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 2026-09-25T10:07:03Z in 1.085 seconds.

info:
category:
ANY
transactionscount:
95
satcount:
128
above:

25 results

  1. satid:
    746
    satname:
    ELEKTRON 1
    intDesignator:
    1964-006A
    launchDate:
    1964-01-30
    satlat:
    60.9352
    satlng:
    -16.4497
    satalt:
    6010.3037
  2. satid:
    2255
    satname:
    THOR AGENA D R/B
    intDesignator:
    1966-056B
    launchDate:
    1966-06-24
    satlat:
    62.8983
    satlng:
    20.1051
    satalt:
    4203.1143
  3. satid:
    2377
    satname:
    WESTFORD NEEDLES
    intDesignator:
    1963-014X
    launchDate:
    1963-05-09
    satlat:
    67.4638
    satlng:
    4.9206
    satalt:
    3726.0388
  4. satid:
    3093
    satname:
    EXPLORER 36 (GEOS 2)
    intDesignator:
    1968-002A
    launchDate:
    1968-01-11
    satlat:
    64.7892
    satlng:
    7.8459
    satalt:
    1480.9571
  5. satid:
    4084
    satname:
    SL-8 DEB
    intDesignator:
    1969-070C
    launchDate:
    1969-08-13
    satlat:
    60.7097
    satlng:
    3.1002
    satalt:
    740.8405
  6. satid:
    4733
    satname:
    THORAD AGENA D DEB
    intDesignator:
    1970-025CG
    launchDate:
    1970-04-08
    satlat:
    59.4814
    satlng:
    -0.8379
    satalt:
    713.8224
  7. satid:
    5054
    satname:
    TITAN 34B AGENA D R/B
    intDesignator:
    1971-021B
    launchDate:
    1971-03-21
    satlat:
    60.6298
    satlng:
    -43.8686
    satalt:
    32820.5928
  8. satid:
    5277
    satname:
    COSMOS 397 DEB
    intDesignator:
    1971-015BE
    launchDate:
    1971-02-25
    satlat:
    63.8299
    satlng:
    -1.9134
    satalt:
    1906.95
  9. satid:
    7688
    satname:
    TITAN 34B R/B
    intDesignator:
    1975-017B
    launchDate:
    1975-03-10
    satlat:
    63.2986
    satlng:
    36.6883
    satalt:
    15057.9835
  10. satid:
    8601
    satname:
    MOLNIYA 1-32
    intDesignator:
    1976-006A
    launchDate:
    1976-01-22
    satlat:
    55.6584
    satlng:
    15.3263
    satalt:
    29242.5844
  11. satid:
    10884
    satname:
    COSMOS 970 DEB
    intDesignator:
    1977-121AF
    launchDate:
    1977-12-21
    satlat:
    56.1895
    satlng:
    8.9044
    satalt:
    1111.7311
  12. satid:
    11076
    satname:
    SL-6 R/B(2)
    intDesignator:
    1978-083D
    launchDate:
    1978-09-06
    satlat:
    62.8866
    satlng:
    36.5216
    satalt:
    7108.1673
  13. satid:
    11705
    satname:
    ATLAS 35F R/B
    intDesignator:
    1980-011B
    launchDate:
    1980-02-09
    satlat:
    53.7916
    satlng:
    21.9904
    satalt:
    14917.299
  14. satid:
    11847
    satname:
    SL-6 R/B(2)
    intDesignator:
    1980-050B
    launchDate:
    1980-06-14
    satlat:
    54.0659
    satlng:
    -12.8814
    satalt:
    36378.0366
  15. satid:
    11909
    satname:
    SL-6 R/B(2)
    intDesignator:
    1980-063D
    launchDate:
    1980-07-18
    satlat:
    61.6935
    satlng:
    -35.9987
    satalt:
    39914.2253
  16. satid:
    12078
    satname:
    COSMOS 1223
    intDesignator:
    1980-095A
    launchDate:
    1980-11-27
    satlat:
    52.3113
    satlng:
    43.8175
    satalt:
    32446.8314
  17. satid:
    12323
    satname:
    COSMOS 1253
    intDesignator:
    1981-022D
    launchDate:
    1981-03-06
    satlat:
    64.2068
    satlng:
    -2.1967
    satalt:
    1505.482
  18. satid:
    13075
    satname:
    SL-6 R/B(2)
    intDesignator:
    1982-015D
    launchDate:
    1982-02-26
    satlat:
    62.9445
    satlng:
    35.4879
    satalt:
    39164.6743
  19. satid:
    13080
    satname:
    COSMOS 1341
    intDesignator:
    1982-016A
    launchDate:
    1982-03-03
    satlat:
    50.66
    satlng:
    -3.3671
    satalt:
    35307.6856
  20. satid:
    13875
    satname:
    MOLNIYA 3-20
    intDesignator:
    1983-015A
    launchDate:
    1983-03-11
    satlat:
    61.0114
    satlng:
    50.2013
    satalt:
    37320.2117
  21. satid:
    13909
    satname:
    SL-6 DEB
    intDesignator:
    1981-088J
    launchDate:
    1981-09-11
    satlat:
    57.1179
    satlng:
    26.925
    satalt:
    12217.5519
  22. satid:
    13910
    satname:
    SL-6 DEB
    intDesignator:
    1981-088K
    launchDate:
    1981-09-11
    satlat:
    56.6634
    satlng:
    -21.9974
    satalt:
    12295.8348
  23. satid:
    13961
    satname:
    COSMOS 1285 DEB
    intDesignator:
    1981-071F
    launchDate:
    1981-08-04
    satlat:
    66.4441
    satlng:
    43.7293
    satalt:
    22614.3693
  24. satid:
    14736
    satname:
    COSMOS 1317 DEB
    intDesignator:
    1981-108G
    launchDate:
    1981-10-31
    satlat:
    71.2089
    satlng:
    58.5341
    satalt:
    24685.9691
  25. satid:
    15226
    satname:
    USA 4
    intDesignator:
    1984-091A
    launchDate:
    1984-08-28
    satlat:
    63.1918
    satlng:
    13.14
    satalt:
    36147.4165
limit:
25
offset:
0
returned:
25
has_more_results:
yes
truncated:
yes
next_offset:
25
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info:
category:
ANY
transactionscount:
95
satcount:
128
above:

25 results

  1. satid:
    746
    satname:
    ELEKTRON 1
    intDesignator:
    1964-006A
    launchDate:
    1964-01-30
    satlat:
    60.9352
    satlng:
    -16.4497
    satalt:
    6010.3037
  2. satid:
    2255
    satname:
    THOR AGENA D R/B
    intDesignator:
    1966-056B
    launchDate:
    1966-06-24
    satlat:
    62.8983
    satlng:
    20.1051
    satalt:
    4203.1143
  3. satid:
    2377
    satname:
    WESTFORD NEEDLES
    intDesignator:
    1963-014X
    launchDate:
    1963-05-09
    satlat:
    67.4638
    satlng:
    4.9206
    satalt:
    3726.0388
  4. satid:
    3093
    satname:
    EXPLORER 36 (GEOS 2)
    intDesignator:
    1968-002A
    launchDate:
    1968-01-11
    satlat:
    64.7892
    satlng:
    7.8459
    satalt:
    1480.9571
  5. satid:
    4084
    satname:
    SL-8 DEB
    intDesignator:
    1969-070C
    launchDate:
    1969-08-13
    satlat:
    60.7097
    satlng:
    3.1002
    satalt:
    740.8405
  6. satid:
    4733
    satname:
    THORAD AGENA D DEB
    intDesignator:
    1970-025CG
    launchDate:
    1970-04-08
    satlat:
    59.4814
    satlng:
    -0.8379
    satalt:
    713.8224
  7. satid:
    5054
    satname:
    TITAN 34B AGENA D R/B
    intDesignator:
    1971-021B
    launchDate:
    1971-03-21
    satlat:
    60.6298
    satlng:
    -43.8686
    satalt:
    32820.5928
  8. satid:
    5277
    satname:
    COSMOS 397 DEB
    intDesignator:
    1971-015BE
    launchDate:
    1971-02-25
    satlat:
    63.8299
    satlng:
    -1.9134
    satalt:
    1906.95
  9. satid:
    7688
    satname:
    TITAN 34B R/B
    intDesignator:
    1975-017B
    launchDate:
    1975-03-10
    satlat:
    63.2986
    satlng:
    36.6883
    satalt:
    15057.9835
  10. satid:
    8601
    satname:
    MOLNIYA 1-32
    intDesignator:
    1976-006A
    launchDate:
    1976-01-22
    satlat:
    55.6584
    satlng:
    15.3263
    satalt:
    29242.5844
  11. satid:
    10884
    satname:
    COSMOS 970 DEB
    intDesignator:
    1977-121AF
    launchDate:
    1977-12-21
    satlat:
    56.1895
    satlng:
    8.9044
    satalt:
    1111.7311
  12. satid:
    11076
    satname:
    SL-6 R/B(2)
    intDesignator:
    1978-083D
    launchDate:
    1978-09-06
    satlat:
    62.8866
    satlng:
    36.5216
    satalt:
    7108.1673
  13. satid:
    11705
    satname:
    ATLAS 35F R/B
    intDesignator:
    1980-011B
    launchDate:
    1980-02-09
    satlat:
    53.7916
    satlng:
    21.9904
    satalt:
    14917.299
  14. satid:
    11847
    satname:
    SL-6 R/B(2)
    intDesignator:
    1980-050B
    launchDate:
    1980-06-14
    satlat:
    54.0659
    satlng:
    -12.8814
    satalt:
    36378.0366
  15. satid:
    11909
    satname:
    SL-6 R/B(2)
    intDesignator:
    1980-063D
    launchDate:
    1980-07-18
    satlat:
    61.6935
    satlng:
    -35.9987
    satalt:
    39914.2253
  16. satid:
    12078
    satname:
    COSMOS 1223
    intDesignator:
    1980-095A
    launchDate:
    1980-11-27
    satlat:
    52.3113
    satlng:
    43.8175
    satalt:
    32446.8314
  17. satid:
    12323
    satname:
    COSMOS 1253
    intDesignator:
    1981-022D
    launchDate:
    1981-03-06
    satlat:
    64.2068
    satlng:
    -2.1967
    satalt:
    1505.482
  18. satid:
    13075
    satname:
    SL-6 R/B(2)
    intDesignator:
    1982-015D
    launchDate:
    1982-02-26
    satlat:
    62.9445
    satlng:
    35.4879
    satalt:
    39164.6743
  19. satid:
    13080
    satname:
    COSMOS 1341
    intDesignator:
    1982-016A
    launchDate:
    1982-03-03
    satlat:
    50.66
    satlng:
    -3.3671
    satalt:
    35307.6856
  20. satid:
    13875
    satname:
    MOLNIYA 3-20
    intDesignator:
    1983-015A
    launchDate:
    1983-03-11
    satlat:
    61.0114
    satlng:
    50.2013
    satalt:
    37320.2117
  21. satid:
    13909
    satname:
    SL-6 DEB
    intDesignator:
    1981-088J
    launchDate:
    1981-09-11
    satlat:
    57.1179
    satlng:
    26.925
    satalt:
    12217.5519
  22. satid:
    13910
    satname:
    SL-6 DEB
    intDesignator:
    1981-088K
    launchDate:
    1981-09-11
    satlat:
    56.6634
    satlng:
    -21.9974
    satalt:
    12295.8348
  23. satid:
    13961
    satname:
    COSMOS 1285 DEB
    intDesignator:
    1981-071F
    launchDate:
    1981-08-04
    satlat:
    66.4441
    satlng:
    43.7293
    satalt:
    22614.3693
  24. satid:
    14736
    satname:
    COSMOS 1317 DEB
    intDesignator:
    1981-108G
    launchDate:
    1981-10-31
    satlat:
    71.2089
    satlng:
    58.5341
    satalt:
    24685.9691
  25. satid:
    15226
    satname:
    USA 4
    intDesignator:
    1984-091A
    launchDate:
    1984-08-28
    satlat:
    63.1918
    satlng:
    13.14
    satalt:
    36147.4165
limit:
25
offset:
0
returned:
25
has_more_results:
yes
truncated:
yes
next_offset:
25
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