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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 2026-10-21T14:05:46Z in 0.737 seconds.

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

25 results

  1. satid:
    703
    satname:
    THOR ABLESTAR R/B
    intDesignator:
    1963-049A
    launchDate:
    1963-12-05
    satlat:
    61.1154
    satlng:
    7.6198
    satalt:
    1091.4755
  2. satid:
    1575
    satname:
    SL-8 R/B
    intDesignator:
    1965-070F
    launchDate:
    1965-09-03
    satlat:
    54.2411
    satlng:
    -2.9723
    satalt:
    1507.7711
  3. satid:
    1943
    satname:
    THOR ABLESTAR DEB
    intDesignator:
    1961-015HT
    launchDate:
    1961-06-29
    satlat:
    59.5002
    satlng:
    10.8989
    satalt:
    835.2377
  4. satid:
    3036
    satname:
    DELTA 1 R/B
    intDesignator:
    1967-114B
    launchDate:
    1967-11-10
    satlat:
    63.9688
    satlng:
    1.5872
    satalt:
    1488.3305
  5. satid:
    6207
    satname:
    SL-8 R/B
    intDesignator:
    1972-074B
    launchDate:
    1972-09-29
    satlat:
    60.6386
    satlng:
    0.3343
    satalt:
    1007.0883
  6. satid:
    6985
    satname:
    COSMOS 617
    intDesignator:
    1973-104A
    launchDate:
    1973-12-19
    satlat:
    58.5599
    satlng:
    12.613
    satalt:
    1492.9512
  7. satid:
    7800
    satname:
    SL-6 R/B(2)
    intDesignator:
    1975-036D
    launchDate:
    1975-04-29
    satlat:
    60.4768
    satlng:
    9.769
    satalt:
    38441.309
  8. satid:
    8601
    satname:
    MOLNIYA 1-32
    intDesignator:
    1976-006A
    launchDate:
    1976-01-22
    satlat:
    60.376
    satlng:
    0.4707
    satalt:
    37185.2974
  9. satid:
    9975
    satname:
    DELTA 1 DEB
    intDesignator:
    1973-086GE
    launchDate:
    1973-11-06
    satlat:
    59.6812
    satlng:
    3.056
    satalt:
    1480.2002
  10. satid:
    10155
    satname:
    SL-6 R/B(2)
    intDesignator:
    1977-054D
    launchDate:
    1977-06-24
    satlat:
    47.4526
    satlng:
    -22.2759
    satalt:
    19773.4511
  11. satid:
    11057
    satname:
    MOLNIYA 3-10
    intDesignator:
    1978-095A
    launchDate:
    1978-10-13
    satlat:
    51.0647
    satlng:
    1.7405
    satalt:
    7448.1721
  12. satid:
    11680
    satname:
    COSMOS 1153
    intDesignator:
    1980-007A
    launchDate:
    1980-01-25
    satlat:
    59.0527
    satlng:
    3.5018
    satalt:
    1014.3286
  13. satid:
    11705
    satname:
    ATLAS 35F R/B
    intDesignator:
    1980-011B
    launchDate:
    1980-02-09
    satlat:
    63.9107
    satlng:
    -12.8196
    satalt:
    13319.2698
  14. satid:
    12376
    satname:
    COSMOS 1261
    intDesignator:
    1981-031A
    launchDate:
    1981-03-31
    satlat:
    62.9219
    satlng:
    -27.3571
    satalt:
    18623.3154
  15. satid:
    12446
    satname:
    TITAN 34B R/B
    intDesignator:
    1981-038B
    launchDate:
    1981-04-24
    satlat:
    57.5338
    satlng:
    27.1982
    satalt:
    11562.9103
  16. satid:
    12834
    satname:
    COSMOS 1191 DEB
    intDesignator:
    1980-057F
    launchDate:
    1980-07-02
    satlat:
    56.9529
    satlng:
    -14.0481
    satalt:
    8938.8307
  17. satid:
    13124
    satname:
    COSMOS 1348
    intDesignator:
    1982-029A
    launchDate:
    1982-04-07
    satlat:
    71.5987
    satlng:
    -2.5589
    satalt:
    21602.4361
  18. satid:
    13205
    satname:
    COSMOS 1367
    intDesignator:
    1982-045A
    launchDate:
    1982-05-20
    satlat:
    57.1703
    satlng:
    -29.0675
    satalt:
    31071.6405
  19. satid:
    13882
    satname:
    SL-6 R/B(2)
    intDesignator:
    1983-015E
    launchDate:
    1983-03-11
    satlat:
    61.3928
    satlng:
    39.4198
    satalt:
    38850.586
  20. satid:
    13897
    satname:
    SL-6 R/B(2)
    intDesignator:
    1983-019D
    launchDate:
    1983-03-16
    satlat:
    62.6955
    satlng:
    32.6185
    satalt:
    38063.1149
  21. satid:
    14616
    satname:
    COSMOS 1527
    intDesignator:
    1984-001F
    launchDate:
    1984-01-05
    satlat:
    58.6185
    satlng:
    10.1877
    satalt:
    1471.091
  22. satid:
    15214
    satname:
    MOLNIYA 1-62
    intDesignator:
    1984-089A
    launchDate:
    1984-08-24
    satlat:
    55.2032
    satlng:
    -7.4032
    satalt:
    32296.3643
  23. satid:
    15227
    satname:
    TITAN 34B R/B
    intDesignator:
    1984-091B
    launchDate:
    1984-08-28
    satlat:
    55.9593
    satlng:
    37.3611
    satalt:
    30620.1975
  24. satid:
    15260
    satname:
    COSMOS 1594 (GLONASS)
    intDesignator:
    1984-095B
    launchDate:
    1984-09-04
    satlat:
    54.3379
    satlng:
    -32.0063
    satalt:
    19171.3608
  25. satid:
    16129
    satname:
    NAVSTAR 11 (USA 10)
    intDesignator:
    1985-093A
    launchDate:
    1985-10-09
    satlat:
    60.5931
    satlng:
    -41.8158
    satalt:
    20558.5364
limit:
25
offset:
0
returned:
25
has_more_results:
yes
next_offset:
25
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info:
category:
ANY
transactionscount:
97
satcount:
117
above:

25 results

  1. satid:
    703
    satname:
    THOR ABLESTAR R/B
    intDesignator:
    1963-049A
    launchDate:
    1963-12-05
    satlat:
    61.1154
    satlng:
    7.6198
    satalt:
    1091.4755
  2. satid:
    1575
    satname:
    SL-8 R/B
    intDesignator:
    1965-070F
    launchDate:
    1965-09-03
    satlat:
    54.2411
    satlng:
    -2.9723
    satalt:
    1507.7711
  3. satid:
    1943
    satname:
    THOR ABLESTAR DEB
    intDesignator:
    1961-015HT
    launchDate:
    1961-06-29
    satlat:
    59.5002
    satlng:
    10.8989
    satalt:
    835.2377
  4. satid:
    3036
    satname:
    DELTA 1 R/B
    intDesignator:
    1967-114B
    launchDate:
    1967-11-10
    satlat:
    63.9688
    satlng:
    1.5872
    satalt:
    1488.3305
  5. satid:
    6207
    satname:
    SL-8 R/B
    intDesignator:
    1972-074B
    launchDate:
    1972-09-29
    satlat:
    60.6386
    satlng:
    0.3343
    satalt:
    1007.0883
  6. satid:
    6985
    satname:
    COSMOS 617
    intDesignator:
    1973-104A
    launchDate:
    1973-12-19
    satlat:
    58.5599
    satlng:
    12.613
    satalt:
    1492.9512
  7. satid:
    7800
    satname:
    SL-6 R/B(2)
    intDesignator:
    1975-036D
    launchDate:
    1975-04-29
    satlat:
    60.4768
    satlng:
    9.769
    satalt:
    38441.309
  8. satid:
    8601
    satname:
    MOLNIYA 1-32
    intDesignator:
    1976-006A
    launchDate:
    1976-01-22
    satlat:
    60.376
    satlng:
    0.4707
    satalt:
    37185.2974
  9. satid:
    9975
    satname:
    DELTA 1 DEB
    intDesignator:
    1973-086GE
    launchDate:
    1973-11-06
    satlat:
    59.6812
    satlng:
    3.056
    satalt:
    1480.2002
  10. satid:
    10155
    satname:
    SL-6 R/B(2)
    intDesignator:
    1977-054D
    launchDate:
    1977-06-24
    satlat:
    47.4526
    satlng:
    -22.2759
    satalt:
    19773.4511
  11. satid:
    11057
    satname:
    MOLNIYA 3-10
    intDesignator:
    1978-095A
    launchDate:
    1978-10-13
    satlat:
    51.0647
    satlng:
    1.7405
    satalt:
    7448.1721
  12. satid:
    11680
    satname:
    COSMOS 1153
    intDesignator:
    1980-007A
    launchDate:
    1980-01-25
    satlat:
    59.0527
    satlng:
    3.5018
    satalt:
    1014.3286
  13. satid:
    11705
    satname:
    ATLAS 35F R/B
    intDesignator:
    1980-011B
    launchDate:
    1980-02-09
    satlat:
    63.9107
    satlng:
    -12.8196
    satalt:
    13319.2698
  14. satid:
    12376
    satname:
    COSMOS 1261
    intDesignator:
    1981-031A
    launchDate:
    1981-03-31
    satlat:
    62.9219
    satlng:
    -27.3571
    satalt:
    18623.3154
  15. satid:
    12446
    satname:
    TITAN 34B R/B
    intDesignator:
    1981-038B
    launchDate:
    1981-04-24
    satlat:
    57.5338
    satlng:
    27.1982
    satalt:
    11562.9103
  16. satid:
    12834
    satname:
    COSMOS 1191 DEB
    intDesignator:
    1980-057F
    launchDate:
    1980-07-02
    satlat:
    56.9529
    satlng:
    -14.0481
    satalt:
    8938.8307
  17. satid:
    13124
    satname:
    COSMOS 1348
    intDesignator:
    1982-029A
    launchDate:
    1982-04-07
    satlat:
    71.5987
    satlng:
    -2.5589
    satalt:
    21602.4361
  18. satid:
    13205
    satname:
    COSMOS 1367
    intDesignator:
    1982-045A
    launchDate:
    1982-05-20
    satlat:
    57.1703
    satlng:
    -29.0675
    satalt:
    31071.6405
  19. satid:
    13882
    satname:
    SL-6 R/B(2)
    intDesignator:
    1983-015E
    launchDate:
    1983-03-11
    satlat:
    61.3928
    satlng:
    39.4198
    satalt:
    38850.586
  20. satid:
    13897
    satname:
    SL-6 R/B(2)
    intDesignator:
    1983-019D
    launchDate:
    1983-03-16
    satlat:
    62.6955
    satlng:
    32.6185
    satalt:
    38063.1149
  21. satid:
    14616
    satname:
    COSMOS 1527
    intDesignator:
    1984-001F
    launchDate:
    1984-01-05
    satlat:
    58.6185
    satlng:
    10.1877
    satalt:
    1471.091
  22. satid:
    15214
    satname:
    MOLNIYA 1-62
    intDesignator:
    1984-089A
    launchDate:
    1984-08-24
    satlat:
    55.2032
    satlng:
    -7.4032
    satalt:
    32296.3643
  23. satid:
    15227
    satname:
    TITAN 34B R/B
    intDesignator:
    1984-091B
    launchDate:
    1984-08-28
    satlat:
    55.9593
    satlng:
    37.3611
    satalt:
    30620.1975
  24. satid:
    15260
    satname:
    COSMOS 1594 (GLONASS)
    intDesignator:
    1984-095B
    launchDate:
    1984-09-04
    satlat:
    54.3379
    satlng:
    -32.0063
    satalt:
    19171.3608
  25. satid:
    16129
    satname:
    NAVSTAR 11 (USA 10)
    intDesignator:
    1985-093A
    launchDate:
    1985-10-09
    satlat:
    60.5931
    satlng:
    -41.8158
    satalt:
    20558.5364
limit:
25
offset:
0
returned:
25
has_more_results:
yes
next_offset:
25
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