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 2026-09-26T02:02:00Z in 0.662 seconds.

info:
category:
ANY
transactionscount:
100
satcount:
125
above:

25 results

  1. satid:
    2481
    satname:
    OPS 1920
    intDesignator:
    1966-089A
    launchDate:
    1966-10-05
    satlat:
    59.8734
    satlng:
    -4.333
    satalt:
    3731.466
  2. satid:
    3173
    satname:
    OV1-13
    intDesignator:
    1968-026A
    launchDate:
    1968-04-06
    satlat:
    72.471
    satlng:
    -1.8906
    satalt:
    6949.4839
  3. satid:
    3810
    satname:
    THOR ABLESTAR DEB
    intDesignator:
    1965-065P
    launchDate:
    1965-08-13
    satlat:
    57.5881
    satlng:
    0.6764
    satalt:
    1100.3175
  4. satid:
    4295
    satname:
    OPS 7613 (P/L 6)
    intDesignator:
    1969-082G
    launchDate:
    1969-09-30
    satlat:
    58.9087
    satlng:
    1.7685
    satalt:
    922.5834
  5. satid:
    5551
    satname:
    COSMOS 448
    intDesignator:
    1971-086E
    launchDate:
    1971-10-13
    satlat:
    64.9032
    satlng:
    9.3017
    satalt:
    1455.6796
  6. satid:
    6197
    satname:
    EXPLORER 47 (IMP-7)
    intDesignator:
    1972-073A
    launchDate:
    1972-09-23
    satlat:
    42.8071
    satlng:
    36.2606
    satalt:
    233258.1862
  7. satid:
    8018
    satname:
    SL-6 R/B(2)
    intDesignator:
    1975-063D
    launchDate:
    1975-07-08
    satlat:
    50.9955
    satlng:
    38.1914
    satalt:
    29400.4343
  8. satid:
    8607
    satname:
    COSMOS 791
    intDesignator:
    1976-008A
    launchDate:
    1976-01-28
    satlat:
    65.7498
    satlng:
    1.4152
    satalt:
    1412.3284
  9. satid:
    9271
    satname:
    TITAN 34B AGENA R/B
    intDesignator:
    1976-080B
    launchDate:
    1976-08-06
    satlat:
    40.2039
    satlng:
    -0.2723
    satalt:
    24379.0951
  10. satid:
    9595
    satname:
    COSMOS 878
    intDesignator:
    1976-118H
    launchDate:
    1976-12-07
    satlat:
    61.6556
    satlng:
    -3.5756
    satalt:
    1482.0791
  11. satid:
    9954
    satname:
    COSMOS 886 DEB *
    intDesignator:
    1976-126AU
    launchDate:
    1976-12-27
    satlat:
    56.6722
    satlng:
    7.9999
    satalt:
    1492.3186
  12. satid:
    10091
    satname:
    NTS 2
    intDesignator:
    1977-053A
    launchDate:
    1977-06-23
    satlat:
    49.1995
    satlng:
    26.3264
    satalt:
    20228.9619
  13. satid:
    10842
    satname:
    DELTA 1 DEB
    intDesignator:
    1976-077CN
    launchDate:
    1976-07-29
    satlat:
    65.6961
    satlng:
    8.9697
    satalt:
    1625.8108
  14. satid:
    11047
    satname:
    COSMOS 1038
    intDesignator:
    1978-091E
    launchDate:
    1978-10-04
    satlat:
    57.6713
    satlng:
    11.9901
    satalt:
    1490.0557
  15. satid:
    11081
    satname:
    DELTA 1 R/B(+CAMEO)
    intDesignator:
    1978-098B
    launchDate:
    1978-10-24
    satlat:
    57.33
    satlng:
    4.3111
    satalt:
    964.2223
  16. satid:
    11129
    satname:
    COSMOS 1052
    intDesignator:
    1978-109B
    launchDate:
    1978-12-05
    satlat:
    57.2773
    satlng:
    7.062
    satalt:
    1441.2734
  17. satid:
    12679
    satname:
    DELTA 1 R/B(2)
    intDesignator:
    1981-070E
    launchDate:
    1981-08-03
    satlat:
    45.2205
    satlng:
    13.4735
    satalt:
    13248.2899
  18. satid:
    12815
    satname:
    COSMOS 931 DEB
    intDesignator:
    1977-068E
    launchDate:
    1977-07-20
    satlat:
    67.8089
    satlng:
    -14.7911
    satalt:
    23024.221
  19. satid:
    12818
    satname:
    COSMOS 1305
    intDesignator:
    1981-088A
    launchDate:
    1981-09-11
    satlat:
    55.7213
    satlng:
    31.6158
    satalt:
    13005.4029
  20. satid:
    14190
    satname:
    ATLAS 75E R/B
    intDesignator:
    1983-072B
    launchDate:
    1983-07-14
    satlat:
    60.985
    satlng:
    1.1893
    satalt:
    12903.2817
  21. satid:
    14592
    satname:
    COSMOS 1521 (GLONASS)
    intDesignator:
    1983-127C
    launchDate:
    1983-12-29
    satlat:
    63.2954
    satlng:
    45.197
    satalt:
    19074.5935
  22. satid:
    14884
    satname:
    COSMOS 1547
    intDesignator:
    1984-033A
    launchDate:
    1984-04-04
    satlat:
    58.7325
    satlng:
    -38.6245
    satalt:
    35349.1896
  23. satid:
    15223
    satname:
    SL-6 R/B(2)
    intDesignator:
    1984-089D
    launchDate:
    1984-08-24
    satlat:
    43.7751
    satlng:
    -3.7617
    satalt:
    27615.8683
  24. satid:
    15272
    satname:
    ATLAS 14E R/B
    intDesignator:
    1984-097B
    launchDate:
    1984-09-08
    satlat:
    61.6308
    satlng:
    -4.7525
    satalt:
    19472.4306
  25. satid:
    15429
    satname:
    MOLNIYA 1-63
    intDesignator:
    1984-124A
    launchDate:
    1984-12-14
    satlat:
    62.2235
    satlng:
    15.3517
    satalt:
    39101.3194
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:
125
above:

25 results

  1. satid:
    2481
    satname:
    OPS 1920
    intDesignator:
    1966-089A
    launchDate:
    1966-10-05
    satlat:
    59.8734
    satlng:
    -4.333
    satalt:
    3731.466
  2. satid:
    3173
    satname:
    OV1-13
    intDesignator:
    1968-026A
    launchDate:
    1968-04-06
    satlat:
    72.471
    satlng:
    -1.8906
    satalt:
    6949.4839
  3. satid:
    3810
    satname:
    THOR ABLESTAR DEB
    intDesignator:
    1965-065P
    launchDate:
    1965-08-13
    satlat:
    57.5881
    satlng:
    0.6764
    satalt:
    1100.3175
  4. satid:
    4295
    satname:
    OPS 7613 (P/L 6)
    intDesignator:
    1969-082G
    launchDate:
    1969-09-30
    satlat:
    58.9087
    satlng:
    1.7685
    satalt:
    922.5834
  5. satid:
    5551
    satname:
    COSMOS 448
    intDesignator:
    1971-086E
    launchDate:
    1971-10-13
    satlat:
    64.9032
    satlng:
    9.3017
    satalt:
    1455.6796
  6. satid:
    6197
    satname:
    EXPLORER 47 (IMP-7)
    intDesignator:
    1972-073A
    launchDate:
    1972-09-23
    satlat:
    42.8071
    satlng:
    36.2606
    satalt:
    233258.1862
  7. satid:
    8018
    satname:
    SL-6 R/B(2)
    intDesignator:
    1975-063D
    launchDate:
    1975-07-08
    satlat:
    50.9955
    satlng:
    38.1914
    satalt:
    29400.4343
  8. satid:
    8607
    satname:
    COSMOS 791
    intDesignator:
    1976-008A
    launchDate:
    1976-01-28
    satlat:
    65.7498
    satlng:
    1.4152
    satalt:
    1412.3284
  9. satid:
    9271
    satname:
    TITAN 34B AGENA R/B
    intDesignator:
    1976-080B
    launchDate:
    1976-08-06
    satlat:
    40.2039
    satlng:
    -0.2723
    satalt:
    24379.0951
  10. satid:
    9595
    satname:
    COSMOS 878
    intDesignator:
    1976-118H
    launchDate:
    1976-12-07
    satlat:
    61.6556
    satlng:
    -3.5756
    satalt:
    1482.0791
  11. satid:
    9954
    satname:
    COSMOS 886 DEB *
    intDesignator:
    1976-126AU
    launchDate:
    1976-12-27
    satlat:
    56.6722
    satlng:
    7.9999
    satalt:
    1492.3186
  12. satid:
    10091
    satname:
    NTS 2
    intDesignator:
    1977-053A
    launchDate:
    1977-06-23
    satlat:
    49.1995
    satlng:
    26.3264
    satalt:
    20228.9619
  13. satid:
    10842
    satname:
    DELTA 1 DEB
    intDesignator:
    1976-077CN
    launchDate:
    1976-07-29
    satlat:
    65.6961
    satlng:
    8.9697
    satalt:
    1625.8108
  14. satid:
    11047
    satname:
    COSMOS 1038
    intDesignator:
    1978-091E
    launchDate:
    1978-10-04
    satlat:
    57.6713
    satlng:
    11.9901
    satalt:
    1490.0557
  15. satid:
    11081
    satname:
    DELTA 1 R/B(+CAMEO)
    intDesignator:
    1978-098B
    launchDate:
    1978-10-24
    satlat:
    57.33
    satlng:
    4.3111
    satalt:
    964.2223
  16. satid:
    11129
    satname:
    COSMOS 1052
    intDesignator:
    1978-109B
    launchDate:
    1978-12-05
    satlat:
    57.2773
    satlng:
    7.062
    satalt:
    1441.2734
  17. satid:
    12679
    satname:
    DELTA 1 R/B(2)
    intDesignator:
    1981-070E
    launchDate:
    1981-08-03
    satlat:
    45.2205
    satlng:
    13.4735
    satalt:
    13248.2899
  18. satid:
    12815
    satname:
    COSMOS 931 DEB
    intDesignator:
    1977-068E
    launchDate:
    1977-07-20
    satlat:
    67.8089
    satlng:
    -14.7911
    satalt:
    23024.221
  19. satid:
    12818
    satname:
    COSMOS 1305
    intDesignator:
    1981-088A
    launchDate:
    1981-09-11
    satlat:
    55.7213
    satlng:
    31.6158
    satalt:
    13005.4029
  20. satid:
    14190
    satname:
    ATLAS 75E R/B
    intDesignator:
    1983-072B
    launchDate:
    1983-07-14
    satlat:
    60.985
    satlng:
    1.1893
    satalt:
    12903.2817
  21. satid:
    14592
    satname:
    COSMOS 1521 (GLONASS)
    intDesignator:
    1983-127C
    launchDate:
    1983-12-29
    satlat:
    63.2954
    satlng:
    45.197
    satalt:
    19074.5935
  22. satid:
    14884
    satname:
    COSMOS 1547
    intDesignator:
    1984-033A
    launchDate:
    1984-04-04
    satlat:
    58.7325
    satlng:
    -38.6245
    satalt:
    35349.1896
  23. satid:
    15223
    satname:
    SL-6 R/B(2)
    intDesignator:
    1984-089D
    launchDate:
    1984-08-24
    satlat:
    43.7751
    satlng:
    -3.7617
    satalt:
    27615.8683
  24. satid:
    15272
    satname:
    ATLAS 14E R/B
    intDesignator:
    1984-097B
    launchDate:
    1984-09-08
    satlat:
    61.6308
    satlng:
    -4.7525
    satalt:
    19472.4306
  25. satid:
    15429
    satname:
    MOLNIYA 1-63
    intDesignator:
    1984-124A
    launchDate:
    1984-12-14
    satlat:
    62.2235
    satlng:
    15.3517
    satalt:
    39101.3194
limit:
25
offset:
0
returned:
25
has_more_results:
yes
truncated:
yes
next_offset:
25
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