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.

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

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 2026-11-11T03:33:11Z in 0.922 seconds.

info:

category:: ANY
transactionscount:: 86
satcount:: 130

above:

25 results

satid:
274
satname:
MIDAS 5 DEB
intDesignator:
1962-010D
launchDate:
1962-04-09
satlat:
68.1612
satlng:
20.4601
satalt:
3285.6801
satid:
1634
satname:
SL-8 DEB
intDesignator:
1965-020ED
launchDate:
1965-03-15
satlat:
55.9938
satlng:
18.1352
satalt:
2145.2931
satid:
3307
satname:
EXPLORER 38 (RAE-A)
intDesignator:
1968-055A
launchDate:
1968-07-04
satlat:
54.4728
satlng:
13.1549
satalt:
5862.4496
satid:
5054
satname:
TITAN 34B AGENA D R/B
intDesignator:
1971-021B
launchDate:
1971-03-21
satlat:
61.3883
satlng:
-3.7657
satalt:
33714.4173
satid:
5730
satname:
SL-8 R/B
intDesignator:
1971-119B
launchDate:
1971-12-27
satlat:
60.0655
satlng:
0.05
satalt:
646.7891
satid:
6207
satname:
SL-8 R/B
intDesignator:
1972-074B
launchDate:
1972-09-29
satlat:
58.8289
satlng:
7.4426
satalt:
1009.8414
satid:
7160
satname:
DELTA 1 DEB
intDesignator:
1973-086DY
launchDate:
1973-11-06
satlat:
59.93
satlng:
16.1896
satalt:
1484.3685
satid:
7276
satname:
MOLNIYA 2-9
intDesignator:
1974-026A
launchDate:
1974-04-26
satlat:
64.2533
satlng:
-11.8635
satalt:
31054.5226
satid:
7369
satname:
OPS 7518 (NTS 1)
intDesignator:
1974-054A
launchDate:
1974-07-14
satlat:
40.6171
satlng:
10.2577
satalt:
13520.3808
satid:
7440
satname:
COSMOS 682
intDesignator:
1974-072F
launchDate:
1974-09-19
satlat:
57.1324
satlng:
-2.0698
satalt:
1472.9402
satid:
8195
satname:
MOLNIYA 2-14
intDesignator:
1975-081A
launchDate:
1975-09-09
satlat:
63.9686
satlng:
20.6561
satalt:
37955.0402
satid:
8473
satname:
COSMOS 785
intDesignator:
1975-116A
launchDate:
1975-12-12
satlat:
58.0506
satlng:
5.5753
satalt:
1017.0712
satid:
9880
satname:
MOLNIYA 1-36
intDesignator:
1977-021A
launchDate:
1977-03-24
satlat:
60.0861
satlng:
50.2335
satalt:
30684.565
satid:
10502
satname:
OPS 8781
intDesignator:
1977-112A
launchDate:
1977-12-08
satlat:
62.3728
satlng:
7.1849
satalt:
822.2405
satid:
10619
satname:
COSMOS 839 DEB
intDesignator:
1976-067AT
launchDate:
1976-07-08
satlat:
56.566
satlng:
-2.4914
satalt:
2069.873
satid:
11238
satname:
COSMOS 1072
intDesignator:
1979-003A
launchDate:
1979-01-16
satlat:
63.2962
satlng:
7.589
satalt:
1016.5117
satid:
11605
satname:
METEOR 2-5
intDesignator:
1979-095A
launchDate:
1979-10-31
satlat:
59.0304
satlng:
-0.3602
satalt:
886.17
satid:
11909
satname:
SL-6 R/B(2)
intDesignator:
1980-063D
launchDate:
1980-07-18
satlat:
62.1015
satlng:
7.7443
satalt:
40052.3447
satid:
12078
satname:
COSMOS 1223
intDesignator:
1980-095A
launchDate:
1980-11-27
satlat:
73.1328
satlng:
13.6754
satalt:
28298.2763
satid:
13080
satname:
COSMOS 1341
intDesignator:
1982-016A
launchDate:
1982-03-03
satlat:
69.551
satlng:
9.8758
satalt:
31722.0551
satid:
13161
satname:
COSMOS 1358
intDesignator:
1982-040B
launchDate:
1982-05-06
satlat:
55.4802
satlng:
8.2744
satalt:
1467.305
satid:
13169
satname:
SL-6 R/B(2)
intDesignator:
1982-029D
launchDate:
1982-04-07
satlat:
50.0648
satlng:
14.5949
satalt:
33763.0374
satid:
14238
satname:
TITAN 34B AGENA D R/B
intDesignator:
1983-078B
launchDate:
1983-07-31
satlat:
52.0282
satlng:
-6.5813
satalt:
21269.3523
satid:
14259
satname:
COSMOS 1491 (GLONASS)
intDesignator:
1983-084B
launchDate:
1983-08-10
satlat:
61.9815
satlng:
9.6863
satalt:
18990.7259
satid:
14735
satname:
COSMOS 1317 DEB
intDesignator:
1981-108F
launchDate:
1981-10-31
satlat:
70.6039
satlng:
47.6452
satalt:
22348.2446

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info:

category:: ANY
transactionscount:: 86
satcount:: 130

above:

25 results

satid:
274
satname:
MIDAS 5 DEB
intDesignator:
1962-010D
launchDate:
1962-04-09
satlat:
68.1612
satlng:
20.4601
satalt:
3285.6801
satid:
1634
satname:
SL-8 DEB
intDesignator:
1965-020ED
launchDate:
1965-03-15
satlat:
55.9938
satlng:
18.1352
satalt:
2145.2931
satid:
3307
satname:
EXPLORER 38 (RAE-A)
intDesignator:
1968-055A
launchDate:
1968-07-04
satlat:
54.4728
satlng:
13.1549
satalt:
5862.4496
satid:
5054
satname:
TITAN 34B AGENA D R/B
intDesignator:
1971-021B
launchDate:
1971-03-21
satlat:
61.3883
satlng:
-3.7657
satalt:
33714.4173
satid:
5730
satname:
SL-8 R/B
intDesignator:
1971-119B
launchDate:
1971-12-27
satlat:
60.0655
satlng:
0.05
satalt:
646.7891
satid:
6207
satname:
SL-8 R/B
intDesignator:
1972-074B
launchDate:
1972-09-29
satlat:
58.8289
satlng:
7.4426
satalt:
1009.8414
satid:
7160
satname:
DELTA 1 DEB
intDesignator:
1973-086DY
launchDate:
1973-11-06
satlat:
59.93
satlng:
16.1896
satalt:
1484.3685
satid:
7276
satname:
MOLNIYA 2-9
intDesignator:
1974-026A
launchDate:
1974-04-26
satlat:
64.2533
satlng:
-11.8635
satalt:
31054.5226
satid:
7369
satname:
OPS 7518 (NTS 1)
intDesignator:
1974-054A
launchDate:
1974-07-14
satlat:
40.6171
satlng:
10.2577
satalt:
13520.3808
satid:
7440
satname:
COSMOS 682
intDesignator:
1974-072F
launchDate:
1974-09-19
satlat:
57.1324
satlng:
-2.0698
satalt:
1472.9402
satid:
8195
satname:
MOLNIYA 2-14
intDesignator:
1975-081A
launchDate:
1975-09-09
satlat:
63.9686
satlng:
20.6561
satalt:
37955.0402
satid:
8473
satname:
COSMOS 785
intDesignator:
1975-116A
launchDate:
1975-12-12
satlat:
58.0506
satlng:
5.5753
satalt:
1017.0712
satid:
9880
satname:
MOLNIYA 1-36
intDesignator:
1977-021A
launchDate:
1977-03-24
satlat:
60.0861
satlng:
50.2335
satalt:
30684.565
satid:
10502
satname:
OPS 8781
intDesignator:
1977-112A
launchDate:
1977-12-08
satlat:
62.3728
satlng:
7.1849
satalt:
822.2405
satid:
10619
satname:
COSMOS 839 DEB
intDesignator:
1976-067AT
launchDate:
1976-07-08
satlat:
56.566
satlng:
-2.4914
satalt:
2069.873
satid:
11238
satname:
COSMOS 1072
intDesignator:
1979-003A
launchDate:
1979-01-16
satlat:
63.2962
satlng:
7.589
satalt:
1016.5117
satid:
11605
satname:
METEOR 2-5
intDesignator:
1979-095A
launchDate:
1979-10-31
satlat:
59.0304
satlng:
-0.3602
satalt:
886.17
satid:
11909
satname:
SL-6 R/B(2)
intDesignator:
1980-063D
launchDate:
1980-07-18
satlat:
62.1015
satlng:
7.7443
satalt:
40052.3447
satid:
12078
satname:
COSMOS 1223
intDesignator:
1980-095A
launchDate:
1980-11-27
satlat:
73.1328
satlng:
13.6754
satalt:
28298.2763
satid:
13080
satname:
COSMOS 1341
intDesignator:
1982-016A
launchDate:
1982-03-03
satlat:
69.551
satlng:
9.8758
satalt:
31722.0551
satid:
13161
satname:
COSMOS 1358
intDesignator:
1982-040B
launchDate:
1982-05-06
satlat:
55.4802
satlng:
8.2744
satalt:
1467.305
satid:
13169
satname:
SL-6 R/B(2)
intDesignator:
1982-029D
launchDate:
1982-04-07
satlat:
50.0648
satlng:
14.5949
satalt:
33763.0374
satid:
14238
satname:
TITAN 34B AGENA D R/B
intDesignator:
1983-078B
launchDate:
1983-07-31
satlat:
52.0282
satlng:
-6.5813
satalt:
21269.3523
satid:
14259
satname:
COSMOS 1491 (GLONASS)
intDesignator:
1983-084B
launchDate:
1983-08-10
satlat:
61.9815
satlng:
9.6863
satalt:
18990.7259
satid:
14735
satname:
COSMOS 1317 DEB
intDesignator:
1981-108F
launchDate:
1981-10-31
satlat:
70.6039
satlng:
47.6452
satalt:
22348.2446

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