find_satellites_above

List satellites above an observer within an angular search radius.

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.
observer_lonrequirednumberObserver longitude in WGS84 decimal degrees.
observer_alt_moptionalnumberObserver altitude above sea level in metres.
radius_degoptionalintegerSearch radius from 0 to 90 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": "..."}
}
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.
Type: decimal number. Observer longitude in WGS84 decimal degrees.
Type: decimal number. Observer altitude above sea level in metres.
Type: integer. Search radius from 0 to 90 degrees.
Type: integer. N2YO category id; 0 means all categories, 1 brightest.

Result

Source: N2YO satellite data. Retrieved 2026-08-03T08:00:55Z in 0.702 seconds.

info:
category:
ANY
transactionscount:
1
satcount:
131
above:

25 results

  1. satid:
    2364
    satname:
    WESTFORD NEEDLES
    intDesignator:
    1963-014P
    launchDate:
    1963-05-09
    satlat:
    69.5619
    satlng:
    19.1676
    satalt:
    3923.0104
  2. satid:
    2765
    satname:
    OPS 6638 (VELA 7)
    intDesignator:
    1967-040A
    launchDate:
    1967-04-28
    satlat:
    40.5922
    satlng:
    5.6579
    satalt:
    137177.1951
  3. satid:
    3131
    satname:
    SL-8 R/B
    intDesignator:
    1968-011B
    launchDate:
    1968-02-20
    satlat:
    62.5171
    satlng:
    2.7522
    satalt:
    1213.6673
  4. satid:
    3212
    satname:
    OV1-13 R/B
    intDesignator:
    1968-026D
    launchDate:
    1968-04-06
    satlat:
    52.2119
    satlng:
    -17.7646
    satalt:
    6333.8482
  5. satid:
    5054
    satname:
    TITAN 34B AGENA D R/B
    intDesignator:
    1971-021B
    launchDate:
    1971-03-21
    satlat:
    58.8891
    satlng:
    56.1145
    satalt:
    31021.5776
  6. satid:
    5905
    satname:
    COSMOS 480
    intDesignator:
    1972-019A
    launchDate:
    1972-03-25
    satlat:
    60.6105
    satlng:
    -2.1415
    satalt:
    1207.4908
  7. satid:
    7828
    satname:
    COSMOS 739
    intDesignator:
    1975-045H
    launchDate:
    1975-05-28
    satlat:
    63.1162
    satlng:
    10.3419
    satalt:
    1481.4342
  8. satid:
    9721
    satname:
    COSMOS 886 DEB
    intDesignator:
    1976-126S
    launchDate:
    1976-12-27
    satlat:
    65.6233
    satlng:
    12.2543
    satalt:
    1464.5678
  9. satid:
    11141
    satname:
    OPS 5114 (NAVSTAR 4)
    intDesignator:
    1978-112A
    launchDate:
    1978-12-11
    satlat:
    57.1411
    satlng:
    48.3602
    satalt:
    20511.4916
  10. satid:
    11304
    satname:
    SL-8 R/B
    intDesignator:
    1979-024J
    launchDate:
    1979-03-15
    satlat:
    61.5213
    satlng:
    3.0825
    satalt:
    1692.1955
  11. satid:
    11690
    satname:
    OPS 5117 (NAVSTAR 5)
    intDesignator:
    1980-011A
    launchDate:
    1980-02-09
    satlat:
    64.2827
    satlng:
    52.3305
    satalt:
    20802.8219
  12. satid:
    12768
    satname:
    COSMOS 1275 DEB
    intDesignator:
    1981-053DM
    launchDate:
    1981-06-04
    satlat:
    61.1541
    satlng:
    5.5526
    satalt:
    943.5764
  13. satid:
    13002
    satname:
    RADIO 6
    intDesignator:
    1981-120F
    launchDate:
    1981-12-17
    satlat:
    59.0934
    satlng:
    9.5053
    satalt:
    1669.3166
  14. satid:
    13603
    satname:
    COSMOS 1413 (GLONASS)
    intDesignator:
    1982-100A
    launchDate:
    1982-10-12
    satlat:
    59.7059
    satlng:
    46.2805
    satalt:
    19063.8477
  15. satid:
    13607
    satname:
    COSMOS 1415 (GLONASS)
    intDesignator:
    1982-100E
    launchDate:
    1982-10-12
    satlat:
    49.0776
    satlng:
    25.7271
    satalt:
    19068.1778
  16. satid:
    14190
    satname:
    ATLAS 75E R/B
    intDesignator:
    1983-072B
    launchDate:
    1983-07-14
    satlat:
    51.7862
    satlng:
    1.9735
    satalt:
    16044.2286
  17. satid:
    14259
    satname:
    COSMOS 1491 (GLONASS)
    intDesignator:
    1983-084B
    launchDate:
    1983-08-10
    satlat:
    55.0341
    satlng:
    25.9179
    satalt:
    18978.6109
  18. satid:
    14735
    satname:
    COSMOS 1317 DEB
    intDesignator:
    1981-108F
    launchDate:
    1981-10-31
    satlat:
    60.4323
    satlng:
    48.9859
    satalt:
    17639.6037
  19. satid:
    14884
    satname:
    COSMOS 1547
    intDesignator:
    1984-033A
    launchDate:
    1984-04-04
    satlat:
    68.123
    satlng:
    25.6398
    satalt:
    26575.7684
  20. satid:
    14894
    satname:
    SL-6 R/B(2)
    intDesignator:
    1984-033D
    launchDate:
    1984-04-04
    satlat:
    56.5955
    satlng:
    -2.6981
    satalt:
    13215.9566
  21. satid:
    15264
    satname:
    SL-12 R/B(2)
    intDesignator:
    1984-095F
    launchDate:
    1984-09-04
    satlat:
    49.3503
    satlng:
    31.4511
    satalt:
    19105.7451
  22. satid:
    15429
    satname:
    MOLNIYA 1-63
    intDesignator:
    1984-124A
    launchDate:
    1984-12-14
    satlat:
    58.6537
    satlng:
    33.7057
    satalt:
    28457.2559
  23. satid:
    15439
    satname:
    SL-6 R/B(2)
    intDesignator:
    1984-124H
    launchDate:
    1984-12-14
    satlat:
    62.7687
    satlng:
    2.9325
    satalt:
    38418.8507
  24. satid:
    15697
    satname:
    COSMOS 1650 (GLONASS)
    intDesignator:
    1985-037A
    launchDate:
    1985-05-17
    satlat:
    41.4344
    satlng:
    23.9121
    satalt:
    19054.3145
  25. satid:
    15741
    satname:
    SL-6 R/B(2)
    intDesignator:
    1985-040D
    launchDate:
    1985-05-29
    satlat:
    53.7334
    satlng:
    -17.3759
    satalt:
    24248.2748
limit:
25
offset:
0
returned:
25
has_more_results:
yes
truncated:
yes
next_offset:
25
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info:
category:
ANY
transactionscount:
1
satcount:
131
above:

25 results

  1. satid:
    2364
    satname:
    WESTFORD NEEDLES
    intDesignator:
    1963-014P
    launchDate:
    1963-05-09
    satlat:
    69.5619
    satlng:
    19.1676
    satalt:
    3923.0104
  2. satid:
    2765
    satname:
    OPS 6638 (VELA 7)
    intDesignator:
    1967-040A
    launchDate:
    1967-04-28
    satlat:
    40.5922
    satlng:
    5.6579
    satalt:
    137177.1951
  3. satid:
    3131
    satname:
    SL-8 R/B
    intDesignator:
    1968-011B
    launchDate:
    1968-02-20
    satlat:
    62.5171
    satlng:
    2.7522
    satalt:
    1213.6673
  4. satid:
    3212
    satname:
    OV1-13 R/B
    intDesignator:
    1968-026D
    launchDate:
    1968-04-06
    satlat:
    52.2119
    satlng:
    -17.7646
    satalt:
    6333.8482
  5. satid:
    5054
    satname:
    TITAN 34B AGENA D R/B
    intDesignator:
    1971-021B
    launchDate:
    1971-03-21
    satlat:
    58.8891
    satlng:
    56.1145
    satalt:
    31021.5776
  6. satid:
    5905
    satname:
    COSMOS 480
    intDesignator:
    1972-019A
    launchDate:
    1972-03-25
    satlat:
    60.6105
    satlng:
    -2.1415
    satalt:
    1207.4908
  7. satid:
    7828
    satname:
    COSMOS 739
    intDesignator:
    1975-045H
    launchDate:
    1975-05-28
    satlat:
    63.1162
    satlng:
    10.3419
    satalt:
    1481.4342
  8. satid:
    9721
    satname:
    COSMOS 886 DEB
    intDesignator:
    1976-126S
    launchDate:
    1976-12-27
    satlat:
    65.6233
    satlng:
    12.2543
    satalt:
    1464.5678
  9. satid:
    11141
    satname:
    OPS 5114 (NAVSTAR 4)
    intDesignator:
    1978-112A
    launchDate:
    1978-12-11
    satlat:
    57.1411
    satlng:
    48.3602
    satalt:
    20511.4916
  10. satid:
    11304
    satname:
    SL-8 R/B
    intDesignator:
    1979-024J
    launchDate:
    1979-03-15
    satlat:
    61.5213
    satlng:
    3.0825
    satalt:
    1692.1955
  11. satid:
    11690
    satname:
    OPS 5117 (NAVSTAR 5)
    intDesignator:
    1980-011A
    launchDate:
    1980-02-09
    satlat:
    64.2827
    satlng:
    52.3305
    satalt:
    20802.8219
  12. satid:
    12768
    satname:
    COSMOS 1275 DEB
    intDesignator:
    1981-053DM
    launchDate:
    1981-06-04
    satlat:
    61.1541
    satlng:
    5.5526
    satalt:
    943.5764
  13. satid:
    13002
    satname:
    RADIO 6
    intDesignator:
    1981-120F
    launchDate:
    1981-12-17
    satlat:
    59.0934
    satlng:
    9.5053
    satalt:
    1669.3166
  14. satid:
    13603
    satname:
    COSMOS 1413 (GLONASS)
    intDesignator:
    1982-100A
    launchDate:
    1982-10-12
    satlat:
    59.7059
    satlng:
    46.2805
    satalt:
    19063.8477
  15. satid:
    13607
    satname:
    COSMOS 1415 (GLONASS)
    intDesignator:
    1982-100E
    launchDate:
    1982-10-12
    satlat:
    49.0776
    satlng:
    25.7271
    satalt:
    19068.1778
  16. satid:
    14190
    satname:
    ATLAS 75E R/B
    intDesignator:
    1983-072B
    launchDate:
    1983-07-14
    satlat:
    51.7862
    satlng:
    1.9735
    satalt:
    16044.2286
  17. satid:
    14259
    satname:
    COSMOS 1491 (GLONASS)
    intDesignator:
    1983-084B
    launchDate:
    1983-08-10
    satlat:
    55.0341
    satlng:
    25.9179
    satalt:
    18978.6109
  18. satid:
    14735
    satname:
    COSMOS 1317 DEB
    intDesignator:
    1981-108F
    launchDate:
    1981-10-31
    satlat:
    60.4323
    satlng:
    48.9859
    satalt:
    17639.6037
  19. satid:
    14884
    satname:
    COSMOS 1547
    intDesignator:
    1984-033A
    launchDate:
    1984-04-04
    satlat:
    68.123
    satlng:
    25.6398
    satalt:
    26575.7684
  20. satid:
    14894
    satname:
    SL-6 R/B(2)
    intDesignator:
    1984-033D
    launchDate:
    1984-04-04
    satlat:
    56.5955
    satlng:
    -2.6981
    satalt:
    13215.9566
  21. satid:
    15264
    satname:
    SL-12 R/B(2)
    intDesignator:
    1984-095F
    launchDate:
    1984-09-04
    satlat:
    49.3503
    satlng:
    31.4511
    satalt:
    19105.7451
  22. satid:
    15429
    satname:
    MOLNIYA 1-63
    intDesignator:
    1984-124A
    launchDate:
    1984-12-14
    satlat:
    58.6537
    satlng:
    33.7057
    satalt:
    28457.2559
  23. satid:
    15439
    satname:
    SL-6 R/B(2)
    intDesignator:
    1984-124H
    launchDate:
    1984-12-14
    satlat:
    62.7687
    satlng:
    2.9325
    satalt:
    38418.8507
  24. satid:
    15697
    satname:
    COSMOS 1650 (GLONASS)
    intDesignator:
    1985-037A
    launchDate:
    1985-05-17
    satlat:
    41.4344
    satlng:
    23.9121
    satalt:
    19054.3145
  25. satid:
    15741
    satname:
    SL-6 R/B(2)
    intDesignator:
    1985-040D
    launchDate:
    1985-05-29
    satlat:
    53.7334
    satlng:
    -17.3759
    satalt:
    24248.2748
limit:
25
offset:
0
returned:
25
has_more_results:
yes
truncated:
yes
next_offset:
25
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Ground rule: Navigate with HTML GET links to keep explanations and relationships. Use the page's JSON alternative only when concrete values must be extracted, compared or computed.

How to use the find_satellites_above lookup

  1. Replace the placeholders in the HTML GET template; remove optional parameters you do not need.
  2. Check types, units, limits and ID formats in the parameter table.
  3. Follow linked results to canonical pages before combining sources.

Misreading to avoid: An empty list means "no results for this lookup". An error message or unavailable source does not mean the data does not exist.

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Go to the source page for other operations. Use the JSON template only after the HTML result shows that the parameters and source are correct.