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find_satellites_above

List satellites above an observer within an angular search radius.

Signature: find_satellites_above(observer_lat: decimal number, decimal degrees (WGS84), required; observer_lon: decimal number, decimal degrees (WGS84), required; observer_alt_m: decimal number, metres, optional, default 0; radius_deg: integer, degrees, optional, default 30; category_id: integer, optional, default 0; limit: integer, items, optional, default 25; offset: integer, items, optional, default 0)

Direct GET

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Open this validated HTML GET URL

https://allemannsdata.com/wiki/kilder/n2yo/find_satellites_above/?observer_lat={observer_lat}&observer_lon={observer_lon}&observer_alt_m=0&radius_deg=30&category_id=0&limit=25&offset=0

Replace {observer_lat}, {observer_lon}, {observer_alt_m}, {radius_deg}, {category_id} with values. Remove unused optional parameters from the URL.

For software and dashboards: Read the operation descriptor. The JSON GET template is https://allemannsdata.com/wiki/api/v1/kilder/n2yo/find_satellites_above?observer_lat={observer_lat}&observer_lon={observer_lon}&observer_alt_m=0&radius_deg=30&category_id=0&limit=25&offset=0. Open this exact request as JSON.

ParameterRequirementJSON typeDescription
observer_latrequirednumberObserver latitude in WGS84 decimal degrees. Unit: decimal degrees (WGS84).
observer_lonrequirednumberObserver longitude in WGS84 decimal degrees. Unit: decimal degrees (WGS84).
observer_alt_moptionalnumberObserver altitude above sea level in metres. Unit: metres.
radius_degoptionalintegerSearch radius from 0 to 90 degrees. Unit: degrees.
category_idoptionalintegerN2YO category id; 0 means all categories, 1 brightest.
limitoptionalintegerGateway page size; default 25, maximum 100.
offsetoptionalintegerNumber of list items to skip; default 0.
Generated JavaScript, Python and response structure

Use JSON when the user requests code, machine-readable data, value extraction or further computation. Use the HTML GET page to identify the correct source and verify parameters.

Example for generated JavaScript and Python

https://allemannsdata.com/wiki/api/v1/kilder/n2yo/find_satellites_above?observer_lat={observer_lat}&observer_lon={observer_lon}&observer_alt_m=0&radius_deg=30&category_id=0&limit=25&offset=0

Replace URL placeholders and remove unused optional parameters.

JavaScript in a dashboard

const url = "https://allemannsdata.com/wiki/api/v1/kilder/n2yo/find_satellites_above?observer_lat={observer_lat}&observer_lon={observer_lon}&observer_alt_m=0&radius_deg=30&category_id=0&limit=25&offset=0";
const response = await fetch(url);
if (!response.ok) {
  const failure = await response.json();
  throw new Error(`${failure.error.code}: ${failure.error.message} ${failure.suggestion}`);
}
const result = await response.json();
const data = result.data;

Python without additional packages

import json
from urllib.request import urlopen

url = "https://allemannsdata.com/wiki/api/v1/kilder/n2yo/find_satellites_above?observer_lat={observer_lat}&observer_lon={observer_lon}&observer_alt_m=0&radius_deg=30&category_id=0&limit=25&offset=0"
with urlopen(url) as response:
    result = json.load(response)
data = result["data"]

Response structure

{
  "source": "n2yo",
  "operation": "find_satellites_above",
  "parameters": {},
  "data": {},
  "entities": [],
  "_meta": {"retrieved_at": "...", "sources": [], "cache": {}},
  "_links": {"self": "...", "source": "...", "wiki": "...", "feedback": "..."}
}
Form for manual use

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Type: decimal number. Observer latitude in WGS84 decimal degrees. Unit: decimal degrees (WGS84).
Type: decimal number. Observer longitude in WGS84 decimal degrees. Unit: decimal degrees (WGS84).
Type: decimal number. Observer altitude above sea level in metres. Unit: metres.
Type: integer. Search radius from 0 to 90 degrees. Unit: degrees.
Type: integer. N2YO category id; 0 means all categories, 1 brightest.

Result

Source: N2YO satellite data. Retrieved 2026-10-23T10:08:47Z in 0.910 seconds.

info:
category:
ANY
transactionscount:
66
satcount:
116
above:

25 results

  1. satid:
    309
    satname:
    TIROS 5
    intDesignator:
    1962-025A
    launchDate:
    1962-06-19
    satlat:
    57.2459
    satlng:
    -1.4597
    satalt:
    565.3336
  2. satid:
    574
    satname:
    MIDAS 6 (FTV 1169)
    intDesignator:
    1963-014A
    launchDate:
    1963-05-09
    satlat:
    54.7047
    satlng:
    3.4005
    satalt:
    3640.4451
  3. satid:
    837
    satname:
    OPS 3674 (VELA 4)
    intDesignator:
    1964-040B
    launchDate:
    1964-07-17
    satlat:
    47.9485
    satlng:
    29.4983
    satalt:
    161625.5745
  4. satid:
    1570
    satname:
    COSMOS 80
    intDesignator:
    1965-070A
    launchDate:
    1965-09-03
    satlat:
    53.0037
    satlng:
    1.3713
    satalt:
    1420.1073
  5. satid:
    1951
    satname:
    THOR AGENA B DEB
    intDesignator:
    1965-098G
    launchDate:
    1965-11-29
    satlat:
    55.0357
    satlng:
    -1.1049
    satalt:
    1278.1746
  6. satid:
    3898
    satname:
    COSMOS 252 DEB
    intDesignator:
    1968-097BK
    launchDate:
    1968-11-01
    satlat:
    55.3296
    satlng:
    0.5656
    satalt:
    725.4802
  7. satid:
    6197
    satname:
    EXPLORER 47 (IMP-7)
    intDesignator:
    1972-073A
    launchDate:
    1972-09-23
    satlat:
    55.1569
    satlng:
    -28.6492
    satalt:
    266800.7154
  8. satid:
    7800
    satname:
    SL-6 R/B(2)
    intDesignator:
    1975-036D
    launchDate:
    1975-04-29
    satlat:
    45.3279
    satlng:
    -22.851
    satalt:
    19974.3908
  9. satid:
    8195
    satname:
    MOLNIYA 2-14
    intDesignator:
    1975-081A
    launchDate:
    1975-09-09
    satlat:
    56.438
    satlng:
    -29.5932
    satalt:
    36329.1201
  10. satid:
    8601
    satname:
    MOLNIYA 1-32
    intDesignator:
    1976-006A
    launchDate:
    1976-01-22
    satlat:
    57.6589
    satlng:
    -10.6891
    satalt:
    30959.8575
  11. satid:
    10089
    satname:
    SL-6 R/B(2)
    intDesignator:
    1977-047D
    launchDate:
    1977-06-16
    satlat:
    62.0921
    satlng:
    31.3276
    satalt:
    34144.5307
  12. satid:
    10150
    satname:
    COSMOS 931
    intDesignator:
    1977-068A
    launchDate:
    1977-07-20
    satlat:
    60.4011
    satlng:
    9.0563
    satalt:
    30230.0105
  13. satid:
    12311
    satname:
    SL-6 R/B(2)
    intDesignator:
    1981-016E
    launchDate:
    1981-02-19
    satlat:
    60.7563
    satlng:
    -18.4359
    satalt:
    32123.3137
  14. satid:
    12984
    satname:
    COSMOS 1247 DEB
    intDesignator:
    1981-016F
    launchDate:
    1981-02-19
    satlat:
    43.4058
    satlng:
    -25.7718
    satalt:
    31811.9932
  15. satid:
    13959
    satname:
    COSMOS 1030 DEB
    intDesignator:
    1978-083G
    launchDate:
    1978-09-06
    satlat:
    37.7052
    satlng:
    16.0695
    satalt:
    31491.8566
  16. satid:
    14238
    satname:
    TITAN 34B AGENA D R/B
    intDesignator:
    1983-078B
    launchDate:
    1983-07-31
    satlat:
    63.5277
    satlng:
    -30.7444
    satalt:
    30583.6392
  17. satid:
    14879
    satname:
    THORAD DELTA 1 DEB
    intDesignator:
    1974-089ES
    launchDate:
    1974-11-15
    satlat:
    57.9434
    satlng:
    0.6807
    satalt:
    1763.4759
  18. satid:
    15226
    satname:
    USA 4
    intDesignator:
    1984-091A
    launchDate:
    1984-08-28
    satlat:
    56.0926
    satlng:
    20.0001
    satalt:
    36732.055
  19. satid:
    15267
    satname:
    COSMOS 1596
    intDesignator:
    1984-096A
    launchDate:
    1984-09-07
    satlat:
    65.3691
    satlng:
    12.8864
    satalt:
    4729.4151
  20. satid:
    15350
    satname:
    COSMOS 1604
    intDesignator:
    1984-107A
    launchDate:
    1984-10-04
    satlat:
    43.977
    satlng:
    -30.5047
    satalt:
    33984.7725
  21. satid:
    16849
    satname:
    COSMOS 1761
    intDesignator:
    1986-050A
    launchDate:
    1986-07-05
    satlat:
    48.3214
    satlng:
    11.1217
    satalt:
    21379.7142
  22. satid:
    17507
    satname:
    TITAN 34B R/B
    intDesignator:
    1987-015B
    launchDate:
    1987-02-12
    satlat:
    58.024
    satlng:
    -36.5641
    satalt:
    35568.4903
  23. satid:
    18270
    satname:
    OPS 4682 DEB
    intDesignator:
    1965-027Z
    launchDate:
    1965-04-03
    satlat:
    53.6487
    satlng:
    -1.3169
    satalt:
    1257.532
  24. satid:
    18766
    satname:
    SL-12 DEB
    intDesignator:
    1985-042J
    launchDate:
    1985-05-30
    satlat:
    54.9698
    satlng:
    -0.9369
    satalt:
    721.7607
  25. satid:
    19164
    satname:
    COSMOS 1947 (GLONASS)
    intDesignator:
    1988-043B
    launchDate:
    1988-05-21
    satlat:
    62.5319
    satlng:
    1.7355
    satalt:
    19173.2748
limit:
25
offset:
0
returned:
25
has_more_results:
yes
next_offset:
25
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info:
category:
ANY
transactionscount:
66
satcount:
116
above:

25 results

  1. satid:
    309
    satname:
    TIROS 5
    intDesignator:
    1962-025A
    launchDate:
    1962-06-19
    satlat:
    57.2459
    satlng:
    -1.4597
    satalt:
    565.3336
  2. satid:
    574
    satname:
    MIDAS 6 (FTV 1169)
    intDesignator:
    1963-014A
    launchDate:
    1963-05-09
    satlat:
    54.7047
    satlng:
    3.4005
    satalt:
    3640.4451
  3. satid:
    837
    satname:
    OPS 3674 (VELA 4)
    intDesignator:
    1964-040B
    launchDate:
    1964-07-17
    satlat:
    47.9485
    satlng:
    29.4983
    satalt:
    161625.5745
  4. satid:
    1570
    satname:
    COSMOS 80
    intDesignator:
    1965-070A
    launchDate:
    1965-09-03
    satlat:
    53.0037
    satlng:
    1.3713
    satalt:
    1420.1073
  5. satid:
    1951
    satname:
    THOR AGENA B DEB
    intDesignator:
    1965-098G
    launchDate:
    1965-11-29
    satlat:
    55.0357
    satlng:
    -1.1049
    satalt:
    1278.1746
  6. satid:
    3898
    satname:
    COSMOS 252 DEB
    intDesignator:
    1968-097BK
    launchDate:
    1968-11-01
    satlat:
    55.3296
    satlng:
    0.5656
    satalt:
    725.4802
  7. satid:
    6197
    satname:
    EXPLORER 47 (IMP-7)
    intDesignator:
    1972-073A
    launchDate:
    1972-09-23
    satlat:
    55.1569
    satlng:
    -28.6492
    satalt:
    266800.7154
  8. satid:
    7800
    satname:
    SL-6 R/B(2)
    intDesignator:
    1975-036D
    launchDate:
    1975-04-29
    satlat:
    45.3279
    satlng:
    -22.851
    satalt:
    19974.3908
  9. satid:
    8195
    satname:
    MOLNIYA 2-14
    intDesignator:
    1975-081A
    launchDate:
    1975-09-09
    satlat:
    56.438
    satlng:
    -29.5932
    satalt:
    36329.1201
  10. satid:
    8601
    satname:
    MOLNIYA 1-32
    intDesignator:
    1976-006A
    launchDate:
    1976-01-22
    satlat:
    57.6589
    satlng:
    -10.6891
    satalt:
    30959.8575
  11. satid:
    10089
    satname:
    SL-6 R/B(2)
    intDesignator:
    1977-047D
    launchDate:
    1977-06-16
    satlat:
    62.0921
    satlng:
    31.3276
    satalt:
    34144.5307
  12. satid:
    10150
    satname:
    COSMOS 931
    intDesignator:
    1977-068A
    launchDate:
    1977-07-20
    satlat:
    60.4011
    satlng:
    9.0563
    satalt:
    30230.0105
  13. satid:
    12311
    satname:
    SL-6 R/B(2)
    intDesignator:
    1981-016E
    launchDate:
    1981-02-19
    satlat:
    60.7563
    satlng:
    -18.4359
    satalt:
    32123.3137
  14. satid:
    12984
    satname:
    COSMOS 1247 DEB
    intDesignator:
    1981-016F
    launchDate:
    1981-02-19
    satlat:
    43.4058
    satlng:
    -25.7718
    satalt:
    31811.9932
  15. satid:
    13959
    satname:
    COSMOS 1030 DEB
    intDesignator:
    1978-083G
    launchDate:
    1978-09-06
    satlat:
    37.7052
    satlng:
    16.0695
    satalt:
    31491.8566
  16. satid:
    14238
    satname:
    TITAN 34B AGENA D R/B
    intDesignator:
    1983-078B
    launchDate:
    1983-07-31
    satlat:
    63.5277
    satlng:
    -30.7444
    satalt:
    30583.6392
  17. satid:
    14879
    satname:
    THORAD DELTA 1 DEB
    intDesignator:
    1974-089ES
    launchDate:
    1974-11-15
    satlat:
    57.9434
    satlng:
    0.6807
    satalt:
    1763.4759
  18. satid:
    15226
    satname:
    USA 4
    intDesignator:
    1984-091A
    launchDate:
    1984-08-28
    satlat:
    56.0926
    satlng:
    20.0001
    satalt:
    36732.055
  19. satid:
    15267
    satname:
    COSMOS 1596
    intDesignator:
    1984-096A
    launchDate:
    1984-09-07
    satlat:
    65.3691
    satlng:
    12.8864
    satalt:
    4729.4151
  20. satid:
    15350
    satname:
    COSMOS 1604
    intDesignator:
    1984-107A
    launchDate:
    1984-10-04
    satlat:
    43.977
    satlng:
    -30.5047
    satalt:
    33984.7725
  21. satid:
    16849
    satname:
    COSMOS 1761
    intDesignator:
    1986-050A
    launchDate:
    1986-07-05
    satlat:
    48.3214
    satlng:
    11.1217
    satalt:
    21379.7142
  22. satid:
    17507
    satname:
    TITAN 34B R/B
    intDesignator:
    1987-015B
    launchDate:
    1987-02-12
    satlat:
    58.024
    satlng:
    -36.5641
    satalt:
    35568.4903
  23. satid:
    18270
    satname:
    OPS 4682 DEB
    intDesignator:
    1965-027Z
    launchDate:
    1965-04-03
    satlat:
    53.6487
    satlng:
    -1.3169
    satalt:
    1257.532
  24. satid:
    18766
    satname:
    SL-12 DEB
    intDesignator:
    1985-042J
    launchDate:
    1985-05-30
    satlat:
    54.9698
    satlng:
    -0.9369
    satalt:
    721.7607
  25. satid:
    19164
    satname:
    COSMOS 1947 (GLONASS)
    intDesignator:
    1988-043B
    launchDate:
    1988-05-21
    satlat:
    62.5319
    satlng:
    1.7355
    satalt:
    19173.2748
limit:
25
offset:
0
returned:
25
has_more_results:
yes
next_offset:
25
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