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 2026-08-02T20:36:39Z in 0.669 seconds.

info:
category:
ANY
transactionscount:
3
satcount:
114
above:

25 results

  1. satid:
    2364
    satname:
    WESTFORD NEEDLES
    intDesignator:
    1963-014P
    launchDate:
    1963-05-09
    satlat:
    67.9253
    satlng:
    23.2199
    satalt:
    3500.4424
  2. satid:
    2796
    satname:
    WESTFORD NEEDLES
    intDesignator:
    1963-014AQ
    launchDate:
    1963-05-09
    satlat:
    64.6237
    satlng:
    -4.7016
    satalt:
    3029.1489
  3. satid:
    3900
    satname:
    COSMOS 252 DEB
    intDesignator:
    1968-097BM
    launchDate:
    1968-11-01
    satlat:
    62.3073
    satlng:
    17.0302
    satalt:
    738.4403
  4. satid:
    7687
    satname:
    OPS 2439
    intDesignator:
    1975-017A
    launchDate:
    1975-03-10
    satlat:
    54.6564
    satlng:
    -1.6764
    satalt:
    26998.3395
  5. satid:
    7800
    satname:
    SL-6 R/B(2)
    intDesignator:
    1975-036D
    launchDate:
    1975-04-29
    satlat:
    57.8114
    satlng:
    7.1276
    satalt:
    37827.5547
  6. satid:
    8860
    satname:
    P 76-5
    intDesignator:
    1976-047A
    launchDate:
    1976-05-22
    satlat:
    67.1352
    satlng:
    13.0297
    satalt:
    1035.7679
  7. satid:
    9271
    satname:
    TITAN 34B AGENA R/B
    intDesignator:
    1976-080B
    launchDate:
    1976-08-06
    satlat:
    58.2472
    satlng:
    40.4376
    satalt:
    20016.3657
  8. satid:
    9710
    satname:
    DELTA 1 DEB
    intDesignator:
    1975-004GU
    launchDate:
    1975-01-22
    satlat:
    64.2878
    satlng:
    5.8093
    satalt:
    757.6327
  9. satid:
    10485
    satname:
    SL-6 R/B(2)
    intDesignator:
    1977-105E
    launchDate:
    1977-10-28
    satlat:
    59.725
    satlng:
    6.2854
    satalt:
    31168.8126
  10. satid:
    10762
    satname:
    DELTA 1 DEB
    intDesignator:
    1976-077BK
    launchDate:
    1976-07-29
    satlat:
    60.6328
    satlng:
    3.7855
    satalt:
    2327.6828
  11. satid:
    11079
    satname:
    SL-6 R/B(2)
    intDesignator:
    1978-095E
    launchDate:
    1978-10-13
    satlat:
    46.0411
    satlng:
    37.5409
    satalt:
    20790.9437
  12. satid:
    11883
    satname:
    SL-8 R/B
    intDesignator:
    1980-058J
    launchDate:
    1980-07-09
    satlat:
    67.868
    satlng:
    17.6985
    satalt:
    1590.4911
  13. satid:
    12324
    satname:
    COSMOS 1254
    intDesignator:
    1981-022E
    launchDate:
    1981-03-06
    satlat:
    68.7351
    satlng:
    13.2229
    satalt:
    1478.4665
  14. satid:
    12458
    satname:
    NOVA 1
    intDesignator:
    1981-044A
    launchDate:
    1981-05-15
    satlat:
    60.2303
    satlng:
    7.0639
    satalt:
    1176.2095
  15. satid:
    13163
    satname:
    COSMOS 1360
    intDesignator:
    1982-040D
    launchDate:
    1982-05-06
    satlat:
    65.5743
    satlng:
    21.8119
    satalt:
    1471.5781
  16. satid:
    13882
    satname:
    SL-6 R/B(2)
    intDesignator:
    1983-015E
    launchDate:
    1983-03-11
    satlat:
    61.5885
    satlng:
    33.106
    satalt:
    39325.0768
  17. satid:
    13890
    satname:
    MOLNIYA 1-56
    intDesignator:
    1983-019A
    launchDate:
    1983-03-16
    satlat:
    62.0501
    satlng:
    6.447
    satalt:
    38797.0007
  18. satid:
    13904
    satname:
    SL-6 DEB
    intDesignator:
    1981-088G
    launchDate:
    1981-09-11
    satlat:
    62.1885
    satlng:
    -4.687
    satalt:
    9733.382
  19. satid:
    14000
    satname:
    COSMOS 931 DEB
    intDesignator:
    1977-068G
    launchDate:
    1977-07-20
    satlat:
    71.3588
    satlng:
    -46.9195
    satalt:
    21533.0618
  20. satid:
    15214
    satname:
    MOLNIYA 1-62
    intDesignator:
    1984-089A
    launchDate:
    1984-08-24
    satlat:
    59.8294
    satlng:
    -27.4949
    satalt:
    34447.3906
  21. satid:
    15227
    satname:
    TITAN 34B R/B
    intDesignator:
    1984-091B
    launchDate:
    1984-08-28
    satlat:
    63.0104
    satlng:
    65.0945
    satalt:
    37897.4022
  22. satid:
    15398
    satname:
    COSMOS 1610
    intDesignator:
    1984-118A
    launchDate:
    1984-11-15
    satlat:
    63.4522
    satlng:
    4.1612
    satalt:
    1001.9404
  23. satid:
    15738
    satname:
    MOLNIYA 3-24
    intDesignator:
    1985-040A
    launchDate:
    1985-05-29
    satlat:
    62.0649
    satlng:
    -37.3668
    satalt:
    31234.7845
  24. satid:
    16183
    satname:
    COSMOS 1698
    intDesignator:
    1985-098A
    launchDate:
    1985-10-22
    satlat:
    54.0307
    satlng:
    -5.3746
    satalt:
    23965.4685
  25. satid:
    16393
    satname:
    MOLNIYA 3-27
    intDesignator:
    1985-117A
    launchDate:
    1985-12-24
    satlat:
    48.3667
    satlng:
    -6.1261
    satalt:
    34072.635
limit:
25
offset:
0
returned:
25
has_more_results:
yes
truncated:
yes
next_offset:
25
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info:
category:
ANY
transactionscount:
3
satcount:
114
above:

25 results

  1. satid:
    2364
    satname:
    WESTFORD NEEDLES
    intDesignator:
    1963-014P
    launchDate:
    1963-05-09
    satlat:
    67.9253
    satlng:
    23.2199
    satalt:
    3500.4424
  2. satid:
    2796
    satname:
    WESTFORD NEEDLES
    intDesignator:
    1963-014AQ
    launchDate:
    1963-05-09
    satlat:
    64.6237
    satlng:
    -4.7016
    satalt:
    3029.1489
  3. satid:
    3900
    satname:
    COSMOS 252 DEB
    intDesignator:
    1968-097BM
    launchDate:
    1968-11-01
    satlat:
    62.3073
    satlng:
    17.0302
    satalt:
    738.4403
  4. satid:
    7687
    satname:
    OPS 2439
    intDesignator:
    1975-017A
    launchDate:
    1975-03-10
    satlat:
    54.6564
    satlng:
    -1.6764
    satalt:
    26998.3395
  5. satid:
    7800
    satname:
    SL-6 R/B(2)
    intDesignator:
    1975-036D
    launchDate:
    1975-04-29
    satlat:
    57.8114
    satlng:
    7.1276
    satalt:
    37827.5547
  6. satid:
    8860
    satname:
    P 76-5
    intDesignator:
    1976-047A
    launchDate:
    1976-05-22
    satlat:
    67.1352
    satlng:
    13.0297
    satalt:
    1035.7679
  7. satid:
    9271
    satname:
    TITAN 34B AGENA R/B
    intDesignator:
    1976-080B
    launchDate:
    1976-08-06
    satlat:
    58.2472
    satlng:
    40.4376
    satalt:
    20016.3657
  8. satid:
    9710
    satname:
    DELTA 1 DEB
    intDesignator:
    1975-004GU
    launchDate:
    1975-01-22
    satlat:
    64.2878
    satlng:
    5.8093
    satalt:
    757.6327
  9. satid:
    10485
    satname:
    SL-6 R/B(2)
    intDesignator:
    1977-105E
    launchDate:
    1977-10-28
    satlat:
    59.725
    satlng:
    6.2854
    satalt:
    31168.8126
  10. satid:
    10762
    satname:
    DELTA 1 DEB
    intDesignator:
    1976-077BK
    launchDate:
    1976-07-29
    satlat:
    60.6328
    satlng:
    3.7855
    satalt:
    2327.6828
  11. satid:
    11079
    satname:
    SL-6 R/B(2)
    intDesignator:
    1978-095E
    launchDate:
    1978-10-13
    satlat:
    46.0411
    satlng:
    37.5409
    satalt:
    20790.9437
  12. satid:
    11883
    satname:
    SL-8 R/B
    intDesignator:
    1980-058J
    launchDate:
    1980-07-09
    satlat:
    67.868
    satlng:
    17.6985
    satalt:
    1590.4911
  13. satid:
    12324
    satname:
    COSMOS 1254
    intDesignator:
    1981-022E
    launchDate:
    1981-03-06
    satlat:
    68.7351
    satlng:
    13.2229
    satalt:
    1478.4665
  14. satid:
    12458
    satname:
    NOVA 1
    intDesignator:
    1981-044A
    launchDate:
    1981-05-15
    satlat:
    60.2303
    satlng:
    7.0639
    satalt:
    1176.2095
  15. satid:
    13163
    satname:
    COSMOS 1360
    intDesignator:
    1982-040D
    launchDate:
    1982-05-06
    satlat:
    65.5743
    satlng:
    21.8119
    satalt:
    1471.5781
  16. satid:
    13882
    satname:
    SL-6 R/B(2)
    intDesignator:
    1983-015E
    launchDate:
    1983-03-11
    satlat:
    61.5885
    satlng:
    33.106
    satalt:
    39325.0768
  17. satid:
    13890
    satname:
    MOLNIYA 1-56
    intDesignator:
    1983-019A
    launchDate:
    1983-03-16
    satlat:
    62.0501
    satlng:
    6.447
    satalt:
    38797.0007
  18. satid:
    13904
    satname:
    SL-6 DEB
    intDesignator:
    1981-088G
    launchDate:
    1981-09-11
    satlat:
    62.1885
    satlng:
    -4.687
    satalt:
    9733.382
  19. satid:
    14000
    satname:
    COSMOS 931 DEB
    intDesignator:
    1977-068G
    launchDate:
    1977-07-20
    satlat:
    71.3588
    satlng:
    -46.9195
    satalt:
    21533.0618
  20. satid:
    15214
    satname:
    MOLNIYA 1-62
    intDesignator:
    1984-089A
    launchDate:
    1984-08-24
    satlat:
    59.8294
    satlng:
    -27.4949
    satalt:
    34447.3906
  21. satid:
    15227
    satname:
    TITAN 34B R/B
    intDesignator:
    1984-091B
    launchDate:
    1984-08-28
    satlat:
    63.0104
    satlng:
    65.0945
    satalt:
    37897.4022
  22. satid:
    15398
    satname:
    COSMOS 1610
    intDesignator:
    1984-118A
    launchDate:
    1984-11-15
    satlat:
    63.4522
    satlng:
    4.1612
    satalt:
    1001.9404
  23. satid:
    15738
    satname:
    MOLNIYA 3-24
    intDesignator:
    1985-040A
    launchDate:
    1985-05-29
    satlat:
    62.0649
    satlng:
    -37.3668
    satalt:
    31234.7845
  24. satid:
    16183
    satname:
    COSMOS 1698
    intDesignator:
    1985-098A
    launchDate:
    1985-10-22
    satlat:
    54.0307
    satlng:
    -5.3746
    satalt:
    23965.4685
  25. satid:
    16393
    satname:
    MOLNIYA 3-27
    intDesignator:
    1985-117A
    launchDate:
    1985-12-24
    satlat:
    48.3667
    satlng:
    -6.1261
    satalt:
    34072.635
limit:
25
offset:
0
returned:
25
has_more_results:
yes
truncated:
yes
next_offset:
25
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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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