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 2026-11-10T04:14:08Z in 0.737 seconds.

info:

category:: ANY
transactionscount:: 53
satcount:: 129

above:

25 results

satid:
118
satname:
THOR ABLESTAR R/B
intDesignator:
1961-015C
launchDate:
1961-06-29
satlat:
64.478
satlng:
6.9265
satalt:
898.9763
satid:
899
satname:
EXPLORER 22
intDesignator:
1964-064A
launchDate:
1964-10-10
satlat:
63.4941
satlng:
13.0859
satalt:
941.091
satid:
5054
satname:
TITAN 34B AGENA D R/B
intDesignator:
1971-021B
launchDate:
1971-03-21
satlat:
63.4905
satlng:
-39.1709
satalt:
36792.5937
satid:
5552
satname:
COSMOS 449
intDesignator:
1971-086F
launchDate:
1971-10-13
satlat:
61.8789
satlng:
19.7004
satalt:
1493.7304
satid:
5971
satname:
DELTA 1 DEB
intDesignator:
1967-006E
launchDate:
1967-01-26
satlat:
68.2492
satlng:
4.0851
satalt:
1344.8904
satid:
7160
satname:
DELTA 1 DEB
intDesignator:
1973-086DY
launchDate:
1973-11-06
satlat:
58.9165
satlng:
5.05
satalt:
1483.7034
satid:
8195
satname:
MOLNIYA 2-14
intDesignator:
1975-081A
launchDate:
1975-09-09
satlat:
62.8683
satlng:
18.7408
satalt:
38183.1359
satid:
8867
satname:
SCOUT B-1 DEB
intDesignator:
1976-047C
launchDate:
1976-05-22
satlat:
62.3775
satlng:
1.1903
satalt:
1100.8384
satid:
9880
satname:
MOLNIYA 1-36
intDesignator:
1977-021A
launchDate:
1977-03-24
satlat:
62.5745
satlng:
53.7863
satalt:
33718.7188
satid:
10453
satname:
COSMOS 839 DEB
intDesignator:
1976-067AE
launchDate:
1976-07-08
satlat:
65.9109
satlng:
11.8489
satalt:
2046.3293
satid:
11696
satname:
COSMOS 1161
intDesignator:
1980-012F
launchDate:
1980-02-11
satlat:
60.8033
satlng:
7.2377
satalt:
1499.0588
satid:
11909
satname:
SL-6 R/B(2)
intDesignator:
1980-063D
launchDate:
1980-07-18
satlat:
58.8487
satlng:
12.1563
satalt:
38184.4891
satid:
12078
satname:
COSMOS 1223
intDesignator:
1980-095A
launchDate:
1980-11-27
satlat:
72.8517
satlng:
35.1436
satalt:
30258.1044
satid:
12648
satname:
COSMOS 1275 DEB
intDesignator:
1981-053C
launchDate:
1981-06-04
satlat:
66.8939
satlng:
1.892
satalt:
962.042
satid:
12743
satname:
COSMOS 1275 DEB
intDesignator:
1981-053CL
launchDate:
1981-06-04
satlat:
61.126
satlng:
2.7791
satalt:
952.2048
satid:
12894
satname:
COSMOS 1261 DEB
intDesignator:
1981-031G
launchDate:
1981-03-31
satlat:
59.8432
satlng:
12.136
satalt:
10594.4628
satid:
13016
satname:
SL-6 R/B(2)
intDesignator:
1981-123D
launchDate:
1981-12-23
satlat:
59.9512
satlng:
-14.664
satalt:
33787.1248
satid:
13080
satname:
COSMOS 1341
intDesignator:
1982-016A
launchDate:
1982-03-03
satlat:
65.5904
satlng:
15.3306
satalt:
33522.9177
satid:
13169
satname:
SL-6 R/B(2)
intDesignator:
1982-029D
launchDate:
1982-04-07
satlat:
48.1113
satlng:
6.9521
satalt:
33724.9138
satid:
13378
satname:
COSMOS 1391
intDesignator:
1982-073D
launchDate:
1982-07-21
satlat:
69.4967
satlng:
3.8756
satalt:
1485.0136
satid:
13783
satname:
IRAS DEB
intDesignator:
1983-004C
launchDate:
1983-01-26
satlat:
64.6084
satlng:
5.0045
satalt:
897.9773
satid:
13911
satname:
SL-6 DEB
intDesignator:
1981-088L
launchDate:
1981-09-11
satlat:
58.8764
satlng:
33.7534
satalt:
10452.843
satid:
14189
satname:
OPS 9794 (NAVSTAR 8)
intDesignator:
1983-072A
launchDate:
1983-07-14
satlat:
63.0069
satlng:
54.7439
satalt:
20516.4176
satid:
14735
satname:
COSMOS 1317 DEB
intDesignator:
1981-108F
launchDate:
1981-10-31
satlat:
71.3399
satlng:
71.6988
satalt:
25027.4621
satid:
15098
satname:
SL-6 R/B(2)
intDesignator:
1984-071D
launchDate:
1984-07-03
satlat:
64.0817
satlng:
23.5481
satalt:
33169.4619

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info:

category:: ANY
transactionscount:: 53
satcount:: 129

above:

25 results

satid:
118
satname:
THOR ABLESTAR R/B
intDesignator:
1961-015C
launchDate:
1961-06-29
satlat:
64.478
satlng:
6.9265
satalt:
898.9763
satid:
899
satname:
EXPLORER 22
intDesignator:
1964-064A
launchDate:
1964-10-10
satlat:
63.4941
satlng:
13.0859
satalt:
941.091
satid:
5054
satname:
TITAN 34B AGENA D R/B
intDesignator:
1971-021B
launchDate:
1971-03-21
satlat:
63.4905
satlng:
-39.1709
satalt:
36792.5937
satid:
5552
satname:
COSMOS 449
intDesignator:
1971-086F
launchDate:
1971-10-13
satlat:
61.8789
satlng:
19.7004
satalt:
1493.7304
satid:
5971
satname:
DELTA 1 DEB
intDesignator:
1967-006E
launchDate:
1967-01-26
satlat:
68.2492
satlng:
4.0851
satalt:
1344.8904
satid:
7160
satname:
DELTA 1 DEB
intDesignator:
1973-086DY
launchDate:
1973-11-06
satlat:
58.9165
satlng:
5.05
satalt:
1483.7034
satid:
8195
satname:
MOLNIYA 2-14
intDesignator:
1975-081A
launchDate:
1975-09-09
satlat:
62.8683
satlng:
18.7408
satalt:
38183.1359
satid:
8867
satname:
SCOUT B-1 DEB
intDesignator:
1976-047C
launchDate:
1976-05-22
satlat:
62.3775
satlng:
1.1903
satalt:
1100.8384
satid:
9880
satname:
MOLNIYA 1-36
intDesignator:
1977-021A
launchDate:
1977-03-24
satlat:
62.5745
satlng:
53.7863
satalt:
33718.7188
satid:
10453
satname:
COSMOS 839 DEB
intDesignator:
1976-067AE
launchDate:
1976-07-08
satlat:
65.9109
satlng:
11.8489
satalt:
2046.3293
satid:
11696
satname:
COSMOS 1161
intDesignator:
1980-012F
launchDate:
1980-02-11
satlat:
60.8033
satlng:
7.2377
satalt:
1499.0588
satid:
11909
satname:
SL-6 R/B(2)
intDesignator:
1980-063D
launchDate:
1980-07-18
satlat:
58.8487
satlng:
12.1563
satalt:
38184.4891
satid:
12078
satname:
COSMOS 1223
intDesignator:
1980-095A
launchDate:
1980-11-27
satlat:
72.8517
satlng:
35.1436
satalt:
30258.1044
satid:
12648
satname:
COSMOS 1275 DEB
intDesignator:
1981-053C
launchDate:
1981-06-04
satlat:
66.8939
satlng:
1.892
satalt:
962.042
satid:
12743
satname:
COSMOS 1275 DEB
intDesignator:
1981-053CL
launchDate:
1981-06-04
satlat:
61.126
satlng:
2.7791
satalt:
952.2048
satid:
12894
satname:
COSMOS 1261 DEB
intDesignator:
1981-031G
launchDate:
1981-03-31
satlat:
59.8432
satlng:
12.136
satalt:
10594.4628
satid:
13016
satname:
SL-6 R/B(2)
intDesignator:
1981-123D
launchDate:
1981-12-23
satlat:
59.9512
satlng:
-14.664
satalt:
33787.1248
satid:
13080
satname:
COSMOS 1341
intDesignator:
1982-016A
launchDate:
1982-03-03
satlat:
65.5904
satlng:
15.3306
satalt:
33522.9177
satid:
13169
satname:
SL-6 R/B(2)
intDesignator:
1982-029D
launchDate:
1982-04-07
satlat:
48.1113
satlng:
6.9521
satalt:
33724.9138
satid:
13378
satname:
COSMOS 1391
intDesignator:
1982-073D
launchDate:
1982-07-21
satlat:
69.4967
satlng:
3.8756
satalt:
1485.0136
satid:
13783
satname:
IRAS DEB
intDesignator:
1983-004C
launchDate:
1983-01-26
satlat:
64.6084
satlng:
5.0045
satalt:
897.9773
satid:
13911
satname:
SL-6 DEB
intDesignator:
1981-088L
launchDate:
1981-09-11
satlat:
58.8764
satlng:
33.7534
satalt:
10452.843
satid:
14189
satname:
OPS 9794 (NAVSTAR 8)
intDesignator:
1983-072A
launchDate:
1983-07-14
satlat:
63.0069
satlng:
54.7439
satalt:
20516.4176
satid:
14735
satname:
COSMOS 1317 DEB
intDesignator:
1981-108F
launchDate:
1981-10-31
satlat:
71.3399
satlng:
71.6988
satalt:
25027.4621
satid:
15098
satname:
SL-6 R/B(2)
intDesignator:
1984-071D
launchDate:
1984-07-03
satlat:
64.0817
satlng:
23.5481
satalt:
33169.4619

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State the NORAD ID, observer coordinate, altitude and time window. A pass is observer-dependent.

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