash spectrum

    • Backgrounds

    • Proposed Sensor

    • Possible Sensor Improvements

    • Platforms Used
  • 7

    Lesson 19: Conventional Explosion Detection

    • Explosions

    • Summary of Sensors and Platforms

    • Basic Sensor Concepts

    • WSS Parameters

    • WSS Capabilities

    • Raytheon: Boomerang

    • Domestic Usage

    • Boomerang: Air Mounted

  • 8

    Final Exam

    • Geospatial Analysis Exam

About the instructor

Co-founder | iSight RPV Services

Nathanial Leben

Nate Leben, a University of North Dakota commercial aviation graduate, has been in the aviation industry for over 20 years with more than 10 years specifically pertaining to UAS as an instructor and evaluator pilot for General Atomics. A strong advocate for safe and effective UAS operation in the NAS, he brings real-life experience operating in congested airspace amongst other unmanned and manned aircraft that he learned while flying in different areas throughout the United States and in theater - to include Iraq, Afghanistan, Africa and others. Since graduating from UND, Nate has gone on to finish his Master of Arts in Diplomacy with a focus in International Conflict Management. He also served honorably in the Air National Guard for over 10 years.

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