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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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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 2026-10-17T05:01:13Z in 1.156 seconds.

info:
category:
ANY
transactionscount:
95
satcount:
124
above:

25 results

  1. satid:
    2365
    satname:
    WESTFORD NEEDLES
    intDesignator:
    1963-014Q
    launchDate:
    1963-05-09
    satlat:
    56.2394
    satlng:
    -10.5443
    satalt:
    3458.5735
  2. satid:
    2403
    satname:
    OPS 0856
    intDesignator:
    1966-077A
    launchDate:
    1966-08-19
    satlat:
    54.1902
    satlng:
    -2.7219
    satalt:
    3700.558
  3. satid:
    2411
    satname:
    SECOR 7 (EGRS 7)
    intDesignator:
    1966-077B
    launchDate:
    1966-08-19
    satlat:
    61.9199
    satlng:
    -1.5592
    satalt:
    3708.4099
  4. satid:
    2765
    satname:
    OPS 6638 (VELA 7)
    intDesignator:
    1967-040A
    launchDate:
    1967-04-28
    satlat:
    41.4542
    satlng:
    4.0134
    satalt:
    159348.2318
  5. satid:
    4720
    satname:
    THORAD AGENA D DEB
    intDesignator:
    1970-025CE
    launchDate:
    1970-04-08
    satlat:
    63.8129
    satlng:
    3.7489
    satalt:
    930.2617
  6. satid:
    4784
    satname:
    SL-8 R/B
    intDesignator:
    1970-102B
    launchDate:
    1970-12-02
    satlat:
    64.4811
    satlng:
    5.9112
    satalt:
    966.9521
  7. satid:
    5054
    satname:
    TITAN 34B AGENA D R/B
    intDesignator:
    1971-021B
    launchDate:
    1971-03-21
    satlat:
    60.1824
    satlng:
    9.0311
    satalt:
    32342.248
  8. satid:
    7276
    satname:
    MOLNIYA 2-9
    intDesignator:
    1974-026A
    launchDate:
    1974-04-26
    satlat:
    62.8017
    satlng:
    -32.0136
    satalt:
    32453.0867
  9. satid:
    7688
    satname:
    TITAN 34B R/B
    intDesignator:
    1975-017B
    launchDate:
    1975-03-10
    satlat:
    56.7164
    satlng:
    38.3108
    satalt:
    13089.6568
  10. satid:
    8615
    satname:
    SL-8 R/B
    intDesignator:
    1976-008J
    launchDate:
    1976-01-28
    satlat:
    58.1544
    satlng:
    -4.925
    satalt:
    1576.8267
  11. satid:
    9016
    satname:
    SL-8 DEB
    intDesignator:
    1976-067C
    launchDate:
    1976-07-08
    satlat:
    55.8912
    satlng:
    9.1873
    satalt:
    1987.0613
  12. satid:
    9495
    satname:
    COSMOS 862
    intDesignator:
    1976-105A
    launchDate:
    1976-10-22
    satlat:
    69.7069
    satlng:
    -3.1032
    satalt:
    10469.5744
  13. satid:
    9986
    satname:
    THORAD DELTA 1 DEB
    intDesignator:
    1974-089ED
    launchDate:
    1974-11-15
    satlat:
    61.1026
    satlng:
    9.8415
    satalt:
    1193.034
  14. satid:
    10684
    satname:
    OPS 5111 (NAVSTAR 1)
    intDesignator:
    1978-020A
    launchDate:
    1978-02-22
    satlat:
    62.0579
    satlng:
    11.7912
    satalt:
    20583.9502
  15. satid:
    11909
    satname:
    SL-6 R/B(2)
    intDesignator:
    1980-063D
    launchDate:
    1980-07-18
    satlat:
    63.7979
    satlng:
    -3.0674
    satalt:
    39770.9597
  16. satid:
    12078
    satname:
    COSMOS 1223
    intDesignator:
    1980-095A
    launchDate:
    1980-11-27
    satlat:
    69.5094
    satlng:
    -7.1374
    satalt:
    25892.7214
  17. satid:
    12303
    satname:
    COSMOS 1247
    intDesignator:
    1981-016A
    launchDate:
    1981-02-19
    satlat:
    54.2672
    satlng:
    34.6423
    satalt:
    26498.9736
  18. satid:
    13074
    satname:
    COSMOS 1275 DEB
    intDesignator:
    1981-053FA
    launchDate:
    1981-06-04
    satlat:
    60.6233
    satlng:
    -1.0872
    satalt:
    979.3241
  19. satid:
    13080
    satname:
    COSMOS 1341
    intDesignator:
    1982-016A
    launchDate:
    1982-03-03
    satlat:
    72.0727
    satlng:
    -13.8775
    satalt:
    28290.2153
  20. satid:
    13607
    satname:
    COSMOS 1415 (GLONASS)
    intDesignator:
    1982-100E
    launchDate:
    1982-10-12
    satlat:
    64.9634
    satlng:
    49.3294
    satalt:
    19077.9053
  21. satid:
    13608
    satname:
    SL-12 R/B(AUX MOTOR)
    intDesignator:
    1982-100F
    launchDate:
    1982-10-12
    satlat:
    52.054
    satlng:
    -1.9217
    satalt:
    3010.611
  22. satid:
    13959
    satname:
    COSMOS 1030 DEB
    intDesignator:
    1978-083G
    launchDate:
    1978-09-06
    satlat:
    60.2926
    satlng:
    -28.5431
    satalt:
    21002.2694
  23. satid:
    14174
    satname:
    COSMOS 1476
    intDesignator:
    1983-069D
    launchDate:
    1983-07-06
    satlat:
    63.7395
    satlng:
    4.6139
    satalt:
    1463.302
  24. satid:
    14884
    satname:
    COSMOS 1547
    intDesignator:
    1984-033A
    launchDate:
    1984-04-04
    satlat:
    56.2601
    satlng:
    15.8872
    satalt:
    19948.6692
  25. satid:
    14977
    satname:
    COSMOS 1554 (GLONASS)
    intDesignator:
    1984-047A
    launchDate:
    1984-05-19
    satlat:
    44.8416
    satlng:
    17.2958
    satalt:
    19132.7598
limit:
25
offset:
0
returned:
25
has_more_results:
yes
next_offset:
25
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info:
category:
ANY
transactionscount:
95
satcount:
124
above:

25 results

  1. satid:
    2365
    satname:
    WESTFORD NEEDLES
    intDesignator:
    1963-014Q
    launchDate:
    1963-05-09
    satlat:
    56.2394
    satlng:
    -10.5443
    satalt:
    3458.5735
  2. satid:
    2403
    satname:
    OPS 0856
    intDesignator:
    1966-077A
    launchDate:
    1966-08-19
    satlat:
    54.1902
    satlng:
    -2.7219
    satalt:
    3700.558
  3. satid:
    2411
    satname:
    SECOR 7 (EGRS 7)
    intDesignator:
    1966-077B
    launchDate:
    1966-08-19
    satlat:
    61.9199
    satlng:
    -1.5592
    satalt:
    3708.4099
  4. satid:
    2765
    satname:
    OPS 6638 (VELA 7)
    intDesignator:
    1967-040A
    launchDate:
    1967-04-28
    satlat:
    41.4542
    satlng:
    4.0134
    satalt:
    159348.2318
  5. satid:
    4720
    satname:
    THORAD AGENA D DEB
    intDesignator:
    1970-025CE
    launchDate:
    1970-04-08
    satlat:
    63.8129
    satlng:
    3.7489
    satalt:
    930.2617
  6. satid:
    4784
    satname:
    SL-8 R/B
    intDesignator:
    1970-102B
    launchDate:
    1970-12-02
    satlat:
    64.4811
    satlng:
    5.9112
    satalt:
    966.9521
  7. satid:
    5054
    satname:
    TITAN 34B AGENA D R/B
    intDesignator:
    1971-021B
    launchDate:
    1971-03-21
    satlat:
    60.1824
    satlng:
    9.0311
    satalt:
    32342.248
  8. satid:
    7276
    satname:
    MOLNIYA 2-9
    intDesignator:
    1974-026A
    launchDate:
    1974-04-26
    satlat:
    62.8017
    satlng:
    -32.0136
    satalt:
    32453.0867
  9. satid:
    7688
    satname:
    TITAN 34B R/B
    intDesignator:
    1975-017B
    launchDate:
    1975-03-10
    satlat:
    56.7164
    satlng:
    38.3108
    satalt:
    13089.6568
  10. satid:
    8615
    satname:
    SL-8 R/B
    intDesignator:
    1976-008J
    launchDate:
    1976-01-28
    satlat:
    58.1544
    satlng:
    -4.925
    satalt:
    1576.8267
  11. satid:
    9016
    satname:
    SL-8 DEB
    intDesignator:
    1976-067C
    launchDate:
    1976-07-08
    satlat:
    55.8912
    satlng:
    9.1873
    satalt:
    1987.0613
  12. satid:
    9495
    satname:
    COSMOS 862
    intDesignator:
    1976-105A
    launchDate:
    1976-10-22
    satlat:
    69.7069
    satlng:
    -3.1032
    satalt:
    10469.5744
  13. satid:
    9986
    satname:
    THORAD DELTA 1 DEB
    intDesignator:
    1974-089ED
    launchDate:
    1974-11-15
    satlat:
    61.1026
    satlng:
    9.8415
    satalt:
    1193.034
  14. satid:
    10684
    satname:
    OPS 5111 (NAVSTAR 1)
    intDesignator:
    1978-020A
    launchDate:
    1978-02-22
    satlat:
    62.0579
    satlng:
    11.7912
    satalt:
    20583.9502
  15. satid:
    11909
    satname:
    SL-6 R/B(2)
    intDesignator:
    1980-063D
    launchDate:
    1980-07-18
    satlat:
    63.7979
    satlng:
    -3.0674
    satalt:
    39770.9597
  16. satid:
    12078
    satname:
    COSMOS 1223
    intDesignator:
    1980-095A
    launchDate:
    1980-11-27
    satlat:
    69.5094
    satlng:
    -7.1374
    satalt:
    25892.7214
  17. satid:
    12303
    satname:
    COSMOS 1247
    intDesignator:
    1981-016A
    launchDate:
    1981-02-19
    satlat:
    54.2672
    satlng:
    34.6423
    satalt:
    26498.9736
  18. satid:
    13074
    satname:
    COSMOS 1275 DEB
    intDesignator:
    1981-053FA
    launchDate:
    1981-06-04
    satlat:
    60.6233
    satlng:
    -1.0872
    satalt:
    979.3241
  19. satid:
    13080
    satname:
    COSMOS 1341
    intDesignator:
    1982-016A
    launchDate:
    1982-03-03
    satlat:
    72.0727
    satlng:
    -13.8775
    satalt:
    28290.2153
  20. satid:
    13607
    satname:
    COSMOS 1415 (GLONASS)
    intDesignator:
    1982-100E
    launchDate:
    1982-10-12
    satlat:
    64.9634
    satlng:
    49.3294
    satalt:
    19077.9053
  21. satid:
    13608
    satname:
    SL-12 R/B(AUX MOTOR)
    intDesignator:
    1982-100F
    launchDate:
    1982-10-12
    satlat:
    52.054
    satlng:
    -1.9217
    satalt:
    3010.611
  22. satid:
    13959
    satname:
    COSMOS 1030 DEB
    intDesignator:
    1978-083G
    launchDate:
    1978-09-06
    satlat:
    60.2926
    satlng:
    -28.5431
    satalt:
    21002.2694
  23. satid:
    14174
    satname:
    COSMOS 1476
    intDesignator:
    1983-069D
    launchDate:
    1983-07-06
    satlat:
    63.7395
    satlng:
    4.6139
    satalt:
    1463.302
  24. satid:
    14884
    satname:
    COSMOS 1547
    intDesignator:
    1984-033A
    launchDate:
    1984-04-04
    satlat:
    56.2601
    satlng:
    15.8872
    satalt:
    19948.6692
  25. satid:
    14977
    satname:
    COSMOS 1554 (GLONASS)
    intDesignator:
    1984-047A
    launchDate:
    1984-05-19
    satlat:
    44.8416
    satlng:
    17.2958
    satalt:
    19132.7598
limit:
25
offset:
0
returned:
25
has_more_results:
yes
next_offset:
25
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