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.

Parameter	Requirement	JSON type	Description
`observer_lat`	required	number	Observer latitude in WGS84 decimal degrees.
`observer_lon`	required	number	Observer longitude in WGS84 decimal degrees.
`observer_alt_m`	optional	number	Observer altitude above sea level in metres.
`radius_deg`	optional	integer	Search radius from 0 to 90 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": "..."}
}

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 2026-08-03T06:01:53Z in 0.810 seconds.

info:

category:: ANY
transactionscount:: 16
satcount:: 116

above:

25 results

satid:
720
satname:
DELTA 1 DEB
intDesignator:
1963-054C
launchDate:
1963-12-21
satlat:
58.5833
satlng:
6.234
satalt:
660.1909
satid:
1574
satname:
COSMOS 84
intDesignator:
1965-070E
launchDate:
1965-09-03
satlat:
55.6406
satlng:
1.8186
satalt:
1571.9956
satid:
1864
satname:
OPS 1509 (TRANSIT 10)
intDesignator:
1965-109A
launchDate:
1965-12-22
satlat:
58.4912
satlng:
6.8942
satalt:
923.1929
satid:
2765
satname:
OPS 6638 (VELA 7)
intDesignator:
1967-040A
launchDate:
1967-04-28
satlat:
39.8219
satlng:
30.5913
satalt:
132020.9085
satid:
3129
satname:
COSMOS 203
intDesignator:
1968-011A
launchDate:
1968-02-20
satlat:
58.3284
satlng:
8.1327
satalt:
1208.9376
satid:
3307
satname:
EXPLORER 38 (RAE-A)
intDesignator:
1968-055A
launchDate:
1968-07-04
satlat:
49.7504
satlng:
10.1376
satalt:
5869.4917
satid:
3576
satname:
COSMOS 256
intDesignator:
1968-106A
launchDate:
1968-11-30
satlat:
61.1877
satlng:
9.4759
satalt:
1191.2466
satid:
5054
satname:
TITAN 34B AGENA D R/B
intDesignator:
1971-021B
launchDate:
1971-03-21
satlat:
63.5319
satlng:
52.2673
satalt:
36712.7029
satid:
7373
satname:
SL-6 R/B(2)
intDesignator:
1974-026E
launchDate:
1974-04-26
satlat:
53.6434
satlng:
24.2693
satalt:
28341.8376
satid:
7376
satname:
MOLNIYA 2-10
intDesignator:
1974-056A
launchDate:
1974-07-23
satlat:
59.5281
satlng:
21.8213
satalt:
33156.4085
satid:
7816
satname:
OPS 6226
intDesignator:
1975-043A
launchDate:
1975-05-24
satlat:
59.5489
satlng:
3.288
satalt:
781.5746
satid:
9721
satname:
COSMOS 886 DEB
intDesignator:
1976-126S
launchDate:
1976-12-27
satlat:
61.3784
satlng:
-2.8583
satalt:
1175.6483
satid:
10882
satname:
COSMOS 970 DEB
intDesignator:
1977-121AD
launchDate:
1977-12-21
satlat:
56.5528
satlng:
10.0995
satalt:
892.8708
satid:
12000
satname:
DELTA 1 DEB
intDesignator:
1973-086GL
launchDate:
1973-11-06
satlat:
58.3953
satlng:
11.3611
satalt:
1544.9357
satid:
12269
satname:
DELTA 1 DEB
intDesignator:
1978-026DN
launchDate:
1978-03-05
satlat:
56.777
satlng:
6.6442
satalt:
610.1923
satid:
12679
satname:
DELTA 1 R/B(2)
intDesignator:
1981-070E
launchDate:
1981-08-03
satlat:
46.9312
satlng:
6.0126
satalt:
17956.6268
satid:
12818
satname:
COSMOS 1305
intDesignator:
1981-088A
launchDate:
1981-09-11
satlat:
61.8913
satlng:
29.6164
satalt:
13838.375
satid:
14191
satname:
SL-6 R/B(2)
intDesignator:
1983-070D
launchDate:
1983-07-08
satlat:
48.0839
satlng:
7.0749
satalt:
18217.2972
satid:
14608
satname:
SL-12 R/B(AUX MOTOR)
intDesignator:
1983-127H
launchDate:
1983-12-29
satlat:
49.3207
satlng:
1.1413
satalt:
15161.2695
satid:
14884
satname:
COSMOS 1547
intDesignator:
1984-033A
launchDate:
1984-04-04
satlat:
69.4303
satlng:
-18.0585
satalt:
34174.6985
satid:
14984
satname:
SL-12 R/B(2)
intDesignator:
1984-047F
launchDate:
1984-05-19
satlat:
65.8074
satlng:
0.9128
satalt:
19156.0283
satid:
15223
satname:
SL-6 R/B(2)
intDesignator:
1984-089D
launchDate:
1984-08-24
satlat:
51.6002
satlng:
-13.7977
satalt:
33385.6721
satid:
15272
satname:
ATLAS 14E R/B
intDesignator:
1984-097B
launchDate:
1984-09-08
satlat:
57.5814
satlng:
14.5203
satalt:
19235.2868
satid:
15429
satname:
MOLNIYA 1-63
intDesignator:
1984-124A
launchDate:
1984-12-14
satlat:
62.9222
satlng:
26.9335
satalt:
37729.9082
satid:
15439
satname:
SL-6 R/B(2)
intDesignator:
1984-124H
launchDate:
1984-12-14
satlat:
59.6262
satlng:
6.2068
satalt:
40558.4731

limit:

offset:

returned:

has_more_results:

yes

truncated:

yes

next_offset:

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info:

category:: ANY
transactionscount:: 16
satcount:: 116

above:

25 results

satid:
720
satname:
DELTA 1 DEB
intDesignator:
1963-054C
launchDate:
1963-12-21
satlat:
58.5833
satlng:
6.234
satalt:
660.1909
satid:
1574
satname:
COSMOS 84
intDesignator:
1965-070E
launchDate:
1965-09-03
satlat:
55.6406
satlng:
1.8186
satalt:
1571.9956
satid:
1864
satname:
OPS 1509 (TRANSIT 10)
intDesignator:
1965-109A
launchDate:
1965-12-22
satlat:
58.4912
satlng:
6.8942
satalt:
923.1929
satid:
2765
satname:
OPS 6638 (VELA 7)
intDesignator:
1967-040A
launchDate:
1967-04-28
satlat:
39.8219
satlng:
30.5913
satalt:
132020.9085
satid:
3129
satname:
COSMOS 203
intDesignator:
1968-011A
launchDate:
1968-02-20
satlat:
58.3284
satlng:
8.1327
satalt:
1208.9376
satid:
3307
satname:
EXPLORER 38 (RAE-A)
intDesignator:
1968-055A
launchDate:
1968-07-04
satlat:
49.7504
satlng:
10.1376
satalt:
5869.4917
satid:
3576
satname:
COSMOS 256
intDesignator:
1968-106A
launchDate:
1968-11-30
satlat:
61.1877
satlng:
9.4759
satalt:
1191.2466
satid:
5054
satname:
TITAN 34B AGENA D R/B
intDesignator:
1971-021B
launchDate:
1971-03-21
satlat:
63.5319
satlng:
52.2673
satalt:
36712.7029
satid:
7373
satname:
SL-6 R/B(2)
intDesignator:
1974-026E
launchDate:
1974-04-26
satlat:
53.6434
satlng:
24.2693
satalt:
28341.8376
satid:
7376
satname:
MOLNIYA 2-10
intDesignator:
1974-056A
launchDate:
1974-07-23
satlat:
59.5281
satlng:
21.8213
satalt:
33156.4085
satid:
7816
satname:
OPS 6226
intDesignator:
1975-043A
launchDate:
1975-05-24
satlat:
59.5489
satlng:
3.288
satalt:
781.5746
satid:
9721
satname:
COSMOS 886 DEB
intDesignator:
1976-126S
launchDate:
1976-12-27
satlat:
61.3784
satlng:
-2.8583
satalt:
1175.6483
satid:
10882
satname:
COSMOS 970 DEB
intDesignator:
1977-121AD
launchDate:
1977-12-21
satlat:
56.5528
satlng:
10.0995
satalt:
892.8708
satid:
12000
satname:
DELTA 1 DEB
intDesignator:
1973-086GL
launchDate:
1973-11-06
satlat:
58.3953
satlng:
11.3611
satalt:
1544.9357
satid:
12269
satname:
DELTA 1 DEB
intDesignator:
1978-026DN
launchDate:
1978-03-05
satlat:
56.777
satlng:
6.6442
satalt:
610.1923
satid:
12679
satname:
DELTA 1 R/B(2)
intDesignator:
1981-070E
launchDate:
1981-08-03
satlat:
46.9312
satlng:
6.0126
satalt:
17956.6268
satid:
12818
satname:
COSMOS 1305
intDesignator:
1981-088A
launchDate:
1981-09-11
satlat:
61.8913
satlng:
29.6164
satalt:
13838.375
satid:
14191
satname:
SL-6 R/B(2)
intDesignator:
1983-070D
launchDate:
1983-07-08
satlat:
48.0839
satlng:
7.0749
satalt:
18217.2972
satid:
14608
satname:
SL-12 R/B(AUX MOTOR)
intDesignator:
1983-127H
launchDate:
1983-12-29
satlat:
49.3207
satlng:
1.1413
satalt:
15161.2695
satid:
14884
satname:
COSMOS 1547
intDesignator:
1984-033A
launchDate:
1984-04-04
satlat:
69.4303
satlng:
-18.0585
satalt:
34174.6985
satid:
14984
satname:
SL-12 R/B(2)
intDesignator:
1984-047F
launchDate:
1984-05-19
satlat:
65.8074
satlng:
0.9128
satalt:
19156.0283
satid:
15223
satname:
SL-6 R/B(2)
intDesignator:
1984-089D
launchDate:
1984-08-24
satlat:
51.6002
satlng:
-13.7977
satalt:
33385.6721
satid:
15272
satname:
ATLAS 14E R/B
intDesignator:
1984-097B
launchDate:
1984-09-08
satlat:
57.5814
satlng:
14.5203
satalt:
19235.2868
satid:
15429
satname:
MOLNIYA 1-63
intDesignator:
1984-124A
launchDate:
1984-12-14
satlat:
62.9222
satlng:
26.9335
satalt:
37729.9082
satid:
15439
satname:
SL-6 R/B(2)
intDesignator:
1984-124H
launchDate:
1984-12-14
satlat:
59.6262
satlng:
6.2068
satalt:
40558.4731

limit:

offset:

returned:

has_more_results:

yes

truncated:

yes

next_offset:

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Open the same result as JSON

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How an AI agent should use this page

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

Replace the placeholders in the HTML GET template; remove optional parameters you do not need.
Check types, units, limits and ID formats in the parameter table.
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.

Source-specific next step

State the NORAD ID, observer coordinate, altitude and time window. A pass is observer-dependent.

Go to the source page for other operations. Use the JSON template only after the HTML result shows that the parameters and source are correct.

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