Essays on Space and Satellite Communications, by Robert A. Nelson

He originally developed the course Satellite Communications Design & Engineering. That course is now taught by Chris DeBoy who leads the RF Engineering Group in the Space Department at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory Note: Dr. Robert A. Nelson, P.E., was president of Satellite Engineering Research Corporation, a satellite engineering consulting firm in Bethesda, MD, and a contributing writer to Via Satellite, He originally developed the course course Satellite Communication Systems Engineering: LEO, MEO, GEO covers a broad array of topics in satellite communications, including a detailed technical review of the Iridium system. See ATI’s current Schedule of ATI Space, Communications, Radar and Sonar Courses for additions and updates.

Tutorial Articles on Space and Satellite Communications

• Antennas: The Interface with Space
• International System Units
• Iridium : From Concept to Reality
• Rocket Thrust Equation and Launch Vehicles
• The Global Positioning System
• The Global Positioning System – A National Resource

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Essays and Articles on Rockets, Physics, Space, Creativity and Breakthrough Thinking — by Thomas Logsdon

Thomas S. Logsdon, is an award-winning rocket scientist with an international reputation. He has written and published 1.5 million words, including 27 non-fiction books. He has delivered 700 lectures, helped design an exhibit for the Smithsonian Institution, applied for a patent, and made guest appearances on 25 television shows. A highly innovative mathematician and systems analyst in the aerospace industry, Logsdon has helped mastermind such large and complicated projects as the Apollo moon flights, NASA’s orbiting Skylab, and the DoD’s Navstar navigation system. In the past decade, Logsdon has taught more than one hundred 2-day and 3-day short courses in 18 different countries scattered across five continents.

• Booster Rocket Pioneers
• Hazardous Encounters with Orbital Space Debris
• Mapping Our Big, Wide, Wonderful World
• Requiem for the Space Shuttle
• Rocket Propulsion Fundamentals
• Routing Ships on the High Seas
• Schemes for Enhancing the Saturn V Translunar Payload Capability
• Some Spectacular Space-Age Repairs
• The Bumpy Road to Space
• The Shot Heard ‘Round Aunt Effie’s Cabbage Patch
• Using Wounded Dogs to Navigate Ships on the High Seas
• Watching an Apple Falling from a Tree

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Essays on Wavelets — by D. Lee Fugal

D. Lee Fugal has over 30 years of industry experience in Digital Signal Processing (including Wavelets) and Satellite Communications. He has taught upper-division University courses in DSP and in Satellites as well as Wavelet short courses and seminars for Practicing Engineers and Management. He is a Senior Member of IEEE, and a recipient of the IEEE Third Millennium Medal. His ATI course, Wavelets: A Conceptual, Practical Approach is being presented February 24-26 in San Diego, CA, and June 1-3 in Beltsville, MD. Download free select chapters of D. Lee Fugal’s book, Conceptual Wavelets in Digital Signal Processing.

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Essays on Systems Engineering and Project Management — by Eric Honour

Eric Honour is the presenter of the following ATI Courses:

• Certified Systems Professional – CSEP Preparation
• Fundamentals of Systems Engineering
• Applied Systems Engineering
• Architecting with DODAF- M136
• Test And Evaluation- Principles
• Systems Of Systems

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Essays on Submarines — by Captain Raymond B. Wellborn, U.S. Navy (retired)

Capt. Captain Raymond B. Wellborn served 13 years in the submarine fleet. He annually teaches a three-day course for the Applied Technology Institute, Submarines And Their Combat Systems The USS Virginia – America’s Newest Sub

More About the Navy:

• OPNAV Organizational Alignment
• NAVY Organization – The Shore Establishment
• US NAVY Links Of Interest

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Essays and tutorials on Hyperspectral & Multispectral Imaging — by Dr. Richard Gomez

Dr. Gomez is the presenter of ATI’s Hyperspectral and Multispectral Imaging course

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An essay on New Developments In Radar Technology — by Bob Hill

New Developments In Radar Technology, by Bob Hill Bob Hill is presenter of the following ATI courses:

• Radar Systems Fundamentals
• Synthetic Aperture Radar

Like all ATI courses it can be presented at a place and time of your choosing for six or more qualified students.

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An essay on Target Classification Using Three Dimensional (3-D) Data — by Dr. Steven Kay

Dr. Kay is author and presenter of Practical Statistical Signal Processing — using MATLAB, a 4-day course covers signal processing systems for radar, sonar, communications, speech, imaging and other applications based on state-of-the-art computer algorithms. Like all ATI courses it can be presented at a place and time of your choosing for six or more qualified students.