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

For navigating agents: open the HTML page with parameters in the URL. The result is fetched and displayed without screenshots or form filling.

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.

Parameter	Requirement	JSON type	Description
`observer_lat`	required	number	Observer latitude in WGS84 decimal degrees. Unit: decimal degrees (WGS84).
`observer_lon`	required	number	Observer longitude in WGS84 decimal degrees. Unit: decimal degrees (WGS84).
`observer_alt_m`	optional	number	Observer altitude above sea level in metres. Unit: metres.
`radius_deg`	optional	integer	Search radius from 0 to 90 degrees. Unit: degrees.
`category_id`	optional	integer	N2YO category id; 0 means all categories, 1 brightest.
`limit`	optional	integer	Gateway page size; default 25, maximum 100.
`offset`	optional	integer	Number 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

The form is a fallback for people and browser agents that cannot open the GET URL directly.

Result

Source: N2YO satellite data. Retrieved 2026-11-11T15:07:18Z in 1.465 seconds.

info:

category:: ANY
transactionscount:: 73
satcount:: 106

above:

25 results

satid:
271
satname:
MIDAS 5 (STRONGBACK)
intDesignator:
1962-010A
launchDate:
1962-04-09
satlat:
57.9578
satlng:
22.1509
satalt:
3373.4637
satid:
404
satname:
THOR ABLESTAR DEB
intDesignator:
1961-015ED
launchDate:
1961-06-29
satlat:
59.3307
satlng:
9.8446
satalt:
896.8192
satid:
3315
satname:
DELTA 1 R/B
intDesignator:
1968-055B
launchDate:
1968-07-04
satlat:
52.864
satlng:
28.2287
satalt:
5502.155
satid:
4667
satname:
COSMOS 374 DEB
intDesignator:
1970-089K
launchDate:
1970-10-23
satlat:
57.1122
satlng:
0.8215
satalt:
805.7216
satid:
6192
satname:
COSMOS 520
intDesignator:
1972-072A
launchDate:
1972-09-19
satlat:
65.4245
satlng:
-11.4571
satalt:
16877.1958
satid:
6267
satname:
COSMOS 532
intDesignator:
1972-087E
launchDate:
1972-11-01
satlat:
59.5895
satlng:
5.0423
satalt:
1462.0255
satid:
7373
satname:
SL-6 R/B(2)
intDesignator:
1974-026E
launchDate:
1974-04-26
satlat:
38.5037
satlng:
19.8342
satalt:
20207.3806
satid:
7629
satname:
SL-6 R/B(2)
intDesignator:
1975-007D
launchDate:
1975-01-30
satlat:
68.8968
satlng:
31.3102
satalt:
28738.4596
satid:
7826
satname:
COSMOS 737
intDesignator:
1975-045F
launchDate:
1975-05-28
satlat:
63.3608
satlng:
0.0706
satalt:
1508.1475
satid:
8601
satname:
MOLNIYA 1-32
intDesignator:
1976-006A
launchDate:
1976-01-22
satlat:
54.2242
satlng:
-20.8251
satalt:
33277.553
satid:
10155
satname:
SL-6 R/B(2)
intDesignator:
1977-054D
launchDate:
1977-06-24
satlat:
61.4922
satlng:
23.977
satalt:
31009.1773
satid:
10760
satname:
DELTA 1 DEB
intDesignator:
1976-077BH
launchDate:
1976-07-29
satlat:
62.2213
satlng:
9.5971
satalt:
1437.4665
satid:
10894
satname:
ATLAS F R/B
intDesignator:
1978-047B
launchDate:
1978-05-13
satlat:
53.3683
satlng:
2.5385
satalt:
7633.0339
satid:
13124
satname:
COSMOS 1348
intDesignator:
1982-029A
launchDate:
1982-04-07
satlat:
51.6702
satlng:
18.0121
satalt:
30107.3779
satid:
14800
satname:
COSMOS 886 DEB
intDesignator:
1976-126BS
launchDate:
1976-12-27
satlat:
61.0312
satlng:
9.4006
satalt:
1679.4211
satid:
14965
satname:
COSMOS 1550
intDesignator:
1984-043A
launchDate:
1984-05-11
satlat:
61.4415
satlng:
1.1381
satalt:
1014.432
satid:
15741
satname:
SL-6 R/B(2)
intDesignator:
1985-040D
launchDate:
1985-05-29
satlat:
56.8251
satlng:
42.2059
satalt:
38780.703
satid:
16393
satname:
MOLNIYA 3-27
intDesignator:
1985-117A
launchDate:
1985-12-24
satlat:
52.452
satlng:
-31.1439
satalt:
35847.7435
satid:
17328
satname:
MOLNIYA 3-31
intDesignator:
1987-008A
launchDate:
1987-01-22
satlat:
61.5508
satlng:
52.4702
satalt:
39371.1771
satid:
19170
satname:
SL-12 R/B(AUX MOTOR)
intDesignator:
1988-043H
launchDate:
1988-05-21
satlat:
59.3253
satlng:
11.9754
satalt:
1751.9344
satid:
19981
satname:
FTV 1401 DEB *
intDesignator:
1962-058B
launchDate:
1962-10-26
satlat:
54.5702
satlng:
20.5311
satalt:
2904.0371
satid:
20153
satname:
DASH 2 DEB *
intDesignator:
1963-030H
launchDate:
1963-07-19
satlat:
62.8775
satlng:
13.1937
satalt:
3319.1506
satid:
20599
satname:
SL-6 R/B(2)
intDesignator:
1990-040D
launchDate:
1990-04-28
satlat:
43.9962
satlng:
3.005
satalt:
12687.8092
satid:
21294
satname:
DELTA 1 DEB
intDesignator:
1975-052AF
launchDate:
1975-06-12
satlat:
55.3413
satlng:
-3.0408
satalt:
1303.5245
satid:
21890
satname:
NAVSTAR 24 (USA 79)
intDesignator:
1992-009A
launchDate:
1992-02-23
satlat:
54.2268
satlng:
-29.0242
satalt:
20851.3258

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info:

category:: ANY
transactionscount:: 73
satcount:: 106

above:

25 results

satid:
271
satname:
MIDAS 5 (STRONGBACK)
intDesignator:
1962-010A
launchDate:
1962-04-09
satlat:
57.9578
satlng:
22.1509
satalt:
3373.4637
satid:
404
satname:
THOR ABLESTAR DEB
intDesignator:
1961-015ED
launchDate:
1961-06-29
satlat:
59.3307
satlng:
9.8446
satalt:
896.8192
satid:
3315
satname:
DELTA 1 R/B
intDesignator:
1968-055B
launchDate:
1968-07-04
satlat:
52.864
satlng:
28.2287
satalt:
5502.155
satid:
4667
satname:
COSMOS 374 DEB
intDesignator:
1970-089K
launchDate:
1970-10-23
satlat:
57.1122
satlng:
0.8215
satalt:
805.7216
satid:
6192
satname:
COSMOS 520
intDesignator:
1972-072A
launchDate:
1972-09-19
satlat:
65.4245
satlng:
-11.4571
satalt:
16877.1958
satid:
6267
satname:
COSMOS 532
intDesignator:
1972-087E
launchDate:
1972-11-01
satlat:
59.5895
satlng:
5.0423
satalt:
1462.0255
satid:
7373
satname:
SL-6 R/B(2)
intDesignator:
1974-026E
launchDate:
1974-04-26
satlat:
38.5037
satlng:
19.8342
satalt:
20207.3806
satid:
7629
satname:
SL-6 R/B(2)
intDesignator:
1975-007D
launchDate:
1975-01-30
satlat:
68.8968
satlng:
31.3102
satalt:
28738.4596
satid:
7826
satname:
COSMOS 737
intDesignator:
1975-045F
launchDate:
1975-05-28
satlat:
63.3608
satlng:
0.0706
satalt:
1508.1475
satid:
8601
satname:
MOLNIYA 1-32
intDesignator:
1976-006A
launchDate:
1976-01-22
satlat:
54.2242
satlng:
-20.8251
satalt:
33277.553
satid:
10155
satname:
SL-6 R/B(2)
intDesignator:
1977-054D
launchDate:
1977-06-24
satlat:
61.4922
satlng:
23.977
satalt:
31009.1773
satid:
10760
satname:
DELTA 1 DEB
intDesignator:
1976-077BH
launchDate:
1976-07-29
satlat:
62.2213
satlng:
9.5971
satalt:
1437.4665
satid:
10894
satname:
ATLAS F R/B
intDesignator:
1978-047B
launchDate:
1978-05-13
satlat:
53.3683
satlng:
2.5385
satalt:
7633.0339
satid:
13124
satname:
COSMOS 1348
intDesignator:
1982-029A
launchDate:
1982-04-07
satlat:
51.6702
satlng:
18.0121
satalt:
30107.3779
satid:
14800
satname:
COSMOS 886 DEB
intDesignator:
1976-126BS
launchDate:
1976-12-27
satlat:
61.0312
satlng:
9.4006
satalt:
1679.4211
satid:
14965
satname:
COSMOS 1550
intDesignator:
1984-043A
launchDate:
1984-05-11
satlat:
61.4415
satlng:
1.1381
satalt:
1014.432
satid:
15741
satname:
SL-6 R/B(2)
intDesignator:
1985-040D
launchDate:
1985-05-29
satlat:
56.8251
satlng:
42.2059
satalt:
38780.703
satid:
16393
satname:
MOLNIYA 3-27
intDesignator:
1985-117A
launchDate:
1985-12-24
satlat:
52.452
satlng:
-31.1439
satalt:
35847.7435
satid:
17328
satname:
MOLNIYA 3-31
intDesignator:
1987-008A
launchDate:
1987-01-22
satlat:
61.5508
satlng:
52.4702
satalt:
39371.1771
satid:
19170
satname:
SL-12 R/B(AUX MOTOR)
intDesignator:
1988-043H
launchDate:
1988-05-21
satlat:
59.3253
satlng:
11.9754
satalt:
1751.9344
satid:
19981
satname:
FTV 1401 DEB *
intDesignator:
1962-058B
launchDate:
1962-10-26
satlat:
54.5702
satlng:
20.5311
satalt:
2904.0371
satid:
20153
satname:
DASH 2 DEB *
intDesignator:
1963-030H
launchDate:
1963-07-19
satlat:
62.8775
satlng:
13.1937
satalt:
3319.1506
satid:
20599
satname:
SL-6 R/B(2)
intDesignator:
1990-040D
launchDate:
1990-04-28
satlat:
43.9962
satlng:
3.005
satalt:
12687.8092
satid:
21294
satname:
DELTA 1 DEB
intDesignator:
1975-052AF
launchDate:
1975-06-12
satlat:
55.3413
satlng:
-3.0408
satalt:
1303.5245
satid:
21890
satname:
NAVSTAR 24 (USA 79)
intDesignator:
1992-009A
launchDate:
1992-02-23
satlat:
54.2268
satlng:
-29.0242
satalt:
20851.3258

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State the NORAD ID, observer coordinate, altitude and time window. A pass is observer-dependent.

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