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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 2026-09-23T19:00:25Z in 2.292 seconds.

info:
category:
ANY
transactionscount:
100
satcount:
116
above:

25 results

  1. satid:
    141
    satname:
    THOR ABLESTAR DEB
    intDesignator:
    1961-015AB
    launchDate:
    1961-06-29
    satlat:
    61.5677
    satlng:
    1.5901
    satalt:
    968.4777
  2. satid:
    2826
    satname:
    OPS 5712 (P/L 160)
    intDesignator:
    1967-053A
    launchDate:
    1967-05-31
    satlat:
    61.5184
    satlng:
    6.5715
    satalt:
    645.4208
  3. satid:
    6302
    satname:
    SL-6 R/B(2)
    intDesignator:
    1972-072E
    launchDate:
    1972-09-19
    satlat:
    52.4242
    satlng:
    40.4071
    satalt:
    30340.5899
  4. satid:
    7373
    satname:
    SL-6 R/B(2)
    intDesignator:
    1974-026E
    launchDate:
    1974-04-26
    satlat:
    53.1243
    satlng:
    33.8361
    satalt:
    29729.0378
  5. satid:
    7629
    satname:
    SL-6 R/B(2)
    intDesignator:
    1975-007D
    launchDate:
    1975-01-30
    satlat:
    60.6302
    satlng:
    -17.3302
    satalt:
    22709.8446
  6. satid:
    8956
    satname:
    DELTA 1 DEB
    intDesignator:
    1975-004AN
    launchDate:
    1975-01-22
    satlat:
    60.6929
    satlng:
    5.9896
    satalt:
    632.0625
  7. satid:
    9896
    satname:
    COSMOS 862 DEB
    intDesignator:
    1976-105N
    launchDate:
    1976-10-22
    satlat:
    61.5598
    satlng:
    -19.1236
    satalt:
    35278.6483
  8. satid:
    11057
    satname:
    MOLNIYA 3-10
    intDesignator:
    1978-095A
    launchDate:
    1978-10-13
    satlat:
    62.4593
    satlng:
    -1.9735
    satalt:
    11204.9764
  9. satid:
    11079
    satname:
    SL-6 R/B(2)
    intDesignator:
    1978-095E
    launchDate:
    1978-10-13
    satlat:
    58.7098
    satlng:
    25.8018
    satalt:
    29963.1383
  10. satid:
    11691
    satname:
    COSMOS 1156
    intDesignator:
    1980-012A
    launchDate:
    1980-02-11
    satlat:
    61.5084
    satlng:
    1.5322
    satalt:
    1425.8394
  11. satid:
    12406
    satname:
    KYOKKO 1 DEB
    intDesignator:
    1978-014F
    launchDate:
    1978-02-04
    satlat:
    62.5607
    satlng:
    -5.2201
    satalt:
    3697.019
  12. satid:
    13736
    satname:
    OPS 9845 (DMSP 5D-2 F6)
    intDesignator:
    1982-118A
    launchDate:
    1982-12-21
    satlat:
    60.0838
    satlng:
    0.6439
    satalt:
    798.7692
  13. satid:
    13882
    satname:
    SL-6 R/B(2)
    intDesignator:
    1983-015E
    launchDate:
    1983-03-11
    satlat:
    57.0664
    satlng:
    45.1002
    satalt:
    34886.586
  14. satid:
    13890
    satname:
    MOLNIYA 1-56
    intDesignator:
    1983-019A
    launchDate:
    1983-03-16
    satlat:
    62.4975
    satlng:
    -44.444
    satalt:
    38115.5626
  15. satid:
    13897
    satname:
    SL-6 R/B(2)
    intDesignator:
    1983-019D
    launchDate:
    1983-03-16
    satlat:
    60.5925
    satlng:
    16.9316
    satalt:
    39033.4964
  16. satid:
    14182
    satname:
    COSMOS 1481
    intDesignator:
    1983-070A
    launchDate:
    1983-07-08
    satlat:
    51.052
    satlng:
    -14.5253
    satalt:
    33832.2635
  17. satid:
    14191
    satname:
    SL-6 R/B(2)
    intDesignator:
    1983-070D
    launchDate:
    1983-07-08
    satlat:
    70.5862
    satlng:
    48.9116
    satalt:
    30198.6301
  18. satid:
    14192
    satname:
    COSMOS 1481 DEB
    intDesignator:
    1983-070E
    launchDate:
    1983-07-08
    satlat:
    69.8146
    satlng:
    18.3914
    satalt:
    27529.4678
  19. satid:
    14894
    satname:
    SL-6 R/B(2)
    intDesignator:
    1984-033D
    launchDate:
    1984-04-04
    satlat:
    67.3597
    satlng:
    47.1817
    satalt:
    24564.3183
  20. satid:
    14914
    satname:
    DELTA 1 DEB
    intDesignator:
    1978-026GP
    launchDate:
    1978-03-05
    satlat:
    61.647
    satlng:
    -1.5228
    satalt:
    758.0699
  21. satid:
    15223
    satname:
    SL-6 R/B(2)
    intDesignator:
    1984-089D
    launchDate:
    1984-08-24
    satlat:
    49.2164
    satlng:
    -10.0663
    satalt:
    21188.8628
  22. satid:
    15227
    satname:
    TITAN 34B R/B
    intDesignator:
    1984-091B
    launchDate:
    1984-08-28
    satlat:
    63.0461
    satlng:
    31.2005
    satalt:
    37880.6041
  23. satid:
    15741
    satname:
    SL-6 R/B(2)
    intDesignator:
    1985-040D
    launchDate:
    1985-05-29
    satlat:
    41.8834
    satlng:
    13.6067
    satalt:
    27135.1903
  24. satid:
    16393
    satname:
    MOLNIYA 3-27
    intDesignator:
    1985-117A
    launchDate:
    1985-12-24
    satlat:
    61.7904
    satlng:
    5.5542
    satalt:
    34534.9983
  25. satid:
    16445
    satname:
    SL-12 R/B(AUX MOTOR)
    intDesignator:
    1985-118K
    launchDate:
    1985-12-24
    satlat:
    52.2482
    satlng:
    3.8732
    satalt:
    8887.5162
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:
116
above:

25 results

  1. satid:
    141
    satname:
    THOR ABLESTAR DEB
    intDesignator:
    1961-015AB
    launchDate:
    1961-06-29
    satlat:
    61.5677
    satlng:
    1.5901
    satalt:
    968.4777
  2. satid:
    2826
    satname:
    OPS 5712 (P/L 160)
    intDesignator:
    1967-053A
    launchDate:
    1967-05-31
    satlat:
    61.5184
    satlng:
    6.5715
    satalt:
    645.4208
  3. satid:
    6302
    satname:
    SL-6 R/B(2)
    intDesignator:
    1972-072E
    launchDate:
    1972-09-19
    satlat:
    52.4242
    satlng:
    40.4071
    satalt:
    30340.5899
  4. satid:
    7373
    satname:
    SL-6 R/B(2)
    intDesignator:
    1974-026E
    launchDate:
    1974-04-26
    satlat:
    53.1243
    satlng:
    33.8361
    satalt:
    29729.0378
  5. satid:
    7629
    satname:
    SL-6 R/B(2)
    intDesignator:
    1975-007D
    launchDate:
    1975-01-30
    satlat:
    60.6302
    satlng:
    -17.3302
    satalt:
    22709.8446
  6. satid:
    8956
    satname:
    DELTA 1 DEB
    intDesignator:
    1975-004AN
    launchDate:
    1975-01-22
    satlat:
    60.6929
    satlng:
    5.9896
    satalt:
    632.0625
  7. satid:
    9896
    satname:
    COSMOS 862 DEB
    intDesignator:
    1976-105N
    launchDate:
    1976-10-22
    satlat:
    61.5598
    satlng:
    -19.1236
    satalt:
    35278.6483
  8. satid:
    11057
    satname:
    MOLNIYA 3-10
    intDesignator:
    1978-095A
    launchDate:
    1978-10-13
    satlat:
    62.4593
    satlng:
    -1.9735
    satalt:
    11204.9764
  9. satid:
    11079
    satname:
    SL-6 R/B(2)
    intDesignator:
    1978-095E
    launchDate:
    1978-10-13
    satlat:
    58.7098
    satlng:
    25.8018
    satalt:
    29963.1383
  10. satid:
    11691
    satname:
    COSMOS 1156
    intDesignator:
    1980-012A
    launchDate:
    1980-02-11
    satlat:
    61.5084
    satlng:
    1.5322
    satalt:
    1425.8394
  11. satid:
    12406
    satname:
    KYOKKO 1 DEB
    intDesignator:
    1978-014F
    launchDate:
    1978-02-04
    satlat:
    62.5607
    satlng:
    -5.2201
    satalt:
    3697.019
  12. satid:
    13736
    satname:
    OPS 9845 (DMSP 5D-2 F6)
    intDesignator:
    1982-118A
    launchDate:
    1982-12-21
    satlat:
    60.0838
    satlng:
    0.6439
    satalt:
    798.7692
  13. satid:
    13882
    satname:
    SL-6 R/B(2)
    intDesignator:
    1983-015E
    launchDate:
    1983-03-11
    satlat:
    57.0664
    satlng:
    45.1002
    satalt:
    34886.586
  14. satid:
    13890
    satname:
    MOLNIYA 1-56
    intDesignator:
    1983-019A
    launchDate:
    1983-03-16
    satlat:
    62.4975
    satlng:
    -44.444
    satalt:
    38115.5626
  15. satid:
    13897
    satname:
    SL-6 R/B(2)
    intDesignator:
    1983-019D
    launchDate:
    1983-03-16
    satlat:
    60.5925
    satlng:
    16.9316
    satalt:
    39033.4964
  16. satid:
    14182
    satname:
    COSMOS 1481
    intDesignator:
    1983-070A
    launchDate:
    1983-07-08
    satlat:
    51.052
    satlng:
    -14.5253
    satalt:
    33832.2635
  17. satid:
    14191
    satname:
    SL-6 R/B(2)
    intDesignator:
    1983-070D
    launchDate:
    1983-07-08
    satlat:
    70.5862
    satlng:
    48.9116
    satalt:
    30198.6301
  18. satid:
    14192
    satname:
    COSMOS 1481 DEB
    intDesignator:
    1983-070E
    launchDate:
    1983-07-08
    satlat:
    69.8146
    satlng:
    18.3914
    satalt:
    27529.4678
  19. satid:
    14894
    satname:
    SL-6 R/B(2)
    intDesignator:
    1984-033D
    launchDate:
    1984-04-04
    satlat:
    67.3597
    satlng:
    47.1817
    satalt:
    24564.3183
  20. satid:
    14914
    satname:
    DELTA 1 DEB
    intDesignator:
    1978-026GP
    launchDate:
    1978-03-05
    satlat:
    61.647
    satlng:
    -1.5228
    satalt:
    758.0699
  21. satid:
    15223
    satname:
    SL-6 R/B(2)
    intDesignator:
    1984-089D
    launchDate:
    1984-08-24
    satlat:
    49.2164
    satlng:
    -10.0663
    satalt:
    21188.8628
  22. satid:
    15227
    satname:
    TITAN 34B R/B
    intDesignator:
    1984-091B
    launchDate:
    1984-08-28
    satlat:
    63.0461
    satlng:
    31.2005
    satalt:
    37880.6041
  23. satid:
    15741
    satname:
    SL-6 R/B(2)
    intDesignator:
    1985-040D
    launchDate:
    1985-05-29
    satlat:
    41.8834
    satlng:
    13.6067
    satalt:
    27135.1903
  24. satid:
    16393
    satname:
    MOLNIYA 3-27
    intDesignator:
    1985-117A
    launchDate:
    1985-12-24
    satlat:
    61.7904
    satlng:
    5.5542
    satalt:
    34534.9983
  25. satid:
    16445
    satname:
    SL-12 R/B(AUX MOTOR)
    intDesignator:
    1985-118K
    launchDate:
    1985-12-24
    satlat:
    52.2482
    satlng:
    3.8732
    satalt:
    8887.5162
limit:
25
offset:
0
returned:
25
has_more_results:
yes
truncated:
yes
next_offset:
25
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