Nightsat is a concept for a satellite system capable of global observation of the location, form and density of development within human settlements at moderate spatial resolution. The capability has been demonstrated by Austronaut Donald Pettit and others from the International Space Station.

• Publications
  • Spectral Identification of Lighting Type and Character
  • The Nightsat Mission Concept
  • Potential for Global Mapping of Development Via A Nightsat Mission
• Nightsat Test Data
  • Georeferenced ISS Cities at Night Images
  • Laboratory Spectra of Lighting Types
  • MODIS Airborne Simulator - Los Angeles, CA
  • Nighttime AVIRIS - Los Angeles, CA
  • Nighttime CIRRUS - Las Vegas, NV (27 September 2004)
  • Nighttime CIRRUS - Los Angeles, CA (27 September 2004)
  • Coregistered CIRRUS & IKONOS - Las Vegas, NV
  • Nighttime Landsat - UAE and Southern California
  • Nighttime Lights from the ISS - video