find_satellites_above

List satellites above an observer within an angular search radius.

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.
observer_lonrequirednumberObserver longitude in WGS84 decimal degrees.
observer_alt_moptionalnumberObserver altitude above sea level in metres.
radius_degoptionalintegerSearch radius from 0 to 90 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": "..."}
}
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.
Type: decimal number. Observer longitude in WGS84 decimal degrees.
Type: decimal number. Observer altitude above sea level in metres.
Type: integer. Search radius from 0 to 90 degrees.
Type: integer. N2YO category id; 0 means all categories, 1 brightest.

Result

Source: N2YO satellite data. Retrieved 2026-08-02T21:58:23Z in 1.114 seconds.

info:
category:
ANY
transactionscount:
8
satcount:
104
above:

25 results

  1. satid:
    1420
    satname:
    OPS 8480 (TRANSIT 5B-6)
    intDesignator:
    1965-048A
    launchDate:
    1965-06-24
    satlat:
    59.2961
    satlng:
    4.7205
    satalt:
    1104.0203
  2. satid:
    2403
    satname:
    OPS 0856
    intDesignator:
    1966-077A
    launchDate:
    1966-08-19
    satlat:
    55.8777
    satlng:
    -4.6247
    satalt:
    3688.8457
  3. satid:
    7156
    satname:
    DELTA 1 DEB
    intDesignator:
    1973-086DV
    launchDate:
    1973-11-06
    satlat:
    64.7441
    satlng:
    9.921
    satalt:
    1518.4911
  4. satid:
    7687
    satname:
    OPS 2439
    intDesignator:
    1975-017A
    launchDate:
    1975-03-10
    satlat:
    52.6516
    satlng:
    14.8811
    satalt:
    29658.3653
  5. satid:
    7800
    satname:
    SL-6 R/B(2)
    intDesignator:
    1975-036D
    launchDate:
    1975-04-29
    satlat:
    50.0141
    satlng:
    2.1053
    satalt:
    34079.9661
  6. satid:
    8403
    satname:
    THORAD DELTA 1 DEB
    intDesignator:
    1974-089CF
    launchDate:
    1974-11-15
    satlat:
    57.8464
    satlng:
    11.9604
    satalt:
    1500.1081
  7. satid:
    8788
    satname:
    THORAD DELTA 1 DEB
    intDesignator:
    1974-089DQ
    launchDate:
    1974-11-15
    satlat:
    60.9147
    satlng:
    10.4534
    satalt:
    1492.4376
  8. satid:
    10485
    satname:
    SL-6 R/B(2)
    intDesignator:
    1977-105E
    launchDate:
    1977-10-28
    satlat:
    63.7344
    satlng:
    11.7226
    satalt:
    36794.5078
  9. satid:
    10647
    satname:
    DELTA 1 DEB
    intDesignator:
    1976-077H
    launchDate:
    1976-07-29
    satlat:
    58.5237
    satlng:
    9.6616
    satalt:
    1511.1017
  10. satid:
    10836
    satname:
    DELTA 1 DEB
    intDesignator:
    1976-077CG
    launchDate:
    1976-07-29
    satlat:
    63.7159
    satlng:
    19.1784
    satalt:
    1688.2806
  11. satid:
    11079
    satname:
    SL-6 R/B(2)
    intDesignator:
    1978-095E
    launchDate:
    1978-10-13
    satlat:
    59.1344
    satlng:
    41.4066
    satalt:
    30165.0773
  12. satid:
    13882
    satname:
    SL-6 R/B(2)
    intDesignator:
    1983-015E
    launchDate:
    1983-03-11
    satlat:
    61.7052
    satlng:
    32.8363
    satalt:
    39467.3662
  13. satid:
    13890
    satname:
    MOLNIYA 1-56
    intDesignator:
    1983-019A
    launchDate:
    1983-03-16
    satlat:
    58.4827
    satlng:
    5.9958
    satalt:
    36662.503
  14. satid:
    14000
    satname:
    COSMOS 931 DEB
    intDesignator:
    1977-068G
    launchDate:
    1977-07-20
    satlat:
    57.3145
    satlng:
    -14.6338
    satalt:
    28507.4863
  15. satid:
    14816
    satname:
    SL-8 DEB *
    intDesignator:
    1976-098C
    launchDate:
    1976-09-29
    satlat:
    59.1109
    satlng:
    10.2443
    satalt:
    687.7075
  16. satid:
    15214
    satname:
    MOLNIYA 1-62
    intDesignator:
    1984-089A
    launchDate:
    1984-08-24
    satlat:
    52.6123
    satlng:
    -28.6569
    satalt:
    30636.8745
  17. satid:
    15272
    satname:
    ATLAS 14E R/B
    intDesignator:
    1984-097B
    launchDate:
    1984-09-08
    satlat:
    55.2044
    satlng:
    45.1917
    satalt:
    14638.0884
  18. satid:
    15738
    satname:
    MOLNIYA 3-24
    intDesignator:
    1985-040A
    launchDate:
    1985-05-29
    satlat:
    60.5482
    satlng:
    -25.92
    satalt:
    26313.0735
  19. satid:
    16393
    satname:
    MOLNIYA 3-27
    intDesignator:
    1985-117A
    launchDate:
    1985-12-24
    satlat:
    55.4994
    satlng:
    -12.6143
    satalt:
    37153.5473
  20. satid:
    17328
    satname:
    MOLNIYA 3-31
    intDesignator:
    1987-008A
    launchDate:
    1987-01-22
    satlat:
    61.423
    satlng:
    61.9103
    satalt:
    39442.6165
  21. satid:
    19807
    satname:
    MOLNIYA 1-75
    intDesignator:
    1989-014A
    launchDate:
    1989-02-15
    satlat:
    62.4232
    satlng:
    -36.6367
    satalt:
    31428.2319
  22. satid:
    20302
    satname:
    NAVSTAR 16 (USA 47)
    intDesignator:
    1989-085A
    launchDate:
    1989-10-21
    satlat:
    47.8589
    satlng:
    27.4264
    satalt:
    21202.1473
  23. satid:
    20412
    satname:
    COSMOS 1481 DEB
    intDesignator:
    1983-070F
    launchDate:
    1983-07-08
    satlat:
    43.8597
    satlng:
    8.9622
    satalt:
    33025.7991
  24. satid:
    20533
    satname:
    NAVSTAR 19 (USA 54)
    intDesignator:
    1990-025A
    launchDate:
    1990-03-26
    satlat:
    39.3742
    satlng:
    0.1621
    satalt:
    21191.0305
  25. satid:
    21109
    satname:
    SL-8 DEB
    intDesignator:
    1991-009K
    launchDate:
    1991-02-12
    satlat:
    63.3773
    satlng:
    2.6014
    satalt:
    1696.8867
limit:
25
offset:
0
returned:
25
has_more_results:
yes
truncated:
yes
next_offset:
25
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info:
category:
ANY
transactionscount:
8
satcount:
104
above:

25 results

  1. satid:
    1420
    satname:
    OPS 8480 (TRANSIT 5B-6)
    intDesignator:
    1965-048A
    launchDate:
    1965-06-24
    satlat:
    59.2961
    satlng:
    4.7205
    satalt:
    1104.0203
  2. satid:
    2403
    satname:
    OPS 0856
    intDesignator:
    1966-077A
    launchDate:
    1966-08-19
    satlat:
    55.8777
    satlng:
    -4.6247
    satalt:
    3688.8457
  3. satid:
    7156
    satname:
    DELTA 1 DEB
    intDesignator:
    1973-086DV
    launchDate:
    1973-11-06
    satlat:
    64.7441
    satlng:
    9.921
    satalt:
    1518.4911
  4. satid:
    7687
    satname:
    OPS 2439
    intDesignator:
    1975-017A
    launchDate:
    1975-03-10
    satlat:
    52.6516
    satlng:
    14.8811
    satalt:
    29658.3653
  5. satid:
    7800
    satname:
    SL-6 R/B(2)
    intDesignator:
    1975-036D
    launchDate:
    1975-04-29
    satlat:
    50.0141
    satlng:
    2.1053
    satalt:
    34079.9661
  6. satid:
    8403
    satname:
    THORAD DELTA 1 DEB
    intDesignator:
    1974-089CF
    launchDate:
    1974-11-15
    satlat:
    57.8464
    satlng:
    11.9604
    satalt:
    1500.1081
  7. satid:
    8788
    satname:
    THORAD DELTA 1 DEB
    intDesignator:
    1974-089DQ
    launchDate:
    1974-11-15
    satlat:
    60.9147
    satlng:
    10.4534
    satalt:
    1492.4376
  8. satid:
    10485
    satname:
    SL-6 R/B(2)
    intDesignator:
    1977-105E
    launchDate:
    1977-10-28
    satlat:
    63.7344
    satlng:
    11.7226
    satalt:
    36794.5078
  9. satid:
    10647
    satname:
    DELTA 1 DEB
    intDesignator:
    1976-077H
    launchDate:
    1976-07-29
    satlat:
    58.5237
    satlng:
    9.6616
    satalt:
    1511.1017
  10. satid:
    10836
    satname:
    DELTA 1 DEB
    intDesignator:
    1976-077CG
    launchDate:
    1976-07-29
    satlat:
    63.7159
    satlng:
    19.1784
    satalt:
    1688.2806
  11. satid:
    11079
    satname:
    SL-6 R/B(2)
    intDesignator:
    1978-095E
    launchDate:
    1978-10-13
    satlat:
    59.1344
    satlng:
    41.4066
    satalt:
    30165.0773
  12. satid:
    13882
    satname:
    SL-6 R/B(2)
    intDesignator:
    1983-015E
    launchDate:
    1983-03-11
    satlat:
    61.7052
    satlng:
    32.8363
    satalt:
    39467.3662
  13. satid:
    13890
    satname:
    MOLNIYA 1-56
    intDesignator:
    1983-019A
    launchDate:
    1983-03-16
    satlat:
    58.4827
    satlng:
    5.9958
    satalt:
    36662.503
  14. satid:
    14000
    satname:
    COSMOS 931 DEB
    intDesignator:
    1977-068G
    launchDate:
    1977-07-20
    satlat:
    57.3145
    satlng:
    -14.6338
    satalt:
    28507.4863
  15. satid:
    14816
    satname:
    SL-8 DEB *
    intDesignator:
    1976-098C
    launchDate:
    1976-09-29
    satlat:
    59.1109
    satlng:
    10.2443
    satalt:
    687.7075
  16. satid:
    15214
    satname:
    MOLNIYA 1-62
    intDesignator:
    1984-089A
    launchDate:
    1984-08-24
    satlat:
    52.6123
    satlng:
    -28.6569
    satalt:
    30636.8745
  17. satid:
    15272
    satname:
    ATLAS 14E R/B
    intDesignator:
    1984-097B
    launchDate:
    1984-09-08
    satlat:
    55.2044
    satlng:
    45.1917
    satalt:
    14638.0884
  18. satid:
    15738
    satname:
    MOLNIYA 3-24
    intDesignator:
    1985-040A
    launchDate:
    1985-05-29
    satlat:
    60.5482
    satlng:
    -25.92
    satalt:
    26313.0735
  19. satid:
    16393
    satname:
    MOLNIYA 3-27
    intDesignator:
    1985-117A
    launchDate:
    1985-12-24
    satlat:
    55.4994
    satlng:
    -12.6143
    satalt:
    37153.5473
  20. satid:
    17328
    satname:
    MOLNIYA 3-31
    intDesignator:
    1987-008A
    launchDate:
    1987-01-22
    satlat:
    61.423
    satlng:
    61.9103
    satalt:
    39442.6165
  21. satid:
    19807
    satname:
    MOLNIYA 1-75
    intDesignator:
    1989-014A
    launchDate:
    1989-02-15
    satlat:
    62.4232
    satlng:
    -36.6367
    satalt:
    31428.2319
  22. satid:
    20302
    satname:
    NAVSTAR 16 (USA 47)
    intDesignator:
    1989-085A
    launchDate:
    1989-10-21
    satlat:
    47.8589
    satlng:
    27.4264
    satalt:
    21202.1473
  23. satid:
    20412
    satname:
    COSMOS 1481 DEB
    intDesignator:
    1983-070F
    launchDate:
    1983-07-08
    satlat:
    43.8597
    satlng:
    8.9622
    satalt:
    33025.7991
  24. satid:
    20533
    satname:
    NAVSTAR 19 (USA 54)
    intDesignator:
    1990-025A
    launchDate:
    1990-03-26
    satlat:
    39.3742
    satlng:
    0.1621
    satalt:
    21191.0305
  25. satid:
    21109
    satname:
    SL-8 DEB
    intDesignator:
    1991-009K
    launchDate:
    1991-02-12
    satlat:
    63.3773
    satlng:
    2.6014
    satalt:
    1696.8867
limit:
25
offset:
0
returned:
25
has_more_results:
yes
truncated:
yes
next_offset:
25
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Ground rule: Navigate with HTML GET links to keep explanations and relationships. Use the page's JSON alternative only when concrete values must be extracted, compared or computed.

How to use the find_satellites_above lookup

  1. Replace the placeholders in the HTML GET template; remove optional parameters you do not need.
  2. Check types, units, limits and ID formats in the parameter table.
  3. Follow linked results to canonical pages before combining sources.

Misreading to avoid: An empty list means "no results for this lookup". An error message or unavailable source does not mean the data does not exist.

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