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 2026-11-14T02:25:38Z in 1.202 seconds.

info:

category:: ANY
transactionscount:: 72
satcount:: 121

above:

25 results

satid:
1420
satname:
OPS 8480 (TRANSIT 5B-6)
intDesignator:
1965-048A
launchDate:
1965-06-24
satlat:
64.0286
satlng:
14.4
satalt:
1101.681
satid:
2765
satname:
OPS 6638 (VELA 7)
intDesignator:
1967-040A
launchDate:
1967-04-28
satlat:
41.1127
satlng:
17.7012
satalt:
161366.6268
satid:
3417
satname:
DELTA 1 DEB
intDesignator:
1968-069D
launchDate:
1968-08-16
satlat:
66.7137
satlng:
23.1127
satalt:
1473.7066
satid:
3592
satname:
THOR ABLESTAR DEB
intDesignator:
1965-048F
launchDate:
1965-06-24
satlat:
65.7348
satlng:
15.8369
satalt:
1060.8478
satid:
5213
satname:
COSMOS 414
intDesignator:
1971-041D
launchDate:
1971-05-07
satlat:
70.0006
satlng:
26.7763
satalt:
1496.2446
satid:
5519
satname:
THORAD AGENA D DEB
intDesignator:
1969-082HY
launchDate:
1969-09-30
satlat:
68.9947
satlng:
9.4386
satalt:
759.6454
satid:
7688
satname:
TITAN 34B R/B
intDesignator:
1975-017B
launchDate:
1975-03-10
satlat:
59.4634
satlng:
42.7539
satalt:
13730.5937
satid:
8195
satname:
MOLNIYA 2-14
intDesignator:
1975-081A
launchDate:
1975-09-09
satlat:
64.637
satlng:
27.2473
satalt:
37460.5257
satid:
9495
satname:
COSMOS 862
intDesignator:
1976-105A
launchDate:
1976-10-22
satlat:
70.8581
satlng:
19.4125
satalt:
9530.9161
satid:
9594
satname:
COSMOS 877
intDesignator:
1976-118G
launchDate:
1976-12-07
satlat:
67.6594
satlng:
24.5281
satalt:
1470.5559
satid:
9880
satname:
MOLNIYA 1-36
intDesignator:
1977-021A
launchDate:
1977-03-24
satlat:
52.3385
satlng:
44.7071
satalt:
24212.0271
satid:
11909
satname:
SL-6 R/B(2)
intDesignator:
1980-063D
launchDate:
1980-07-18
satlat:
63.393
satlng:
-13.2427
satalt:
37349.5586
satid:
12078
satname:
COSMOS 1223
intDesignator:
1980-095A
launchDate:
1980-11-27
satlat:
64.7576
satlng:
-10.2151
satalt:
24294.2438
satid:
12772
satname:
COSMOS 1275 DEB
intDesignator:
1981-053DR
launchDate:
1981-06-04
satlat:
68.4211
satlng:
8.6119
satalt:
834.6631
satid:
13012
satname:
MOLNIYA 1-52
intDesignator:
1981-123A
launchDate:
1981-12-23
satlat:
59.5142
satlng:
67.2553
satalt:
39897.2756
satid:
13080
satname:
COSMOS 1341
intDesignator:
1982-016A
launchDate:
1982-03-03
satlat:
72.0288
satlng:
-11.0524
satalt:
27912.186
satid:
13169
satname:
SL-6 R/B(2)
intDesignator:
1982-029D
launchDate:
1982-04-07
satlat:
46.8705
satlng:
30.9799
satalt:
33663.1638
satid:
13532
satname:
DELTA 1 DEB
intDesignator:
1976-077EE
launchDate:
1976-07-29
satlat:
69.71
satlng:
8.1377
satalt:
1488.9145
satid:
13942
satname:
THOR ABLESTAR DEB
intDesignator:
1961-015KZ
launchDate:
1961-06-29
satlat:
64.7221
satlng:
4.491
satalt:
1394.2509
satid:
14735
satname:
COSMOS 1317 DEB
intDesignator:
1981-108F
launchDate:
1981-10-31
satlat:
61.0251
satlng:
28.6497
satalt:
18588.394
satid:
14884
satname:
COSMOS 1547
intDesignator:
1984-033A
launchDate:
1984-04-04
satlat:
69.879
satlng:
-5.1693
satalt:
26217.3756
satid:
15098
satname:
SL-6 R/B(2)
intDesignator:
1984-071D
launchDate:
1984-07-03
satlat:
63.3471
satlng:
48.05
satalt:
32957.2422
satid:
15698
satname:
COSMOS 1651 (GLONASS)
intDesignator:
1985-037B
launchDate:
1985-05-17
satlat:
63.8871
satlng:
49.9257
satalt:
19117.1027
satid:
15702
satname:
SL-12 R/B(2)
intDesignator:
1985-037F
launchDate:
1985-05-17
satlat:
62.2806
satlng:
39.2588
satalt:
19073.4783
satid:
15774
satname:
SL-12 R/B(AUX MOTOR)
intDesignator:
1985-042F
launchDate:
1985-05-30
satlat:
66.3795
satlng:
22.1325
satalt:
830.1773

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info:

category:: ANY
transactionscount:: 72
satcount:: 121

above:

25 results

satid:
1420
satname:
OPS 8480 (TRANSIT 5B-6)
intDesignator:
1965-048A
launchDate:
1965-06-24
satlat:
64.0286
satlng:
14.4
satalt:
1101.681
satid:
2765
satname:
OPS 6638 (VELA 7)
intDesignator:
1967-040A
launchDate:
1967-04-28
satlat:
41.1127
satlng:
17.7012
satalt:
161366.6268
satid:
3417
satname:
DELTA 1 DEB
intDesignator:
1968-069D
launchDate:
1968-08-16
satlat:
66.7137
satlng:
23.1127
satalt:
1473.7066
satid:
3592
satname:
THOR ABLESTAR DEB
intDesignator:
1965-048F
launchDate:
1965-06-24
satlat:
65.7348
satlng:
15.8369
satalt:
1060.8478
satid:
5213
satname:
COSMOS 414
intDesignator:
1971-041D
launchDate:
1971-05-07
satlat:
70.0006
satlng:
26.7763
satalt:
1496.2446
satid:
5519
satname:
THORAD AGENA D DEB
intDesignator:
1969-082HY
launchDate:
1969-09-30
satlat:
68.9947
satlng:
9.4386
satalt:
759.6454
satid:
7688
satname:
TITAN 34B R/B
intDesignator:
1975-017B
launchDate:
1975-03-10
satlat:
59.4634
satlng:
42.7539
satalt:
13730.5937
satid:
8195
satname:
MOLNIYA 2-14
intDesignator:
1975-081A
launchDate:
1975-09-09
satlat:
64.637
satlng:
27.2473
satalt:
37460.5257
satid:
9495
satname:
COSMOS 862
intDesignator:
1976-105A
launchDate:
1976-10-22
satlat:
70.8581
satlng:
19.4125
satalt:
9530.9161
satid:
9594
satname:
COSMOS 877
intDesignator:
1976-118G
launchDate:
1976-12-07
satlat:
67.6594
satlng:
24.5281
satalt:
1470.5559
satid:
9880
satname:
MOLNIYA 1-36
intDesignator:
1977-021A
launchDate:
1977-03-24
satlat:
52.3385
satlng:
44.7071
satalt:
24212.0271
satid:
11909
satname:
SL-6 R/B(2)
intDesignator:
1980-063D
launchDate:
1980-07-18
satlat:
63.393
satlng:
-13.2427
satalt:
37349.5586
satid:
12078
satname:
COSMOS 1223
intDesignator:
1980-095A
launchDate:
1980-11-27
satlat:
64.7576
satlng:
-10.2151
satalt:
24294.2438
satid:
12772
satname:
COSMOS 1275 DEB
intDesignator:
1981-053DR
launchDate:
1981-06-04
satlat:
68.4211
satlng:
8.6119
satalt:
834.6631
satid:
13012
satname:
MOLNIYA 1-52
intDesignator:
1981-123A
launchDate:
1981-12-23
satlat:
59.5142
satlng:
67.2553
satalt:
39897.2756
satid:
13080
satname:
COSMOS 1341
intDesignator:
1982-016A
launchDate:
1982-03-03
satlat:
72.0288
satlng:
-11.0524
satalt:
27912.186
satid:
13169
satname:
SL-6 R/B(2)
intDesignator:
1982-029D
launchDate:
1982-04-07
satlat:
46.8705
satlng:
30.9799
satalt:
33663.1638
satid:
13532
satname:
DELTA 1 DEB
intDesignator:
1976-077EE
launchDate:
1976-07-29
satlat:
69.71
satlng:
8.1377
satalt:
1488.9145
satid:
13942
satname:
THOR ABLESTAR DEB
intDesignator:
1961-015KZ
launchDate:
1961-06-29
satlat:
64.7221
satlng:
4.491
satalt:
1394.2509
satid:
14735
satname:
COSMOS 1317 DEB
intDesignator:
1981-108F
launchDate:
1981-10-31
satlat:
61.0251
satlng:
28.6497
satalt:
18588.394
satid:
14884
satname:
COSMOS 1547
intDesignator:
1984-033A
launchDate:
1984-04-04
satlat:
69.879
satlng:
-5.1693
satalt:
26217.3756
satid:
15098
satname:
SL-6 R/B(2)
intDesignator:
1984-071D
launchDate:
1984-07-03
satlat:
63.3471
satlng:
48.05
satalt:
32957.2422
satid:
15698
satname:
COSMOS 1651 (GLONASS)
intDesignator:
1985-037B
launchDate:
1985-05-17
satlat:
63.8871
satlng:
49.9257
satalt:
19117.1027
satid:
15702
satname:
SL-12 R/B(2)
intDesignator:
1985-037F
launchDate:
1985-05-17
satlat:
62.2806
satlng:
39.2588
satalt:
19073.4783
satid:
15774
satname:
SL-12 R/B(AUX MOTOR)
intDesignator:
1985-042F
launchDate:
1985-05-30
satlat:
66.3795
satlng:
22.1325
satalt:
830.1773

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