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 2026-08-02T19:50:56Z in 1.237 seconds.

info:
category:
ANY
transactionscount:
5
satcount:
104
above:

25 results

  1. satid:
    268
    satname:
    THOR ABLESTAR DEB
    intDesignator:
    1961-015CN
    launchDate:
    1961-06-29
    satlat:
    58.4515
    satlng:
    10.2211
    satalt:
    959.484
  2. satid:
    5876
    satname:
    THOR ABLESTAR DEB
    intDesignator:
    1961-015KF
    launchDate:
    1961-06-29
    satlat:
    62.7873
    satlng:
    21.7773
    satalt:
    2048.5758
  3. satid:
    7687
    satname:
    OPS 2439
    intDesignator:
    1975-017A
    launchDate:
    1975-03-10
    satlat:
    49.8734
    satlng:
    -12.6297
    satalt:
    24282.4897
  4. satid:
    7800
    satname:
    SL-6 R/B(2)
    intDesignator:
    1975-036D
    launchDate:
    1975-04-29
    satlat:
    60.8295
    satlng:
    8.2144
    satalt:
    38478.4609
  5. satid:
    9271
    satname:
    TITAN 34B AGENA R/B
    intDesignator:
    1976-080B
    launchDate:
    1976-08-06
    satlat:
    42.9951
    satlng:
    26.8943
    satalt:
    12617.7627
  6. satid:
    10095
    satname:
    COSMOS 921
    intDesignator:
    1977-055A
    launchDate:
    1977-06-24
    satlat:
    58.5623
    satlng:
    10.5695
    satalt:
    592.7715
  7. satid:
    10485
    satname:
    SL-6 R/B(2)
    intDesignator:
    1977-105E
    launchDate:
    1977-10-28
    satlat:
    54.1557
    satlng:
    3.3997
    satalt:
    26222.3964
  8. satid:
    10566
    satname:
    COSMOS 970 DEB
    intDesignator:
    1977-121H
    launchDate:
    1977-12-21
    satlat:
    62.5679
    satlng:
    1.9284
    satalt:
    1376.5864
  9. satid:
    11057
    satname:
    MOLNIYA 3-10
    intDesignator:
    1978-095A
    launchDate:
    1978-10-13
    satlat:
    61.4864
    satlng:
    48.221
    satalt:
    10569.7697
  10. satid:
    11142
    satname:
    ATLAS F R/B
    intDesignator:
    1978-112B
    launchDate:
    1978-12-11
    satlat:
    47.8682
    satlng:
    17.2586
    satalt:
    8037.9158
  11. satid:
    11705
    satname:
    ATLAS 35F R/B
    intDesignator:
    1980-011B
    launchDate:
    1980-02-09
    satlat:
    58.2931
    satlng:
    39.3397
    satalt:
    11724.0508
  12. satid:
    12328
    satname:
    SL-8 R/B
    intDesignator:
    1981-022J
    launchDate:
    1981-03-06
    satlat:
    53.1602
    satlng:
    7.0556
    satalt:
    1627.8051
  13. satid:
    13243
    satname:
    COSMOS 1372
    intDesignator:
    1982-052A
    launchDate:
    1982-06-01
    satlat:
    59.9264
    satlng:
    3.7189
    satalt:
    987.6484
  14. satid:
    13882
    satname:
    SL-6 R/B(2)
    intDesignator:
    1983-015E
    launchDate:
    1983-03-11
    satlat:
    60.1838
    satlng:
    33.4233
    satalt:
    37817.8063
  15. satid:
    13890
    satname:
    MOLNIYA 1-56
    intDesignator:
    1983-019A
    launchDate:
    1983-03-16
    satlat:
    62.5901
    satlng:
    5.7139
    satalt:
    38544.4025
  16. satid:
    13908
    satname:
    SL-6 DEB
    intDesignator:
    1981-088H
    launchDate:
    1981-09-11
    satlat:
    45.1703
    satlng:
    -8.0329
    satalt:
    13660.4549
  17. satid:
    15214
    satname:
    MOLNIYA 1-62
    intDesignator:
    1984-089A
    launchDate:
    1984-08-24
    satlat:
    62.0821
    satlng:
    -28.7443
    satalt:
    34799.1175
  18. satid:
    15738
    satname:
    MOLNIYA 3-24
    intDesignator:
    1985-040A
    launchDate:
    1985-05-29
    satlat:
    60.1179
    satlng:
    -40.7493
    satalt:
    31892.3972
  19. satid:
    16070
    satname:
    SL-6 R/B(2)
    intDesignator:
    1985-084D
    launchDate:
    1985-09-24
    satlat:
    62.4314
    satlng:
    -35.0497
    satalt:
    20164.7756
  20. satid:
    16183
    satname:
    COSMOS 1698
    intDesignator:
    1985-098A
    launchDate:
    1985-10-22
    satlat:
    67.3127
    satlng:
    -19.6337
    satalt:
    18832.8577
  21. satid:
    16393
    satname:
    MOLNIYA 3-27
    intDesignator:
    1985-117A
    launchDate:
    1985-12-24
    satlat:
    42.8919
    satlng:
    -1.8266
    satalt:
    30621.0733
  22. satid:
    18106
    satname:
    SL-6 R/B(2)
    intDesignator:
    1987-050D
    launchDate:
    1987-06-12
    satlat:
    43.5977
    satlng:
    30.7247
    satalt:
    15696.6824
  23. satid:
    19478
    satname:
    DELTA 1 DEB
    intDesignator:
    1981-070L
    launchDate:
    1981-08-03
    satlat:
    62.5776
    satlng:
    -18.6237
    satalt:
    11332.0958
  24. satid:
    19791
    satname:
    SL-14 R/B
    intDesignator:
    1989-009G
    launchDate:
    1989-02-10
    satlat:
    60.4477
    satlng:
    20.638
    satalt:
    1447.9316
  25. satid:
    20452
    satname:
    NAVSTAR 18 (USA 50)
    intDesignator:
    1990-008A
    launchDate:
    1990-01-24
    satlat:
    54.8923
    satlng:
    -23.7125
    satalt:
    21244.7716
limit:
25
offset:
0
returned:
25
has_more_results:
yes
truncated:
yes
next_offset:
25
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info:
category:
ANY
transactionscount:
5
satcount:
104
above:

25 results

  1. satid:
    268
    satname:
    THOR ABLESTAR DEB
    intDesignator:
    1961-015CN
    launchDate:
    1961-06-29
    satlat:
    58.4515
    satlng:
    10.2211
    satalt:
    959.484
  2. satid:
    5876
    satname:
    THOR ABLESTAR DEB
    intDesignator:
    1961-015KF
    launchDate:
    1961-06-29
    satlat:
    62.7873
    satlng:
    21.7773
    satalt:
    2048.5758
  3. satid:
    7687
    satname:
    OPS 2439
    intDesignator:
    1975-017A
    launchDate:
    1975-03-10
    satlat:
    49.8734
    satlng:
    -12.6297
    satalt:
    24282.4897
  4. satid:
    7800
    satname:
    SL-6 R/B(2)
    intDesignator:
    1975-036D
    launchDate:
    1975-04-29
    satlat:
    60.8295
    satlng:
    8.2144
    satalt:
    38478.4609
  5. satid:
    9271
    satname:
    TITAN 34B AGENA R/B
    intDesignator:
    1976-080B
    launchDate:
    1976-08-06
    satlat:
    42.9951
    satlng:
    26.8943
    satalt:
    12617.7627
  6. satid:
    10095
    satname:
    COSMOS 921
    intDesignator:
    1977-055A
    launchDate:
    1977-06-24
    satlat:
    58.5623
    satlng:
    10.5695
    satalt:
    592.7715
  7. satid:
    10485
    satname:
    SL-6 R/B(2)
    intDesignator:
    1977-105E
    launchDate:
    1977-10-28
    satlat:
    54.1557
    satlng:
    3.3997
    satalt:
    26222.3964
  8. satid:
    10566
    satname:
    COSMOS 970 DEB
    intDesignator:
    1977-121H
    launchDate:
    1977-12-21
    satlat:
    62.5679
    satlng:
    1.9284
    satalt:
    1376.5864
  9. satid:
    11057
    satname:
    MOLNIYA 3-10
    intDesignator:
    1978-095A
    launchDate:
    1978-10-13
    satlat:
    61.4864
    satlng:
    48.221
    satalt:
    10569.7697
  10. satid:
    11142
    satname:
    ATLAS F R/B
    intDesignator:
    1978-112B
    launchDate:
    1978-12-11
    satlat:
    47.8682
    satlng:
    17.2586
    satalt:
    8037.9158
  11. satid:
    11705
    satname:
    ATLAS 35F R/B
    intDesignator:
    1980-011B
    launchDate:
    1980-02-09
    satlat:
    58.2931
    satlng:
    39.3397
    satalt:
    11724.0508
  12. satid:
    12328
    satname:
    SL-8 R/B
    intDesignator:
    1981-022J
    launchDate:
    1981-03-06
    satlat:
    53.1602
    satlng:
    7.0556
    satalt:
    1627.8051
  13. satid:
    13243
    satname:
    COSMOS 1372
    intDesignator:
    1982-052A
    launchDate:
    1982-06-01
    satlat:
    59.9264
    satlng:
    3.7189
    satalt:
    987.6484
  14. satid:
    13882
    satname:
    SL-6 R/B(2)
    intDesignator:
    1983-015E
    launchDate:
    1983-03-11
    satlat:
    60.1838
    satlng:
    33.4233
    satalt:
    37817.8063
  15. satid:
    13890
    satname:
    MOLNIYA 1-56
    intDesignator:
    1983-019A
    launchDate:
    1983-03-16
    satlat:
    62.5901
    satlng:
    5.7139
    satalt:
    38544.4025
  16. satid:
    13908
    satname:
    SL-6 DEB
    intDesignator:
    1981-088H
    launchDate:
    1981-09-11
    satlat:
    45.1703
    satlng:
    -8.0329
    satalt:
    13660.4549
  17. satid:
    15214
    satname:
    MOLNIYA 1-62
    intDesignator:
    1984-089A
    launchDate:
    1984-08-24
    satlat:
    62.0821
    satlng:
    -28.7443
    satalt:
    34799.1175
  18. satid:
    15738
    satname:
    MOLNIYA 3-24
    intDesignator:
    1985-040A
    launchDate:
    1985-05-29
    satlat:
    60.1179
    satlng:
    -40.7493
    satalt:
    31892.3972
  19. satid:
    16070
    satname:
    SL-6 R/B(2)
    intDesignator:
    1985-084D
    launchDate:
    1985-09-24
    satlat:
    62.4314
    satlng:
    -35.0497
    satalt:
    20164.7756
  20. satid:
    16183
    satname:
    COSMOS 1698
    intDesignator:
    1985-098A
    launchDate:
    1985-10-22
    satlat:
    67.3127
    satlng:
    -19.6337
    satalt:
    18832.8577
  21. satid:
    16393
    satname:
    MOLNIYA 3-27
    intDesignator:
    1985-117A
    launchDate:
    1985-12-24
    satlat:
    42.8919
    satlng:
    -1.8266
    satalt:
    30621.0733
  22. satid:
    18106
    satname:
    SL-6 R/B(2)
    intDesignator:
    1987-050D
    launchDate:
    1987-06-12
    satlat:
    43.5977
    satlng:
    30.7247
    satalt:
    15696.6824
  23. satid:
    19478
    satname:
    DELTA 1 DEB
    intDesignator:
    1981-070L
    launchDate:
    1981-08-03
    satlat:
    62.5776
    satlng:
    -18.6237
    satalt:
    11332.0958
  24. satid:
    19791
    satname:
    SL-14 R/B
    intDesignator:
    1989-009G
    launchDate:
    1989-02-10
    satlat:
    60.4477
    satlng:
    20.638
    satalt:
    1447.9316
  25. satid:
    20452
    satname:
    NAVSTAR 18 (USA 50)
    intDesignator:
    1990-008A
    launchDate:
    1990-01-24
    satlat:
    54.8923
    satlng:
    -23.7125
    satalt:
    21244.7716
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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