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 2026-09-23T19:03:58Z in 0.667 seconds.

info:

category:: ANY
transactionscount:: 100
satcount:: 118

above:

25 results

satid:
6302
satname:
SL-6 R/B(2)
intDesignator:
1972-072E
launchDate:
1972-09-19
satlat:
53.0704
satlng:
40.2459
satalt:
30552.9357
satid:
7373
satname:
SL-6 R/B(2)
intDesignator:
1974-026E
launchDate:
1974-04-26
satlat:
53.5843
satlng:
33.7691
satalt:
30082.1874
satid:
7376
satname:
MOLNIYA 2-10
intDesignator:
1974-056A
launchDate:
1974-07-23
satlat:
61.4777
satlng:
60.0753
satalt:
35838.6908
satid:
7440
satname:
COSMOS 682
intDesignator:
1974-072F
launchDate:
1974-09-19
satlat:
59.9905
satlng:
1.6164
satalt:
1475.0719
satid:
7629
satname:
SL-6 R/B(2)
intDesignator:
1975-007D
launchDate:
1975-01-30
satlat:
61.4775
satlng:
-16.2907
satalt:
23093.6179
satid:
9494
satname:
COSMOS 861
intDesignator:
1976-104A
launchDate:
1976-10-21
satlat:
58.8868
satlng:
5.3981
satalt:
948.4594
satid:
9896
satname:
COSMOS 862 DEB
intDesignator:
1976-105N
launchDate:
1976-10-22
satlat:
61.961
satlng:
-19.0695
satalt:
35246.6031
satid:
11057
satname:
MOLNIYA 3-10
intDesignator:
1978-095A
launchDate:
1978-10-13
satlat:
63.1166
satlng:
2.6524
satalt:
11740.3199
satid:
11079
satname:
SL-6 R/B(2)
intDesignator:
1978-095E
launchDate:
1978-10-13
satlat:
59.0578
satlng:
25.9881
satalt:
30259.2721
satid:
11697
satname:
COSMOS 1162
intDesignator:
1980-012G
launchDate:
1980-02-11
satlat:
59.308
satlng:
-2.3917
satalt:
1512.432
satid:
12114
satname:
COSMOS 1235
intDesignator:
1980-102H
launchDate:
1980-12-23
satlat:
61.1996
satlng:
-2.8953
satalt:
1460.1798
satid:
12406
satname:
KYOKKO 1 DEB
intDesignator:
1978-014F
launchDate:
1978-02-04
satlat:
65.122
satlng:
8.7843
satalt:
3613.0575
satid:
13882
satname:
SL-6 R/B(2)
intDesignator:
1983-015E
launchDate:
1983-03-11
satlat:
56.7968
satlng:
45.0315
satalt:
34626.3451
satid:
13890
satname:
MOLNIYA 1-56
intDesignator:
1983-019A
launchDate:
1983-03-16
satlat:
62.5321
satlng:
-44.3545
satalt:
38208.6468
satid:
13897
satname:
SL-6 R/B(2)
intDesignator:
1983-019D
launchDate:
1983-03-16
satlat:
60.431
satlng:
16.8664
satalt:
38970.2356
satid:
14182
satname:
COSMOS 1481
intDesignator:
1983-070A
launchDate:
1983-07-08
satlat:
51.5968
satlng:
-14.871
satalt:
33718.3514
satid:
14191
satname:
SL-6 R/B(2)
intDesignator:
1983-070D
launchDate:
1983-07-08
satlat:
70.612
satlng:
50.3918
satalt:
29958.2703
satid:
14192
satname:
COSMOS 1481 DEB
intDesignator:
1983-070E
launchDate:
1983-07-08
satlat:
70.0156
satlng:
20.0938
satalt:
27210.4773
satid:
14894
satname:
SL-6 R/B(2)
intDesignator:
1984-033D
launchDate:
1984-04-04
satlat:
67.9047
satlng:
48.7557
satalt:
24167.6691
satid:
15223
satname:
SL-6 R/B(2)
intDesignator:
1984-089D
launchDate:
1984-08-24
satlat:
50.0162
satlng:
-9.744
satalt:
21759.9493
satid:
15227
satname:
TITAN 34B R/B
intDesignator:
1984-091B
launchDate:
1984-08-28
satlat:
63.0801
satlng:
31.2831
satalt:
37934.5182
satid:
15741
satname:
SL-6 R/B(2)
intDesignator:
1985-040D
launchDate:
1985-05-29
satlat:
42.4657
satlng:
13.3519
satalt:
27593.9999
satid:
16393
satname:
MOLNIYA 3-27
intDesignator:
1985-117A
launchDate:
1985-12-24
satlat:
61.839
satlng:
5.7632
satalt:
34329.0862
satid:
16445
satname:
SL-12 R/B(AUX MOTOR)
intDesignator:
1985-118K
launchDate:
1985-12-24
satlat:
49.8162
satlng:
6.5345
satalt:
9525.3882
satid:
17328
satname:
MOLNIYA 3-31
intDesignator:
1987-008A
launchDate:
1987-01-22
satlat:
61.8868
satlng:
56.1652
satalt:
38653.9077

limit:

offset:

returned:

has_more_results:

yes

truncated:

yes

next_offset:

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info:

category:: ANY
transactionscount:: 100
satcount:: 118

above:

25 results

satid:
6302
satname:
SL-6 R/B(2)
intDesignator:
1972-072E
launchDate:
1972-09-19
satlat:
53.0704
satlng:
40.2459
satalt:
30552.9357
satid:
7373
satname:
SL-6 R/B(2)
intDesignator:
1974-026E
launchDate:
1974-04-26
satlat:
53.5843
satlng:
33.7691
satalt:
30082.1874
satid:
7376
satname:
MOLNIYA 2-10
intDesignator:
1974-056A
launchDate:
1974-07-23
satlat:
61.4777
satlng:
60.0753
satalt:
35838.6908
satid:
7440
satname:
COSMOS 682
intDesignator:
1974-072F
launchDate:
1974-09-19
satlat:
59.9905
satlng:
1.6164
satalt:
1475.0719
satid:
7629
satname:
SL-6 R/B(2)
intDesignator:
1975-007D
launchDate:
1975-01-30
satlat:
61.4775
satlng:
-16.2907
satalt:
23093.6179
satid:
9494
satname:
COSMOS 861
intDesignator:
1976-104A
launchDate:
1976-10-21
satlat:
58.8868
satlng:
5.3981
satalt:
948.4594
satid:
9896
satname:
COSMOS 862 DEB
intDesignator:
1976-105N
launchDate:
1976-10-22
satlat:
61.961
satlng:
-19.0695
satalt:
35246.6031
satid:
11057
satname:
MOLNIYA 3-10
intDesignator:
1978-095A
launchDate:
1978-10-13
satlat:
63.1166
satlng:
2.6524
satalt:
11740.3199
satid:
11079
satname:
SL-6 R/B(2)
intDesignator:
1978-095E
launchDate:
1978-10-13
satlat:
59.0578
satlng:
25.9881
satalt:
30259.2721
satid:
11697
satname:
COSMOS 1162
intDesignator:
1980-012G
launchDate:
1980-02-11
satlat:
59.308
satlng:
-2.3917
satalt:
1512.432
satid:
12114
satname:
COSMOS 1235
intDesignator:
1980-102H
launchDate:
1980-12-23
satlat:
61.1996
satlng:
-2.8953
satalt:
1460.1798
satid:
12406
satname:
KYOKKO 1 DEB
intDesignator:
1978-014F
launchDate:
1978-02-04
satlat:
65.122
satlng:
8.7843
satalt:
3613.0575
satid:
13882
satname:
SL-6 R/B(2)
intDesignator:
1983-015E
launchDate:
1983-03-11
satlat:
56.7968
satlng:
45.0315
satalt:
34626.3451
satid:
13890
satname:
MOLNIYA 1-56
intDesignator:
1983-019A
launchDate:
1983-03-16
satlat:
62.5321
satlng:
-44.3545
satalt:
38208.6468
satid:
13897
satname:
SL-6 R/B(2)
intDesignator:
1983-019D
launchDate:
1983-03-16
satlat:
60.431
satlng:
16.8664
satalt:
38970.2356
satid:
14182
satname:
COSMOS 1481
intDesignator:
1983-070A
launchDate:
1983-07-08
satlat:
51.5968
satlng:
-14.871
satalt:
33718.3514
satid:
14191
satname:
SL-6 R/B(2)
intDesignator:
1983-070D
launchDate:
1983-07-08
satlat:
70.612
satlng:
50.3918
satalt:
29958.2703
satid:
14192
satname:
COSMOS 1481 DEB
intDesignator:
1983-070E
launchDate:
1983-07-08
satlat:
70.0156
satlng:
20.0938
satalt:
27210.4773
satid:
14894
satname:
SL-6 R/B(2)
intDesignator:
1984-033D
launchDate:
1984-04-04
satlat:
67.9047
satlng:
48.7557
satalt:
24167.6691
satid:
15223
satname:
SL-6 R/B(2)
intDesignator:
1984-089D
launchDate:
1984-08-24
satlat:
50.0162
satlng:
-9.744
satalt:
21759.9493
satid:
15227
satname:
TITAN 34B R/B
intDesignator:
1984-091B
launchDate:
1984-08-28
satlat:
63.0801
satlng:
31.2831
satalt:
37934.5182
satid:
15741
satname:
SL-6 R/B(2)
intDesignator:
1985-040D
launchDate:
1985-05-29
satlat:
42.4657
satlng:
13.3519
satalt:
27593.9999
satid:
16393
satname:
MOLNIYA 3-27
intDesignator:
1985-117A
launchDate:
1985-12-24
satlat:
61.839
satlng:
5.7632
satalt:
34329.0862
satid:
16445
satname:
SL-12 R/B(AUX MOTOR)
intDesignator:
1985-118K
launchDate:
1985-12-24
satlat:
49.8162
satlng:
6.5345
satalt:
9525.3882
satid:
17328
satname:
MOLNIYA 3-31
intDesignator:
1987-008A
launchDate:
1987-01-22
satlat:
61.8868
satlng:
56.1652
satalt:
38653.9077

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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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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