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 2026-09-22T18:54:30Z in 0.672 seconds.

info:

category:: ANY
transactionscount:: 72
satcount:: 124

above:

25 results

satid:
271
satname:
MIDAS 5 (STRONGBACK)
intDesignator:
1962-010A
launchDate:
1962-04-09
satlat:
62.024
satlng:
22.7055
satalt:
3379.6591
satid:
273
satname:
MIDAS 5 DEB
intDesignator:
1962-010C
launchDate:
1962-04-09
satlat:
67.4459
satlng:
5.4994
satalt:
2822.3695
satid:
5215
satname:
COSMOS 416
intDesignator:
1971-041F
launchDate:
1971-05-07
satlat:
60.9534
satlng:
7.6138
satalt:
1479.7796
satid:
6302
satname:
SL-6 R/B(2)
intDesignator:
1972-072E
launchDate:
1972-09-19
satlat:
45.9507
satlng:
36.739
satalt:
28088.4429
satid:
7373
satname:
SL-6 R/B(2)
intDesignator:
1974-026E
launchDate:
1974-04-26
satlat:
44.3561
satlng:
24.386
satalt:
23536.1519
satid:
7629
satname:
SL-6 R/B(2)
intDesignator:
1975-007D
launchDate:
1975-01-30
satlat:
57.4234
satlng:
-20.9173
satalt:
21367.0568
satid:
9896
satname:
COSMOS 862 DEB
intDesignator:
1976-105N
launchDate:
1976-10-22
satlat:
61.1253
satlng:
-17.5963
satalt:
35308.3056
satid:
10155
satname:
SL-6 R/B(2)
intDesignator:
1977-054D
launchDate:
1977-06-24
satlat:
63.8719
satlng:
6.5109
satalt:
31555.2519
satid:
10879
satname:
COSMOS 970 DEB
intDesignator:
1977-121AA
launchDate:
1977-12-21
satlat:
64.2675
satlng:
9.0614
satalt:
905.0802
satid:
10894
satname:
ATLAS F R/B
intDesignator:
1978-047B
launchDate:
1978-05-13
satlat:
57.8817
satlng:
28.973
satalt:
6703.7083
satid:
12406
satname:
KYOKKO 1 DEB
intDesignator:
1978-014F
launchDate:
1978-02-04
satlat:
65.1859
satlng:
14.3014
satalt:
3613.8539
satid:
13514
satname:
THOR ABLESTAR DEB
intDesignator:
1961-015KX
launchDate:
1961-06-29
satlat:
59.2502
satlng:
10.4386
satalt:
1224.8109
satid:
13882
satname:
SL-6 R/B(2)
intDesignator:
1983-015E
launchDate:
1983-03-11
satlat:
55.7208
satlng:
51.5756
satalt:
33595.8711
satid:
13890
satname:
MOLNIYA 1-56
intDesignator:
1983-019A
launchDate:
1983-03-16
satlat:
62.4196
satlng:
-43.5769
satalt:
37938.2929
satid:
13897
satname:
SL-6 R/B(2)
intDesignator:
1983-019D
launchDate:
1983-03-16
satlat:
59.9612
satlng:
22.5852
satalt:
38767.1438
satid:
14182
satname:
COSMOS 1481
intDesignator:
1983-070A
launchDate:
1983-07-08
satlat:
46.3438
satlng:
-16.2196
satalt:
34559.5114
satid:
14191
satname:
SL-6 R/B(2)
intDesignator:
1983-070D
launchDate:
1983-07-08
satlat:
69.3421
satlng:
33.5461
satalt:
31944.1164
satid:
14192
satname:
COSMOS 1481 DEB
intDesignator:
1983-070E
launchDate:
1983-07-08
satlat:
67.3178
satlng:
3.9557
satalt:
29784.7836
satid:
14894
satname:
SL-6 R/B(2)
intDesignator:
1984-033D
launchDate:
1984-04-04
satlat:
61.8005
satlng:
33.5367
satalt:
27821.8533
satid:
15227
satname:
TITAN 34B R/B
intDesignator:
1984-091B
launchDate:
1984-08-28
satlat:
61.366
satlng:
17.205
satalt:
35911.7095
satid:
15622
satname:
COSMOS 1640
intDesignator:
1985-023F
launchDate:
1985-03-21
satlat:
60.3411
satlng:
-4.4353
satalt:
1462.2781
satid:
15625
satname:
SL-8 R/B
intDesignator:
1985-023J
launchDate:
1985-03-21
satlat:
56.8731
satlng:
-0.3609
satalt:
1669.0416
satid:
15738
satname:
MOLNIYA 3-24
intDesignator:
1985-040A
launchDate:
1985-05-29
satlat:
55.836
satlng:
-23.3023
satalt:
22083.7424
satid:
15741
satname:
SL-6 R/B(2)
intDesignator:
1985-040D
launchDate:
1985-05-29
satlat:
44.3599
satlng:
19.0804
satalt:
29128.642
satid:
16393
satname:
MOLNIYA 3-27
intDesignator:
1985-117A
launchDate:
1985-12-24
satlat:
58.3932
satlng:
-15.2722
satalt:
37324.9382

limit:

offset:

returned:

has_more_results:

yes

truncated:

yes

next_offset:

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info:

category:: ANY
transactionscount:: 72
satcount:: 124

above:

25 results

satid:
271
satname:
MIDAS 5 (STRONGBACK)
intDesignator:
1962-010A
launchDate:
1962-04-09
satlat:
62.024
satlng:
22.7055
satalt:
3379.6591
satid:
273
satname:
MIDAS 5 DEB
intDesignator:
1962-010C
launchDate:
1962-04-09
satlat:
67.4459
satlng:
5.4994
satalt:
2822.3695
satid:
5215
satname:
COSMOS 416
intDesignator:
1971-041F
launchDate:
1971-05-07
satlat:
60.9534
satlng:
7.6138
satalt:
1479.7796
satid:
6302
satname:
SL-6 R/B(2)
intDesignator:
1972-072E
launchDate:
1972-09-19
satlat:
45.9507
satlng:
36.739
satalt:
28088.4429
satid:
7373
satname:
SL-6 R/B(2)
intDesignator:
1974-026E
launchDate:
1974-04-26
satlat:
44.3561
satlng:
24.386
satalt:
23536.1519
satid:
7629
satname:
SL-6 R/B(2)
intDesignator:
1975-007D
launchDate:
1975-01-30
satlat:
57.4234
satlng:
-20.9173
satalt:
21367.0568
satid:
9896
satname:
COSMOS 862 DEB
intDesignator:
1976-105N
launchDate:
1976-10-22
satlat:
61.1253
satlng:
-17.5963
satalt:
35308.3056
satid:
10155
satname:
SL-6 R/B(2)
intDesignator:
1977-054D
launchDate:
1977-06-24
satlat:
63.8719
satlng:
6.5109
satalt:
31555.2519
satid:
10879
satname:
COSMOS 970 DEB
intDesignator:
1977-121AA
launchDate:
1977-12-21
satlat:
64.2675
satlng:
9.0614
satalt:
905.0802
satid:
10894
satname:
ATLAS F R/B
intDesignator:
1978-047B
launchDate:
1978-05-13
satlat:
57.8817
satlng:
28.973
satalt:
6703.7083
satid:
12406
satname:
KYOKKO 1 DEB
intDesignator:
1978-014F
launchDate:
1978-02-04
satlat:
65.1859
satlng:
14.3014
satalt:
3613.8539
satid:
13514
satname:
THOR ABLESTAR DEB
intDesignator:
1961-015KX
launchDate:
1961-06-29
satlat:
59.2502
satlng:
10.4386
satalt:
1224.8109
satid:
13882
satname:
SL-6 R/B(2)
intDesignator:
1983-015E
launchDate:
1983-03-11
satlat:
55.7208
satlng:
51.5756
satalt:
33595.8711
satid:
13890
satname:
MOLNIYA 1-56
intDesignator:
1983-019A
launchDate:
1983-03-16
satlat:
62.4196
satlng:
-43.5769
satalt:
37938.2929
satid:
13897
satname:
SL-6 R/B(2)
intDesignator:
1983-019D
launchDate:
1983-03-16
satlat:
59.9612
satlng:
22.5852
satalt:
38767.1438
satid:
14182
satname:
COSMOS 1481
intDesignator:
1983-070A
launchDate:
1983-07-08
satlat:
46.3438
satlng:
-16.2196
satalt:
34559.5114
satid:
14191
satname:
SL-6 R/B(2)
intDesignator:
1983-070D
launchDate:
1983-07-08
satlat:
69.3421
satlng:
33.5461
satalt:
31944.1164
satid:
14192
satname:
COSMOS 1481 DEB
intDesignator:
1983-070E
launchDate:
1983-07-08
satlat:
67.3178
satlng:
3.9557
satalt:
29784.7836
satid:
14894
satname:
SL-6 R/B(2)
intDesignator:
1984-033D
launchDate:
1984-04-04
satlat:
61.8005
satlng:
33.5367
satalt:
27821.8533
satid:
15227
satname:
TITAN 34B R/B
intDesignator:
1984-091B
launchDate:
1984-08-28
satlat:
61.366
satlng:
17.205
satalt:
35911.7095
satid:
15622
satname:
COSMOS 1640
intDesignator:
1985-023F
launchDate:
1985-03-21
satlat:
60.3411
satlng:
-4.4353
satalt:
1462.2781
satid:
15625
satname:
SL-8 R/B
intDesignator:
1985-023J
launchDate:
1985-03-21
satlat:
56.8731
satlng:
-0.3609
satalt:
1669.0416
satid:
15738
satname:
MOLNIYA 3-24
intDesignator:
1985-040A
launchDate:
1985-05-29
satlat:
55.836
satlng:
-23.3023
satalt:
22083.7424
satid:
15741
satname:
SL-6 R/B(2)
intDesignator:
1985-040D
launchDate:
1985-05-29
satlat:
44.3599
satlng:
19.0804
satalt:
29128.642
satid:
16393
satname:
MOLNIYA 3-27
intDesignator:
1985-117A
launchDate:
1985-12-24
satlat:
58.3932
satlng:
-15.2722
satalt:
37324.9382

limit:

offset:

returned:

has_more_results:

yes

truncated:

yes

next_offset:

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How to use the find_satellites_above lookup

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