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 2026-11-11T22:36:51Z in 1.038 seconds.

info:
category:
ANY
transactionscount:
97
satcount:
117
above:

25 results

  1. satid:
    2610
    satname:
    OV1-9
    intDesignator:
    1966-111A
    launchDate:
    1966-12-11
    satlat:
    56.6646
    satlng:
    13.4061
    satalt:
    2157.3417
  2. satid:
    3825
    satname:
    OV1-19
    intDesignator:
    1969-025C
    launchDate:
    1969-03-18
    satlat:
    59.3638
    satlng:
    -16.0266
    satalt:
    5420.5293
  3. satid:
    4256
    satname:
    OPS 7613 (P/L 1)
    intDesignator:
    1969-082B
    launchDate:
    1969-09-30
    satlat:
    58.6581
    satlng:
    13.7535
    satalt:
    921.5663
  4. satid:
    4607
    satname:
    THORAD AGENA D DEB
    intDesignator:
    1970-025K
    launchDate:
    1970-04-08
    satlat:
    55.0899
    satlng:
    5.6268
    satalt:
    1713.9099
  5. satid:
    5054
    satname:
    TITAN 34B AGENA D R/B
    intDesignator:
    1971-021B
    launchDate:
    1971-03-21
    satlat:
    61.8458
    satlng:
    24.041
    satalt:
    35857.4361
  6. satid:
    5217
    satname:
    COSMOS 418
    intDesignator:
    1971-041H
    launchDate:
    1971-05-07
    satlat:
    57.4288
    satlng:
    16.7438
    satalt:
    1466.4562
  7. satid:
    6302
    satname:
    SL-6 R/B(2)
    intDesignator:
    1972-072E
    launchDate:
    1972-09-19
    satlat:
    66.8051
    satlng:
    -34.1495
    satalt:
    33945.1634
  8. satid:
    7091
    satname:
    DELTA 1 DEB
    intDesignator:
    1973-086CK
    launchDate:
    1973-11-06
    satlat:
    60.7512
    satlng:
    7.6924
    satalt:
    1929.8191
  9. satid:
    7276
    satname:
    MOLNIYA 2-9
    intDesignator:
    1974-026A
    launchDate:
    1974-04-26
    satlat:
    64.2082
    satlng:
    49.0304
    satalt:
    32090.1361
  10. satid:
    7373
    satname:
    SL-6 R/B(2)
    intDesignator:
    1974-026E
    launchDate:
    1974-04-26
    satlat:
    52.0163
    satlng:
    25.7408
    satalt:
    26909.9047
  11. satid:
    8018
    satname:
    SL-6 R/B(2)
    intDesignator:
    1975-063D
    launchDate:
    1975-07-08
    satlat:
    60.0965
    satlng:
    14.9042
    satalt:
    27745.5045
  12. satid:
    9841
    satname:
    TANSEI 3 (MS-T3)
    intDesignator:
    1977-012A
    launchDate:
    1977-02-19
    satlat:
    58.4284
    satlng:
    -0.527
    satalt:
    3479.8659
  13. satid:
    10091
    satname:
    NTS 2
    intDesignator:
    1977-053A
    launchDate:
    1977-06-23
    satlat:
    62.0705
    satlng:
    -7.7373
    satalt:
    20305.6784
  14. satid:
    10413
    satname:
    COSMOS 839 DEB
    intDesignator:
    1976-067G
    launchDate:
    1976-07-08
    satlat:
    59.9281
    satlng:
    1.7826
    satalt:
    2080.7691
  15. satid:
    10746
    satname:
    DELTA 1 DEB
    intDesignator:
    1976-077AT
    launchDate:
    1976-07-29
    satlat:
    56.0437
    satlng:
    8.5286
    satalt:
    1326.6283
  16. satid:
    10949
    satname:
    SL-6 R/B(2)
    intDesignator:
    1978-055E
    launchDate:
    1978-06-02
    satlat:
    51.4766
    satlng:
    -30.4221
    satalt:
    31651.1687
  17. satid:
    11909
    satname:
    SL-6 R/B(2)
    intDesignator:
    1980-063D
    launchDate:
    1980-07-18
    satlat:
    39.5234
    satlng:
    -7.6038
    satalt:
    16266.8582
  18. satid:
    12818
    satname:
    COSMOS 1305
    intDesignator:
    1981-088A
    launchDate:
    1981-09-11
    satlat:
    56.6067
    satlng:
    8.3908
    satalt:
    13261.4294
  19. satid:
    12940
    satname:
    SL-6 R/B(2)
    intDesignator:
    1981-108D
    launchDate:
    1981-10-31
    satlat:
    32.9571
    satlng:
    6.2581
    satalt:
    32969.6981
  20. satid:
    13999
    satname:
    COSMOS 1191 DEB
    intDesignator:
    1980-057G
    launchDate:
    1980-07-02
    satlat:
    55.4895
    satlng:
    30.4329
    satalt:
    5409.1877
  21. satid:
    14590
    satname:
    COSMOS 1519 (GLONASS)
    intDesignator:
    1983-127A
    launchDate:
    1983-12-29
    satlat:
    64.7622
    satlng:
    45.8466
    satalt:
    19141.1382
  22. satid:
    14595
    satname:
    SL-12 R/B(2)
    intDesignator:
    1983-127F
    launchDate:
    1983-12-29
    satlat:
    66.1915
    satlng:
    19.7701
    satalt:
    19096.4464
  23. satid:
    14977
    satname:
    COSMOS 1554 (GLONASS)
    intDesignator:
    1984-047A
    launchDate:
    1984-05-19
    satlat:
    60.0189
    satlng:
    -17.4829
    satalt:
    19179.7945
  24. satid:
    14978
    satname:
    COSMOS 1555 (GLONASS)
    intDesignator:
    1984-047B
    launchDate:
    1984-05-19
    satlat:
    62.2155
    satlng:
    -10.1977
    satalt:
    19150.2823
  25. satid:
    15098
    satname:
    SL-6 R/B(2)
    intDesignator:
    1984-071D
    launchDate:
    1984-07-03
    satlat:
    48.7258
    satlng:
    -15.1294
    satalt:
    23465.1806
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info:
category:
ANY
transactionscount:
97
satcount:
117
above:

25 results

  1. satid:
    2610
    satname:
    OV1-9
    intDesignator:
    1966-111A
    launchDate:
    1966-12-11
    satlat:
    56.6646
    satlng:
    13.4061
    satalt:
    2157.3417
  2. satid:
    3825
    satname:
    OV1-19
    intDesignator:
    1969-025C
    launchDate:
    1969-03-18
    satlat:
    59.3638
    satlng:
    -16.0266
    satalt:
    5420.5293
  3. satid:
    4256
    satname:
    OPS 7613 (P/L 1)
    intDesignator:
    1969-082B
    launchDate:
    1969-09-30
    satlat:
    58.6581
    satlng:
    13.7535
    satalt:
    921.5663
  4. satid:
    4607
    satname:
    THORAD AGENA D DEB
    intDesignator:
    1970-025K
    launchDate:
    1970-04-08
    satlat:
    55.0899
    satlng:
    5.6268
    satalt:
    1713.9099
  5. satid:
    5054
    satname:
    TITAN 34B AGENA D R/B
    intDesignator:
    1971-021B
    launchDate:
    1971-03-21
    satlat:
    61.8458
    satlng:
    24.041
    satalt:
    35857.4361
  6. satid:
    5217
    satname:
    COSMOS 418
    intDesignator:
    1971-041H
    launchDate:
    1971-05-07
    satlat:
    57.4288
    satlng:
    16.7438
    satalt:
    1466.4562
  7. satid:
    6302
    satname:
    SL-6 R/B(2)
    intDesignator:
    1972-072E
    launchDate:
    1972-09-19
    satlat:
    66.8051
    satlng:
    -34.1495
    satalt:
    33945.1634
  8. satid:
    7091
    satname:
    DELTA 1 DEB
    intDesignator:
    1973-086CK
    launchDate:
    1973-11-06
    satlat:
    60.7512
    satlng:
    7.6924
    satalt:
    1929.8191
  9. satid:
    7276
    satname:
    MOLNIYA 2-9
    intDesignator:
    1974-026A
    launchDate:
    1974-04-26
    satlat:
    64.2082
    satlng:
    49.0304
    satalt:
    32090.1361
  10. satid:
    7373
    satname:
    SL-6 R/B(2)
    intDesignator:
    1974-026E
    launchDate:
    1974-04-26
    satlat:
    52.0163
    satlng:
    25.7408
    satalt:
    26909.9047
  11. satid:
    8018
    satname:
    SL-6 R/B(2)
    intDesignator:
    1975-063D
    launchDate:
    1975-07-08
    satlat:
    60.0965
    satlng:
    14.9042
    satalt:
    27745.5045
  12. satid:
    9841
    satname:
    TANSEI 3 (MS-T3)
    intDesignator:
    1977-012A
    launchDate:
    1977-02-19
    satlat:
    58.4284
    satlng:
    -0.527
    satalt:
    3479.8659
  13. satid:
    10091
    satname:
    NTS 2
    intDesignator:
    1977-053A
    launchDate:
    1977-06-23
    satlat:
    62.0705
    satlng:
    -7.7373
    satalt:
    20305.6784
  14. satid:
    10413
    satname:
    COSMOS 839 DEB
    intDesignator:
    1976-067G
    launchDate:
    1976-07-08
    satlat:
    59.9281
    satlng:
    1.7826
    satalt:
    2080.7691
  15. satid:
    10746
    satname:
    DELTA 1 DEB
    intDesignator:
    1976-077AT
    launchDate:
    1976-07-29
    satlat:
    56.0437
    satlng:
    8.5286
    satalt:
    1326.6283
  16. satid:
    10949
    satname:
    SL-6 R/B(2)
    intDesignator:
    1978-055E
    launchDate:
    1978-06-02
    satlat:
    51.4766
    satlng:
    -30.4221
    satalt:
    31651.1687
  17. satid:
    11909
    satname:
    SL-6 R/B(2)
    intDesignator:
    1980-063D
    launchDate:
    1980-07-18
    satlat:
    39.5234
    satlng:
    -7.6038
    satalt:
    16266.8582
  18. satid:
    12818
    satname:
    COSMOS 1305
    intDesignator:
    1981-088A
    launchDate:
    1981-09-11
    satlat:
    56.6067
    satlng:
    8.3908
    satalt:
    13261.4294
  19. satid:
    12940
    satname:
    SL-6 R/B(2)
    intDesignator:
    1981-108D
    launchDate:
    1981-10-31
    satlat:
    32.9571
    satlng:
    6.2581
    satalt:
    32969.6981
  20. satid:
    13999
    satname:
    COSMOS 1191 DEB
    intDesignator:
    1980-057G
    launchDate:
    1980-07-02
    satlat:
    55.4895
    satlng:
    30.4329
    satalt:
    5409.1877
  21. satid:
    14590
    satname:
    COSMOS 1519 (GLONASS)
    intDesignator:
    1983-127A
    launchDate:
    1983-12-29
    satlat:
    64.7622
    satlng:
    45.8466
    satalt:
    19141.1382
  22. satid:
    14595
    satname:
    SL-12 R/B(2)
    intDesignator:
    1983-127F
    launchDate:
    1983-12-29
    satlat:
    66.1915
    satlng:
    19.7701
    satalt:
    19096.4464
  23. satid:
    14977
    satname:
    COSMOS 1554 (GLONASS)
    intDesignator:
    1984-047A
    launchDate:
    1984-05-19
    satlat:
    60.0189
    satlng:
    -17.4829
    satalt:
    19179.7945
  24. satid:
    14978
    satname:
    COSMOS 1555 (GLONASS)
    intDesignator:
    1984-047B
    launchDate:
    1984-05-19
    satlat:
    62.2155
    satlng:
    -10.1977
    satalt:
    19150.2823
  25. satid:
    15098
    satname:
    SL-6 R/B(2)
    intDesignator:
    1984-071D
    launchDate:
    1984-07-03
    satlat:
    48.7258
    satlng:
    -15.1294
    satalt:
    23465.1806
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