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 2026-09-25T10:09:52Z in 0.694 seconds.

info:
category:
ANY
transactionscount:
100
satcount:
120
above:

25 results

  1. satid:
    746
    satname:
    ELEKTRON 1
    intDesignator:
    1964-006A
    launchDate:
    1964-01-30
    satlat:
    60.8689
    satlng:
    -9.358
    satalt:
    5904.8959
  2. satid:
    2255
    satname:
    THOR AGENA D R/B
    intDesignator:
    1966-056B
    launchDate:
    1966-06-24
    satlat:
    68.5078
    satlng:
    21.1686
    satalt:
    4207.8632
  3. satid:
    5054
    satname:
    TITAN 34B AGENA D R/B
    intDesignator:
    1971-021B
    launchDate:
    1971-03-21
    satlat:
    60.4462
    satlng:
    -43.7803
    satalt:
    32620.4837
  4. satid:
    5277
    satname:
    COSMOS 397 DEB
    intDesignator:
    1971-015BE
    launchDate:
    1971-02-25
    satlat:
    60.0802
    satlng:
    12.0796
    satalt:
    1856.437
  5. satid:
    7054
    satname:
    DELTA 1 DEB
    intDesignator:
    1973-086AW
    launchDate:
    1973-11-06
    satlat:
    61.584
    satlng:
    0.7213
    satalt:
    1190.8244
  6. satid:
    7688
    satname:
    TITAN 34B R/B
    intDesignator:
    1975-017B
    launchDate:
    1975-03-10
    satlat:
    63.2386
    satlng:
    38.9621
    satalt:
    15082.0121
  7. satid:
    8290
    satname:
    COSMOS 766
    intDesignator:
    1975-086F
    launchDate:
    1975-09-17
    satlat:
    60.7072
    satlng:
    1.5652
    satalt:
    1441.1619
  8. satid:
    8601
    satname:
    MOLNIYA 1-32
    intDesignator:
    1976-006A
    launchDate:
    1976-01-22
    satlat:
    56.0131
    satlng:
    15.427
    satalt:
    29528.166
  9. satid:
    11705
    satname:
    ATLAS 35F R/B
    intDesignator:
    1980-011B
    launchDate:
    1980-02-09
    satlat:
    54.7538
    satlng:
    23.0882
    satalt:
    14973.656
  10. satid:
    11847
    satname:
    SL-6 R/B(2)
    intDesignator:
    1980-050B
    launchDate:
    1980-06-14
    satlat:
    53.7348
    satlng:
    -13.1596
    satalt:
    36471.7081
  11. satid:
    11909
    satname:
    SL-6 R/B(2)
    intDesignator:
    1980-063D
    launchDate:
    1980-07-18
    satlat:
    61.5725
    satlng:
    -36.0837
    satalt:
    39863.6885
  12. satid:
    12032
    satname:
    COSMOS 1217
    intDesignator:
    1980-085A
    launchDate:
    1980-10-24
    satlat:
    63.298
    satlng:
    61.6762
    satalt:
    33435.7344
  13. satid:
    12078
    satname:
    COSMOS 1223
    intDesignator:
    1980-095A
    launchDate:
    1980-11-27
    satlat:
    51.7898
    satlng:
    43.549
    satalt:
    32410.1898
  14. satid:
    12323
    satname:
    COSMOS 1253
    intDesignator:
    1981-022D
    launchDate:
    1981-03-06
    satlat:
    56.9511
    satlng:
    7.2349
    satalt:
    1502.7436
  15. satid:
    12780
    satname:
    COSMOS 1275 DEB
    intDesignator:
    1981-053DW
    launchDate:
    1981-06-04
    satlat:
    59.7357
    satlng:
    9.2757
    satalt:
    933.3276
  16. satid:
    13000
    satname:
    RADIO 4
    intDesignator:
    1981-120D
    launchDate:
    1981-12-17
    satlat:
    65.7147
    satlng:
    13.2541
    satalt:
    1672.6883
  17. satid:
    13075
    satname:
    SL-6 R/B(2)
    intDesignator:
    1982-015D
    launchDate:
    1982-02-26
    satlat:
    62.9042
    satlng:
    35.5202
    satalt:
    39212.088
  18. satid:
    13080
    satname:
    COSMOS 1341
    intDesignator:
    1982-016A
    launchDate:
    1982-03-03
    satlat:
    50.2455
    satlng:
    -3.7184
    satalt:
    35290.2928
  19. satid:
    13875
    satname:
    MOLNIYA 3-20
    intDesignator:
    1983-015A
    launchDate:
    1983-03-11
    satlat:
    61.1024
    satlng:
    50.2246
    satalt:
    37440.137
  20. satid:
    13909
    satname:
    SL-6 DEB
    intDesignator:
    1981-088J
    launchDate:
    1981-09-11
    satlat:
    56.0201
    satlng:
    28.9128
    satalt:
    12125.6971
  21. satid:
    13910
    satname:
    SL-6 DEB
    intDesignator:
    1981-088K
    launchDate:
    1981-09-11
    satlat:
    55.5902
    satlng:
    -20.0829
    satalt:
    12476.3366
  22. satid:
    13961
    satname:
    COSMOS 1285 DEB
    intDesignator:
    1981-071F
    launchDate:
    1981-08-04
    satlat:
    65.8647
    satlng:
    45.0072
    satalt:
    22940.0324
  23. satid:
    14736
    satname:
    COSMOS 1317 DEB
    intDesignator:
    1981-108G
    launchDate:
    1981-10-31
    satlat:
    71.011
    satlng:
    60.5852
    satalt:
    24925.4267
  24. satid:
    14907
    satname:
    COSMOS 970 DEB
    intDesignator:
    1977-121BL
    launchDate:
    1977-12-21
    satlat:
    60.0603
    satlng:
    3.8699
    satalt:
    1031.6982
  25. satid:
    15226
    satname:
    USA 4
    intDesignator:
    1984-091A
    launchDate:
    1984-08-28
    satlat:
    63.1642
    satlng:
    13.3474
    satalt:
    36257.6787
limit:
25
offset:
0
returned:
25
has_more_results:
yes
truncated:
yes
next_offset:
25
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info:
category:
ANY
transactionscount:
100
satcount:
120
above:

25 results

  1. satid:
    746
    satname:
    ELEKTRON 1
    intDesignator:
    1964-006A
    launchDate:
    1964-01-30
    satlat:
    60.8689
    satlng:
    -9.358
    satalt:
    5904.8959
  2. satid:
    2255
    satname:
    THOR AGENA D R/B
    intDesignator:
    1966-056B
    launchDate:
    1966-06-24
    satlat:
    68.5078
    satlng:
    21.1686
    satalt:
    4207.8632
  3. satid:
    5054
    satname:
    TITAN 34B AGENA D R/B
    intDesignator:
    1971-021B
    launchDate:
    1971-03-21
    satlat:
    60.4462
    satlng:
    -43.7803
    satalt:
    32620.4837
  4. satid:
    5277
    satname:
    COSMOS 397 DEB
    intDesignator:
    1971-015BE
    launchDate:
    1971-02-25
    satlat:
    60.0802
    satlng:
    12.0796
    satalt:
    1856.437
  5. satid:
    7054
    satname:
    DELTA 1 DEB
    intDesignator:
    1973-086AW
    launchDate:
    1973-11-06
    satlat:
    61.584
    satlng:
    0.7213
    satalt:
    1190.8244
  6. satid:
    7688
    satname:
    TITAN 34B R/B
    intDesignator:
    1975-017B
    launchDate:
    1975-03-10
    satlat:
    63.2386
    satlng:
    38.9621
    satalt:
    15082.0121
  7. satid:
    8290
    satname:
    COSMOS 766
    intDesignator:
    1975-086F
    launchDate:
    1975-09-17
    satlat:
    60.7072
    satlng:
    1.5652
    satalt:
    1441.1619
  8. satid:
    8601
    satname:
    MOLNIYA 1-32
    intDesignator:
    1976-006A
    launchDate:
    1976-01-22
    satlat:
    56.0131
    satlng:
    15.427
    satalt:
    29528.166
  9. satid:
    11705
    satname:
    ATLAS 35F R/B
    intDesignator:
    1980-011B
    launchDate:
    1980-02-09
    satlat:
    54.7538
    satlng:
    23.0882
    satalt:
    14973.656
  10. satid:
    11847
    satname:
    SL-6 R/B(2)
    intDesignator:
    1980-050B
    launchDate:
    1980-06-14
    satlat:
    53.7348
    satlng:
    -13.1596
    satalt:
    36471.7081
  11. satid:
    11909
    satname:
    SL-6 R/B(2)
    intDesignator:
    1980-063D
    launchDate:
    1980-07-18
    satlat:
    61.5725
    satlng:
    -36.0837
    satalt:
    39863.6885
  12. satid:
    12032
    satname:
    COSMOS 1217
    intDesignator:
    1980-085A
    launchDate:
    1980-10-24
    satlat:
    63.298
    satlng:
    61.6762
    satalt:
    33435.7344
  13. satid:
    12078
    satname:
    COSMOS 1223
    intDesignator:
    1980-095A
    launchDate:
    1980-11-27
    satlat:
    51.7898
    satlng:
    43.549
    satalt:
    32410.1898
  14. satid:
    12323
    satname:
    COSMOS 1253
    intDesignator:
    1981-022D
    launchDate:
    1981-03-06
    satlat:
    56.9511
    satlng:
    7.2349
    satalt:
    1502.7436
  15. satid:
    12780
    satname:
    COSMOS 1275 DEB
    intDesignator:
    1981-053DW
    launchDate:
    1981-06-04
    satlat:
    59.7357
    satlng:
    9.2757
    satalt:
    933.3276
  16. satid:
    13000
    satname:
    RADIO 4
    intDesignator:
    1981-120D
    launchDate:
    1981-12-17
    satlat:
    65.7147
    satlng:
    13.2541
    satalt:
    1672.6883
  17. satid:
    13075
    satname:
    SL-6 R/B(2)
    intDesignator:
    1982-015D
    launchDate:
    1982-02-26
    satlat:
    62.9042
    satlng:
    35.5202
    satalt:
    39212.088
  18. satid:
    13080
    satname:
    COSMOS 1341
    intDesignator:
    1982-016A
    launchDate:
    1982-03-03
    satlat:
    50.2455
    satlng:
    -3.7184
    satalt:
    35290.2928
  19. satid:
    13875
    satname:
    MOLNIYA 3-20
    intDesignator:
    1983-015A
    launchDate:
    1983-03-11
    satlat:
    61.1024
    satlng:
    50.2246
    satalt:
    37440.137
  20. satid:
    13909
    satname:
    SL-6 DEB
    intDesignator:
    1981-088J
    launchDate:
    1981-09-11
    satlat:
    56.0201
    satlng:
    28.9128
    satalt:
    12125.6971
  21. satid:
    13910
    satname:
    SL-6 DEB
    intDesignator:
    1981-088K
    launchDate:
    1981-09-11
    satlat:
    55.5902
    satlng:
    -20.0829
    satalt:
    12476.3366
  22. satid:
    13961
    satname:
    COSMOS 1285 DEB
    intDesignator:
    1981-071F
    launchDate:
    1981-08-04
    satlat:
    65.8647
    satlng:
    45.0072
    satalt:
    22940.0324
  23. satid:
    14736
    satname:
    COSMOS 1317 DEB
    intDesignator:
    1981-108G
    launchDate:
    1981-10-31
    satlat:
    71.011
    satlng:
    60.5852
    satalt:
    24925.4267
  24. satid:
    14907
    satname:
    COSMOS 970 DEB
    intDesignator:
    1977-121BL
    launchDate:
    1977-12-21
    satlat:
    60.0603
    satlng:
    3.8699
    satalt:
    1031.6982
  25. satid:
    15226
    satname:
    USA 4
    intDesignator:
    1984-091A
    launchDate:
    1984-08-28
    satlat:
    63.1642
    satlng:
    13.3474
    satalt:
    36257.6787
limit:
25
offset:
0
returned:
25
has_more_results:
yes
truncated:
yes
next_offset:
25
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