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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

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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

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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 2026-09-28T04:07:00Z in 0.712 seconds.

info:
category:
ANY
transactionscount:
10
satcount:
138
above:

25 results

  1. satid:
    815
    satname:
    THOR AGENA D R/B
    intDesignator:
    1964-031C
    launchDate:
    1964-06-18
    satlat:
    60.2464
    satlng:
    3.2264
    satalt:
    809.2441
  2. satid:
    2765
    satname:
    OPS 6638 (VELA 7)
    intDesignator:
    1967-040A
    launchDate:
    1967-04-28
    satlat:
    41.6392
    satlng:
    11.9819
    satalt:
    138462.4326
  3. satid:
    4171
    satname:
    THORAD AGENA D DEB
    intDesignator:
    1969-082AP
    launchDate:
    1969-09-30
    satlat:
    60.7555
    satlng:
    10.3186
    satalt:
    796.4736
  4. satid:
    5054
    satname:
    TITAN 34B AGENA D R/B
    intDesignator:
    1971-021B
    launchDate:
    1971-03-21
    satlat:
    57.4892
    satlng:
    53.7753
    satalt:
    29602.7002
  5. satid:
    6993
    satname:
    SL-8 R/B
    intDesignator:
    1973-104J
    launchDate:
    1973-12-19
    satlat:
    59.3372
    satlng:
    7.4781
    satalt:
    1485.5515
  6. satid:
    7150
    satname:
    DELTA 1 DEB
    intDesignator:
    1973-086DQ
    launchDate:
    1973-11-06
    satlat:
    59.95
    satlng:
    3.9899
    satalt:
    1497.5073
  7. satid:
    10620
    satname:
    COSMOS 839 DEB
    intDesignator:
    1976-067AU
    launchDate:
    1976-07-08
    satlat:
    61.4124
    satlng:
    20.6625
    satalt:
    1974.7856
  8. satid:
    10769
    satname:
    DELTA 1 DEB
    intDesignator:
    1976-077BS
    launchDate:
    1976-07-29
    satlat:
    56.993
    satlng:
    11.1089
    satalt:
    1533.7286
  9. satid:
    11690
    satname:
    OPS 5117 (NAVSTAR 5)
    intDesignator:
    1980-011A
    launchDate:
    1980-02-09
    satlat:
    64.0198
    satlng:
    50.8018
    satalt:
    20831.8705
  10. satid:
    12815
    satname:
    COSMOS 931 DEB
    intDesignator:
    1977-068E
    launchDate:
    1977-07-20
    satlat:
    46.752
    satlng:
    2.1914
    satalt:
    33858.7227
  11. satid:
    12919
    satname:
    COSMOS 1030 DEB
    intDesignator:
    1978-083F
    launchDate:
    1978-09-06
    satlat:
    53.8998
    satlng:
    -36.7901
    satalt:
    22979.8862
  12. satid:
    12984
    satname:
    COSMOS 1247 DEB
    intDesignator:
    1981-016F
    launchDate:
    1981-02-19
    satlat:
    67.6902
    satlng:
    47.646
    satalt:
    18829.8626
  13. satid:
    13243
    satname:
    COSMOS 1372
    intDesignator:
    1982-052A
    launchDate:
    1982-06-01
    satlat:
    65.0187
    satlng:
    0.4253
    satalt:
    989.2961
  14. satid:
    13910
    satname:
    SL-6 DEB
    intDesignator:
    1981-088K
    launchDate:
    1981-09-11
    satlat:
    62.1172
    satlng:
    41.9055
    satalt:
    10839.5525
  15. satid:
    13959
    satname:
    COSMOS 1030 DEB
    intDesignator:
    1978-083G
    launchDate:
    1978-09-06
    satlat:
    64.0297
    satlng:
    12.1892
    satalt:
    22133.8479
  16. satid:
    14190
    satname:
    ATLAS 75E R/B
    intDesignator:
    1983-072B
    launchDate:
    1983-07-14
    satlat:
    52.261
    satlng:
    -10.9891
    satalt:
    16101.8251
  17. satid:
    14884
    satname:
    COSMOS 1547
    intDesignator:
    1984-033A
    launchDate:
    1984-04-04
    satlat:
    72.4019
    satlng:
    -23.3618
    satalt:
    31484.688
  18. satid:
    15054
    satname:
    SL-12 R/B(AUX MOTOR)
    intDesignator:
    1984-047H
    launchDate:
    1984-05-19
    satlat:
    50.5093
    satlng:
    20.5866
    satalt:
    11524.396
  19. satid:
    15272
    satname:
    ATLAS 14E R/B
    intDesignator:
    1984-097B
    launchDate:
    1984-09-08
    satlat:
    49.1507
    satlng:
    -11.4551
    satalt:
    17638.7158
  20. satid:
    15429
    satname:
    MOLNIYA 1-63
    intDesignator:
    1984-124A
    launchDate:
    1984-12-14
    satlat:
    60.7718
    satlng:
    20.0176
    satalt:
    31499.4417
  21. satid:
    15741
    satname:
    SL-6 R/B(2)
    intDesignator:
    1985-040D
    launchDate:
    1985-05-29
    satlat:
    54.7297
    satlng:
    -25.3049
    satalt:
    25895.3957
  22. satid:
    16103
    satname:
    COSMOS 1687
    intDesignator:
    1985-088A
    launchDate:
    1985-09-30
    satlat:
    70.197
    satlng:
    -0.7451
    satalt:
    15600.8759
  23. satid:
    16402
    satname:
    SL-6 R/B(2)
    intDesignator:
    1985-117F
    launchDate:
    1985-12-24
    satlat:
    57.1319
    satlng:
    -0.4088
    satalt:
    40250.5044
  24. satid:
    16647
    satname:
    COSMOS 1736
    intDesignator:
    1986-024A
    launchDate:
    1986-03-21
    satlat:
    58.5473
    satlng:
    6.5101
    satalt:
    994.2118
  25. satid:
    17333
    satname:
    SL-6 R/B(2)
    intDesignator:
    1987-008D
    launchDate:
    1987-01-22
    satlat:
    58.0774
    satlng:
    4.7617
    satalt:
    40448.1739
limit:
25
offset:
0
returned:
25
has_more_results:
yes
truncated:
yes
next_offset:
25
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info:
category:
ANY
transactionscount:
10
satcount:
138
above:

25 results

  1. satid:
    815
    satname:
    THOR AGENA D R/B
    intDesignator:
    1964-031C
    launchDate:
    1964-06-18
    satlat:
    60.2464
    satlng:
    3.2264
    satalt:
    809.2441
  2. satid:
    2765
    satname:
    OPS 6638 (VELA 7)
    intDesignator:
    1967-040A
    launchDate:
    1967-04-28
    satlat:
    41.6392
    satlng:
    11.9819
    satalt:
    138462.4326
  3. satid:
    4171
    satname:
    THORAD AGENA D DEB
    intDesignator:
    1969-082AP
    launchDate:
    1969-09-30
    satlat:
    60.7555
    satlng:
    10.3186
    satalt:
    796.4736
  4. satid:
    5054
    satname:
    TITAN 34B AGENA D R/B
    intDesignator:
    1971-021B
    launchDate:
    1971-03-21
    satlat:
    57.4892
    satlng:
    53.7753
    satalt:
    29602.7002
  5. satid:
    6993
    satname:
    SL-8 R/B
    intDesignator:
    1973-104J
    launchDate:
    1973-12-19
    satlat:
    59.3372
    satlng:
    7.4781
    satalt:
    1485.5515
  6. satid:
    7150
    satname:
    DELTA 1 DEB
    intDesignator:
    1973-086DQ
    launchDate:
    1973-11-06
    satlat:
    59.95
    satlng:
    3.9899
    satalt:
    1497.5073
  7. satid:
    10620
    satname:
    COSMOS 839 DEB
    intDesignator:
    1976-067AU
    launchDate:
    1976-07-08
    satlat:
    61.4124
    satlng:
    20.6625
    satalt:
    1974.7856
  8. satid:
    10769
    satname:
    DELTA 1 DEB
    intDesignator:
    1976-077BS
    launchDate:
    1976-07-29
    satlat:
    56.993
    satlng:
    11.1089
    satalt:
    1533.7286
  9. satid:
    11690
    satname:
    OPS 5117 (NAVSTAR 5)
    intDesignator:
    1980-011A
    launchDate:
    1980-02-09
    satlat:
    64.0198
    satlng:
    50.8018
    satalt:
    20831.8705
  10. satid:
    12815
    satname:
    COSMOS 931 DEB
    intDesignator:
    1977-068E
    launchDate:
    1977-07-20
    satlat:
    46.752
    satlng:
    2.1914
    satalt:
    33858.7227
  11. satid:
    12919
    satname:
    COSMOS 1030 DEB
    intDesignator:
    1978-083F
    launchDate:
    1978-09-06
    satlat:
    53.8998
    satlng:
    -36.7901
    satalt:
    22979.8862
  12. satid:
    12984
    satname:
    COSMOS 1247 DEB
    intDesignator:
    1981-016F
    launchDate:
    1981-02-19
    satlat:
    67.6902
    satlng:
    47.646
    satalt:
    18829.8626
  13. satid:
    13243
    satname:
    COSMOS 1372
    intDesignator:
    1982-052A
    launchDate:
    1982-06-01
    satlat:
    65.0187
    satlng:
    0.4253
    satalt:
    989.2961
  14. satid:
    13910
    satname:
    SL-6 DEB
    intDesignator:
    1981-088K
    launchDate:
    1981-09-11
    satlat:
    62.1172
    satlng:
    41.9055
    satalt:
    10839.5525
  15. satid:
    13959
    satname:
    COSMOS 1030 DEB
    intDesignator:
    1978-083G
    launchDate:
    1978-09-06
    satlat:
    64.0297
    satlng:
    12.1892
    satalt:
    22133.8479
  16. satid:
    14190
    satname:
    ATLAS 75E R/B
    intDesignator:
    1983-072B
    launchDate:
    1983-07-14
    satlat:
    52.261
    satlng:
    -10.9891
    satalt:
    16101.8251
  17. satid:
    14884
    satname:
    COSMOS 1547
    intDesignator:
    1984-033A
    launchDate:
    1984-04-04
    satlat:
    72.4019
    satlng:
    -23.3618
    satalt:
    31484.688
  18. satid:
    15054
    satname:
    SL-12 R/B(AUX MOTOR)
    intDesignator:
    1984-047H
    launchDate:
    1984-05-19
    satlat:
    50.5093
    satlng:
    20.5866
    satalt:
    11524.396
  19. satid:
    15272
    satname:
    ATLAS 14E R/B
    intDesignator:
    1984-097B
    launchDate:
    1984-09-08
    satlat:
    49.1507
    satlng:
    -11.4551
    satalt:
    17638.7158
  20. satid:
    15429
    satname:
    MOLNIYA 1-63
    intDesignator:
    1984-124A
    launchDate:
    1984-12-14
    satlat:
    60.7718
    satlng:
    20.0176
    satalt:
    31499.4417
  21. satid:
    15741
    satname:
    SL-6 R/B(2)
    intDesignator:
    1985-040D
    launchDate:
    1985-05-29
    satlat:
    54.7297
    satlng:
    -25.3049
    satalt:
    25895.3957
  22. satid:
    16103
    satname:
    COSMOS 1687
    intDesignator:
    1985-088A
    launchDate:
    1985-09-30
    satlat:
    70.197
    satlng:
    -0.7451
    satalt:
    15600.8759
  23. satid:
    16402
    satname:
    SL-6 R/B(2)
    intDesignator:
    1985-117F
    launchDate:
    1985-12-24
    satlat:
    57.1319
    satlng:
    -0.4088
    satalt:
    40250.5044
  24. satid:
    16647
    satname:
    COSMOS 1736
    intDesignator:
    1986-024A
    launchDate:
    1986-03-21
    satlat:
    58.5473
    satlng:
    6.5101
    satalt:
    994.2118
  25. satid:
    17333
    satname:
    SL-6 R/B(2)
    intDesignator:
    1987-008D
    launchDate:
    1987-01-22
    satlat:
    58.0774
    satlng:
    4.7617
    satalt:
    40448.1739
limit:
25
offset:
0
returned:
25
has_more_results:
yes
truncated:
yes
next_offset:
25
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