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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

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.

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

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

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 2026-10-21T15:00:31Z in 0.701 seconds.

info:
category:
ANY
transactionscount:
99
satcount:
102
above:

25 results

  1. satid:
    4677
    satname:
    THORAD AGENA D DEB
    intDesignator:
    1970-025BA
    launchDate:
    1970-04-08
    satlat:
    60.0002
    satlng:
    -0.332
    satalt:
    1049.398
  2. satid:
    7800
    satname:
    SL-6 R/B(2)
    intDesignator:
    1975-036D
    launchDate:
    1975-04-29
    satlat:
    56.6019
    satlng:
    8.0869
    satalt:
    37233.3926
  3. satid:
    8601
    satname:
    MOLNIYA 1-32
    intDesignator:
    1976-006A
    launchDate:
    1976-01-22
    satlat:
    56.1687
    satlng:
    -0.4226
    satalt:
    34609.6463
  4. satid:
    10155
    satname:
    SL-6 R/B(2)
    intDesignator:
    1977-054D
    launchDate:
    1977-06-24
    satlat:
    58.2756
    satlng:
    -16.3843
    satalt:
    25999.2325
  5. satid:
    10653
    satname:
    DELTA 1 DEB
    intDesignator:
    1976-077P
    launchDate:
    1976-07-29
    satlat:
    61.4335
    satlng:
    4.4155
    satalt:
    1574.5242
  6. satid:
    10719
    satname:
    DELTA 1 DEB
    intDesignator:
    1976-077AQ
    launchDate:
    1976-07-29
    satlat:
    60.0431
    satlng:
    15.3851
    satalt:
    1866.5088
  7. satid:
    11546
    satname:
    SL-8 R/B
    intDesignator:
    1979-084J
    launchDate:
    1979-09-25
    satlat:
    52.9373
    satlng:
    0.4575
    satalt:
    1691.2247
  8. satid:
    12376
    satname:
    COSMOS 1261
    intDesignator:
    1981-031A
    launchDate:
    1981-03-31
    satlat:
    47.9936
    satlng:
    -17.9017
    satalt:
    25388.4523
  9. satid:
    12528
    satname:
    DELTA 1 DEB
    intDesignator:
    1976-077DH
    launchDate:
    1976-07-29
    satlat:
    60.0848
    satlng:
    3.2423
    satalt:
    1509.6523
  10. satid:
    12792
    satname:
    SL-8 R/B
    intDesignator:
    1981-084B
    launchDate:
    1981-08-28
    satlat:
    60.4226
    satlng:
    1.5864
    satalt:
    763.2802
  11. satid:
    13124
    satname:
    COSMOS 1348
    intDesignator:
    1982-029A
    launchDate:
    1982-04-07
    satlat:
    62.6145
    satlng:
    26.3303
    satalt:
    26591.4241
  12. satid:
    13205
    satname:
    COSMOS 1367
    intDesignator:
    1982-045A
    launchDate:
    1982-05-20
    satlat:
    47.1214
    satlng:
    -33.4372
    satalt:
    32668.2737
  13. satid:
    13882
    satname:
    SL-6 R/B(2)
    intDesignator:
    1983-015E
    launchDate:
    1983-03-11
    satlat:
    62.0515
    satlng:
    39.393
    satalt:
    39713.6823
  14. satid:
    13897
    satname:
    SL-6 R/B(2)
    intDesignator:
    1983-019D
    launchDate:
    1983-03-16
    satlat:
    62.2758
    satlng:
    33.6497
    satalt:
    39231.0062
  15. satid:
    14191
    satname:
    SL-6 R/B(2)
    intDesignator:
    1983-070D
    launchDate:
    1983-07-08
    satlat:
    33.3171
    satlng:
    6.5906
    satalt:
    29623.6849
  16. satid:
    14472
    satname:
    DELTA 1 DEB
    intDesignator:
    1976-077EP
    launchDate:
    1976-07-29
    satlat:
    53.6697
    satlng:
    9.2657
    satalt:
    1518.0721
  17. satid:
    14556
    satname:
    COSMOS 1275 DEB
    intDesignator:
    1981-053JP
    launchDate:
    1981-06-04
    satlat:
    56.5023
    satlng:
    0.9679
    satalt:
    1006.1393
  18. satid:
    15214
    satname:
    MOLNIYA 1-62
    intDesignator:
    1984-089A
    launchDate:
    1984-08-24
    satlat:
    48.5995
    satlng:
    -9.338
    satalt:
    28157.6549
  19. satid:
    15227
    satname:
    TITAN 34B R/B
    intDesignator:
    1984-091B
    launchDate:
    1984-08-28
    satlat:
    60.3681
    satlng:
    37.9387
    satalt:
    34823.9739
  20. satid:
    16129
    satname:
    NAVSTAR 11 (USA 10)
    intDesignator:
    1985-093A
    launchDate:
    1985-10-09
    satlat:
    43.0178
    satlng:
    -21.6069
    satalt:
    20927.5712
  21. satid:
    19291
    satname:
    DELTA 1 DEB
    intDesignator:
    1973-086HD
    launchDate:
    1973-11-06
    satlat:
    56.5483
    satlng:
    -1.2775
    satalt:
    1483.5893
  22. satid:
    20866
    satname:
    CZ-4 DEB
    intDesignator:
    1990-081AE
    launchDate:
    1990-09-03
    satlat:
    61.0137
    satlng:
    2.175
    satalt:
    884.8478
  23. satid:
    20885
    satname:
    CZ-4 DEB
    intDesignator:
    1990-081AV
    launchDate:
    1990-09-03
    satlat:
    60.7984
    satlng:
    5.5131
    satalt:
    925.9266
  24. satid:
    21121
    satname:
    SL-6 R/B(2)
    intDesignator:
    1991-012D
    launchDate:
    1991-02-15
    satlat:
    61.2311
    satlng:
    19.371
    satalt:
    27033.4356
  25. satid:
    21196
    satname:
    MOLNIYA 3-40
    intDesignator:
    1991-022A
    launchDate:
    1991-03-22
    satlat:
    55.8051
    satlng:
    -33.2946
    satalt:
    36637.2383
limit:
25
offset:
0
returned:
25
has_more_results:
yes
next_offset:
25
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info:
category:
ANY
transactionscount:
99
satcount:
102
above:

25 results

  1. satid:
    4677
    satname:
    THORAD AGENA D DEB
    intDesignator:
    1970-025BA
    launchDate:
    1970-04-08
    satlat:
    60.0002
    satlng:
    -0.332
    satalt:
    1049.398
  2. satid:
    7800
    satname:
    SL-6 R/B(2)
    intDesignator:
    1975-036D
    launchDate:
    1975-04-29
    satlat:
    56.6019
    satlng:
    8.0869
    satalt:
    37233.3926
  3. satid:
    8601
    satname:
    MOLNIYA 1-32
    intDesignator:
    1976-006A
    launchDate:
    1976-01-22
    satlat:
    56.1687
    satlng:
    -0.4226
    satalt:
    34609.6463
  4. satid:
    10155
    satname:
    SL-6 R/B(2)
    intDesignator:
    1977-054D
    launchDate:
    1977-06-24
    satlat:
    58.2756
    satlng:
    -16.3843
    satalt:
    25999.2325
  5. satid:
    10653
    satname:
    DELTA 1 DEB
    intDesignator:
    1976-077P
    launchDate:
    1976-07-29
    satlat:
    61.4335
    satlng:
    4.4155
    satalt:
    1574.5242
  6. satid:
    10719
    satname:
    DELTA 1 DEB
    intDesignator:
    1976-077AQ
    launchDate:
    1976-07-29
    satlat:
    60.0431
    satlng:
    15.3851
    satalt:
    1866.5088
  7. satid:
    11546
    satname:
    SL-8 R/B
    intDesignator:
    1979-084J
    launchDate:
    1979-09-25
    satlat:
    52.9373
    satlng:
    0.4575
    satalt:
    1691.2247
  8. satid:
    12376
    satname:
    COSMOS 1261
    intDesignator:
    1981-031A
    launchDate:
    1981-03-31
    satlat:
    47.9936
    satlng:
    -17.9017
    satalt:
    25388.4523
  9. satid:
    12528
    satname:
    DELTA 1 DEB
    intDesignator:
    1976-077DH
    launchDate:
    1976-07-29
    satlat:
    60.0848
    satlng:
    3.2423
    satalt:
    1509.6523
  10. satid:
    12792
    satname:
    SL-8 R/B
    intDesignator:
    1981-084B
    launchDate:
    1981-08-28
    satlat:
    60.4226
    satlng:
    1.5864
    satalt:
    763.2802
  11. satid:
    13124
    satname:
    COSMOS 1348
    intDesignator:
    1982-029A
    launchDate:
    1982-04-07
    satlat:
    62.6145
    satlng:
    26.3303
    satalt:
    26591.4241
  12. satid:
    13205
    satname:
    COSMOS 1367
    intDesignator:
    1982-045A
    launchDate:
    1982-05-20
    satlat:
    47.1214
    satlng:
    -33.4372
    satalt:
    32668.2737
  13. satid:
    13882
    satname:
    SL-6 R/B(2)
    intDesignator:
    1983-015E
    launchDate:
    1983-03-11
    satlat:
    62.0515
    satlng:
    39.393
    satalt:
    39713.6823
  14. satid:
    13897
    satname:
    SL-6 R/B(2)
    intDesignator:
    1983-019D
    launchDate:
    1983-03-16
    satlat:
    62.2758
    satlng:
    33.6497
    satalt:
    39231.0062
  15. satid:
    14191
    satname:
    SL-6 R/B(2)
    intDesignator:
    1983-070D
    launchDate:
    1983-07-08
    satlat:
    33.3171
    satlng:
    6.5906
    satalt:
    29623.6849
  16. satid:
    14472
    satname:
    DELTA 1 DEB
    intDesignator:
    1976-077EP
    launchDate:
    1976-07-29
    satlat:
    53.6697
    satlng:
    9.2657
    satalt:
    1518.0721
  17. satid:
    14556
    satname:
    COSMOS 1275 DEB
    intDesignator:
    1981-053JP
    launchDate:
    1981-06-04
    satlat:
    56.5023
    satlng:
    0.9679
    satalt:
    1006.1393
  18. satid:
    15214
    satname:
    MOLNIYA 1-62
    intDesignator:
    1984-089A
    launchDate:
    1984-08-24
    satlat:
    48.5995
    satlng:
    -9.338
    satalt:
    28157.6549
  19. satid:
    15227
    satname:
    TITAN 34B R/B
    intDesignator:
    1984-091B
    launchDate:
    1984-08-28
    satlat:
    60.3681
    satlng:
    37.9387
    satalt:
    34823.9739
  20. satid:
    16129
    satname:
    NAVSTAR 11 (USA 10)
    intDesignator:
    1985-093A
    launchDate:
    1985-10-09
    satlat:
    43.0178
    satlng:
    -21.6069
    satalt:
    20927.5712
  21. satid:
    19291
    satname:
    DELTA 1 DEB
    intDesignator:
    1973-086HD
    launchDate:
    1973-11-06
    satlat:
    56.5483
    satlng:
    -1.2775
    satalt:
    1483.5893
  22. satid:
    20866
    satname:
    CZ-4 DEB
    intDesignator:
    1990-081AE
    launchDate:
    1990-09-03
    satlat:
    61.0137
    satlng:
    2.175
    satalt:
    884.8478
  23. satid:
    20885
    satname:
    CZ-4 DEB
    intDesignator:
    1990-081AV
    launchDate:
    1990-09-03
    satlat:
    60.7984
    satlng:
    5.5131
    satalt:
    925.9266
  24. satid:
    21121
    satname:
    SL-6 R/B(2)
    intDesignator:
    1991-012D
    launchDate:
    1991-02-15
    satlat:
    61.2311
    satlng:
    19.371
    satalt:
    27033.4356
  25. satid:
    21196
    satname:
    MOLNIYA 3-40
    intDesignator:
    1991-022A
    launchDate:
    1991-03-22
    satlat:
    55.8051
    satlng:
    -33.2946
    satalt:
    36637.2383
limit:
25
offset:
0
returned:
25
has_more_results:
yes
next_offset:
25
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