Collecting environmental data along a ballistic trajectory

An automated system for collecting environmental data along a ballistic trajectory, the automated system comprising:

• a) at least one memory storing instructions;
• b) at least one processor being configured to execute the instructions to perform operations, the operations comprising:
• i) automatically estimating the ballistic trajectory of a projectile, the ballistic trajectory based on at least:
• projectile information, firing information, and target information;
• ii) automatically converting the ballistic trajectory into a ballistic flight path comprising one or more segments, each of the segments, each of the segments comprising a plurality of coordinates, the coordinates located along the ballistic trajectory, the ballistic flight path based on at least:
• firing location information and target location information;
• iii) electronically communicating the ballistic flight path to a guidance system of an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV), the guidance system being configured to cause the UAV to navigate along the ballistic flight path;
• and
• iv) automatically collecting the environmental data along the ballistic flight path.