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 2026-11-13T15:29:20Z in 0.804 seconds.

info:

category:: ANY
transactionscount:: 97
satcount:: 94

above:

25 results

satid:
1420
satname:
OPS 8480 (TRANSIT 5B-6)
intDesignator:
1965-048A
launchDate:
1965-06-24
satlat:
59.2102
satlng:
-0.5902
satalt:
1047.3652
satid:
2403
satname:
OPS 0856
intDesignator:
1966-077A
launchDate:
1966-08-19
satlat:
65.0038
satlng:
-7.6351
satalt:
3700.9481
satid:
4964
satname:
COSMOS 397
intDesignator:
1971-015A
launchDate:
1971-02-25
satlat:
55.9392
satlng:
10.2506
satalt:
931.496
satid:
7373
satname:
SL-6 R/B(2)
intDesignator:
1974-026E
launchDate:
1974-04-26
satlat:
57.3673
satlng:
38.816
satalt:
33149.4254
satid:
7629
satname:
SL-6 R/B(2)
intDesignator:
1975-007D
launchDate:
1975-01-30
satlat:
68.266
satlng:
45.5096
satalt:
30861.1436
satid:
7826
satname:
COSMOS 737
intDesignator:
1975-045F
launchDate:
1975-05-28
satlat:
58.4178
satlng:
-3.057
satalt:
1502.5336
satid:
8601
satname:
MOLNIYA 1-32
intDesignator:
1976-006A
launchDate:
1976-01-22
satlat:
51.5104
satlng:
-23.6471
satalt:
31419.9297
satid:
9271
satname:
TITAN 34B AGENA R/B
intDesignator:
1976-080B
launchDate:
1976-08-06
satlat:
63.5312
satlng:
48.0423
satalt:
28774.7417
satid:
10155
satname:
SL-6 R/B(2)
intDesignator:
1977-054D
launchDate:
1977-06-24
satlat:
60.7174
satlng:
19.5099
satalt:
30707.7917
satid:
10657
satname:
DELTA 1 DEB
intDesignator:
1976-077T
launchDate:
1976-07-29
satlat:
55.3642
satlng:
-0.7541
satalt:
1584.9768
satid:
10707
satname:
DELTA 1 DEB
intDesignator:
1976-077AC
launchDate:
1976-07-29
satlat:
55.4515
satlng:
13.5731
satalt:
1486.2209
satid:
12646
satname:
SL-3 R/B
intDesignator:
1981-075B
launchDate:
1981-08-07
satlat:
61.0254
satlng:
5.3506
satalt:
881.5205
satid:
12827
satname:
SL-6 R/B(2)
intDesignator:
1981-088F
launchDate:
1981-09-11
satlat:
46.4931
satlng:
30.5549
satalt:
13527.5757
satid:
13124
satname:
COSMOS 1348
intDesignator:
1982-029A
launchDate:
1982-04-07
satlat:
46.4679
satlng:
14.8025
satalt:
31278.6593
satid:
13764
satname:
COSMOS 1432
intDesignator:
1983-002D
launchDate:
1983-01-19
satlat:
61.6087
satlng:
-0.6964
satalt:
1476.1596
satid:
14608
satname:
SL-12 R/B(AUX MOTOR)
intDesignator:
1983-127H
launchDate:
1983-12-29
satlat:
51.6525
satlng:
26.9172
satalt:
9137.1235
satid:
14612
satname:
COSMOS 1523
intDesignator:
1984-001B
launchDate:
1984-01-05
satlat:
59.2331
satlng:
-3.0407
satalt:
1460.1309
satid:
14999
satname:
COSMOS 1560
intDesignator:
1984-052B
launchDate:
1984-05-28
satlat:
61.3144
satlng:
10.9494
satalt:
1491.7436
satid:
15223
satname:
SL-6 R/B(2)
intDesignator:
1984-089D
launchDate:
1984-08-24
satlat:
54.772
satlng:
-4.6442
satalt:
25563.6419
satid:
15227
satname:
TITAN 34B R/B
intDesignator:
1984-091B
launchDate:
1984-08-28
satlat:
51.7618
satlng:
-18.0438
satalt:
27117.858
satid:
15741
satname:
SL-6 R/B(2)
intDesignator:
1985-040D
launchDate:
1985-05-29
satlat:
55.392
satlng:
30.3657
satalt:
37757.7412
satid:
16393
satname:
MOLNIYA 3-27
intDesignator:
1985-117A
launchDate:
1985-12-24
satlat:
61.9263
satlng:
5.7153
satalt:
33777.2081
satid:
17328
satname:
MOLNIYA 3-31
intDesignator:
1987-008A
launchDate:
1987-01-22
satlat:
61.885
satlng:
52.2484
satalt:
38738.2809
satid:
18603
satname:
MIDAS 5 DEB
intDesignator:
1962-010G
launchDate:
1962-04-09
satlat:
55.5789
satlng:
24.3631
satalt:
3383.7084
satid:
18701
satname:
COSMOS 1903
intDesignator:
1987-105A
launchDate:
1987-12-21
satlat:
68.2025
satlng:
10.8288
satalt:
8527.3178

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info:

category:: ANY
transactionscount:: 97
satcount:: 94

above:

25 results

satid:
1420
satname:
OPS 8480 (TRANSIT 5B-6)
intDesignator:
1965-048A
launchDate:
1965-06-24
satlat:
59.2102
satlng:
-0.5902
satalt:
1047.3652
satid:
2403
satname:
OPS 0856
intDesignator:
1966-077A
launchDate:
1966-08-19
satlat:
65.0038
satlng:
-7.6351
satalt:
3700.9481
satid:
4964
satname:
COSMOS 397
intDesignator:
1971-015A
launchDate:
1971-02-25
satlat:
55.9392
satlng:
10.2506
satalt:
931.496
satid:
7373
satname:
SL-6 R/B(2)
intDesignator:
1974-026E
launchDate:
1974-04-26
satlat:
57.3673
satlng:
38.816
satalt:
33149.4254
satid:
7629
satname:
SL-6 R/B(2)
intDesignator:
1975-007D
launchDate:
1975-01-30
satlat:
68.266
satlng:
45.5096
satalt:
30861.1436
satid:
7826
satname:
COSMOS 737
intDesignator:
1975-045F
launchDate:
1975-05-28
satlat:
58.4178
satlng:
-3.057
satalt:
1502.5336
satid:
8601
satname:
MOLNIYA 1-32
intDesignator:
1976-006A
launchDate:
1976-01-22
satlat:
51.5104
satlng:
-23.6471
satalt:
31419.9297
satid:
9271
satname:
TITAN 34B AGENA R/B
intDesignator:
1976-080B
launchDate:
1976-08-06
satlat:
63.5312
satlng:
48.0423
satalt:
28774.7417
satid:
10155
satname:
SL-6 R/B(2)
intDesignator:
1977-054D
launchDate:
1977-06-24
satlat:
60.7174
satlng:
19.5099
satalt:
30707.7917
satid:
10657
satname:
DELTA 1 DEB
intDesignator:
1976-077T
launchDate:
1976-07-29
satlat:
55.3642
satlng:
-0.7541
satalt:
1584.9768
satid:
10707
satname:
DELTA 1 DEB
intDesignator:
1976-077AC
launchDate:
1976-07-29
satlat:
55.4515
satlng:
13.5731
satalt:
1486.2209
satid:
12646
satname:
SL-3 R/B
intDesignator:
1981-075B
launchDate:
1981-08-07
satlat:
61.0254
satlng:
5.3506
satalt:
881.5205
satid:
12827
satname:
SL-6 R/B(2)
intDesignator:
1981-088F
launchDate:
1981-09-11
satlat:
46.4931
satlng:
30.5549
satalt:
13527.5757
satid:
13124
satname:
COSMOS 1348
intDesignator:
1982-029A
launchDate:
1982-04-07
satlat:
46.4679
satlng:
14.8025
satalt:
31278.6593
satid:
13764
satname:
COSMOS 1432
intDesignator:
1983-002D
launchDate:
1983-01-19
satlat:
61.6087
satlng:
-0.6964
satalt:
1476.1596
satid:
14608
satname:
SL-12 R/B(AUX MOTOR)
intDesignator:
1983-127H
launchDate:
1983-12-29
satlat:
51.6525
satlng:
26.9172
satalt:
9137.1235
satid:
14612
satname:
COSMOS 1523
intDesignator:
1984-001B
launchDate:
1984-01-05
satlat:
59.2331
satlng:
-3.0407
satalt:
1460.1309
satid:
14999
satname:
COSMOS 1560
intDesignator:
1984-052B
launchDate:
1984-05-28
satlat:
61.3144
satlng:
10.9494
satalt:
1491.7436
satid:
15223
satname:
SL-6 R/B(2)
intDesignator:
1984-089D
launchDate:
1984-08-24
satlat:
54.772
satlng:
-4.6442
satalt:
25563.6419
satid:
15227
satname:
TITAN 34B R/B
intDesignator:
1984-091B
launchDate:
1984-08-28
satlat:
51.7618
satlng:
-18.0438
satalt:
27117.858
satid:
15741
satname:
SL-6 R/B(2)
intDesignator:
1985-040D
launchDate:
1985-05-29
satlat:
55.392
satlng:
30.3657
satalt:
37757.7412
satid:
16393
satname:
MOLNIYA 3-27
intDesignator:
1985-117A
launchDate:
1985-12-24
satlat:
61.9263
satlng:
5.7153
satalt:
33777.2081
satid:
17328
satname:
MOLNIYA 3-31
intDesignator:
1987-008A
launchDate:
1987-01-22
satlat:
61.885
satlng:
52.2484
satalt:
38738.2809
satid:
18603
satname:
MIDAS 5 DEB
intDesignator:
1962-010G
launchDate:
1962-04-09
satlat:
55.5789
satlng:
24.3631
satalt:
3383.7084
satid:
18701
satname:
COSMOS 1903
intDesignator:
1987-105A
launchDate:
1987-12-21
satlat:
68.2025
satlng:
10.8288
satalt:
8527.3178

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