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 2026-09-23T23:00:37Z in 1.130 seconds.

info:

category:: ANY
transactionscount:: 99
satcount:: 105

above:

25 results

satid:
574
satname:
MIDAS 6 (FTV 1169)
intDesignator:
1963-014A
launchDate:
1963-05-09
satlat:
75.4425
satlng:
8.3703
satalt:
3655.8298
satid:
1430
satname:
TIROS 10
intDesignator:
1965-051A
launchDate:
1965-07-02
satlat:
66.1279
satlng:
18.2936
satalt:
753.3012
satid:
1807
satname:
THOR AGENA B R/B
intDesignator:
1965-098C
launchDate:
1965-11-29
satlat:
72.4391
satlng:
4.1419
satalt:
1887.7343
satid:
5758
satname:
THORAD AGENA D DEB
intDesignator:
1969-082JS
launchDate:
1969-09-30
satlat:
68.5881
satlng:
13.4083
satalt:
999.0789
satid:
6302
satname:
SL-6 R/B(2)
intDesignator:
1972-072E
launchDate:
1972-09-19
satlat:
65.6109
satlng:
77.8626
satalt:
30705.1493
satid:
6988
satname:
COSMOS 620
intDesignator:
1973-104D
launchDate:
1973-12-19
satlat:
63.6633
satlng:
13.5277
satalt:
1482.0597
satid:
7192
satname:
DELTA 1 DEB
intDesignator:
1973-086FA
launchDate:
1973-11-06
satlat:
62.8108
satlng:
18.4014
satalt:
1535.379
satid:
7373
satname:
SL-6 R/B(2)
intDesignator:
1974-026E
launchDate:
1974-04-26
satlat:
63.2937
satlng:
37.7545
satalt:
36928.619
satid:
7629
satname:
SL-6 R/B(2)
intDesignator:
1975-007D
launchDate:
1975-01-30
satlat:
51.0315
satlng:
30.933
satalt:
33778.9377
satid:
10442
satname:
COSMOS 839 DEB
intDesignator:
1976-067T
launchDate:
1976-07-08
satlat:
66.1054
satlng:
25.4
satalt:
1187.4065
satid:
11079
satname:
SL-6 R/B(2)
intDesignator:
1978-095E
launchDate:
1978-10-13
satlat:
58.5908
satlng:
38.9143
satalt:
32436.8652
satid:
12446
satname:
TITAN 34B R/B
intDesignator:
1981-038B
launchDate:
1981-04-24
satlat:
58.7794
satlng:
4.853
satalt:
16911.8036
satid:
12732
satname:
COSMOS 1275 DEB
intDesignator:
1981-053BZ
launchDate:
1981-06-04
satlat:
70.6193
satlng:
21.3824
satalt:
942.1947
satid:
13169
satname:
SL-6 R/B(2)
intDesignator:
1982-029D
launchDate:
1982-04-07
satlat:
52.3066
satlng:
-0.0663
satalt:
16286.2587
satid:
13380
satname:
COSMOS 1393
intDesignator:
1982-073F
launchDate:
1982-07-21
satlat:
73.3779
satlng:
21.4967
satalt:
1493.381
satid:
14473
satname:
DELTA 1 DEB
intDesignator:
1973-086GQ
launchDate:
1973-11-06
satlat:
71.6329
satlng:
4.4022
satalt:
1660.1418
satid:
14925
satname:
COSMOS 1275 DEB
intDesignator:
1981-053KA
launchDate:
1981-06-04
satlat:
68.8776
satlng:
16.6168
satalt:
770.8215
satid:
15098
satname:
SL-6 R/B(2)
intDesignator:
1984-071D
launchDate:
1984-07-03
satlat:
58.4548
satlng:
38.8112
satalt:
26494.1964
satid:
15223
satname:
SL-6 R/B(2)
intDesignator:
1984-089D
launchDate:
1984-08-24
satlat:
61.8016
satlng:
0.7119
satalt:
39055.3035
satid:
15227
satname:
TITAN 34B R/B
intDesignator:
1984-091B
launchDate:
1984-08-28
satlat:
48.2101
satlng:
31.8526
satalt:
25810.7004
satid:
15271
satname:
NAVSTAR 10 (USA 5)
intDesignator:
1984-097A
launchDate:
1984-09-08
satlat:
60.3561
satlng:
51.3871
satalt:
21155.9773
satid:
15429
satname:
MOLNIYA 1-63
intDesignator:
1984-124A
launchDate:
1984-12-14
satlat:
50.5236
satlng:
25.5696
satalt:
33947.1342
satid:
15471
satname:
COSMOS 1619
intDesignator:
1985-003C
launchDate:
1985-01-15
satlat:
67.922
satlng:
9.9036
satalt:
1412.0574
satid:
15741
satname:
SL-6 R/B(2)
intDesignator:
1985-040D
launchDate:
1985-05-29
satlat:
60.8032
satlng:
-2.9864
satalt:
40363.1015
satid:
16728
satname:
SL-8 R/B
intDesignator:
1986-037B
launchDate:
1986-05-23
satlat:
68.6314
satlng:
16.49
satalt:
963.7069

limit:

offset:

returned:

has_more_results:

yes

truncated:

yes

next_offset:

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info:

category:: ANY
transactionscount:: 99
satcount:: 105

above:

25 results

satid:
574
satname:
MIDAS 6 (FTV 1169)
intDesignator:
1963-014A
launchDate:
1963-05-09
satlat:
75.4425
satlng:
8.3703
satalt:
3655.8298
satid:
1430
satname:
TIROS 10
intDesignator:
1965-051A
launchDate:
1965-07-02
satlat:
66.1279
satlng:
18.2936
satalt:
753.3012
satid:
1807
satname:
THOR AGENA B R/B
intDesignator:
1965-098C
launchDate:
1965-11-29
satlat:
72.4391
satlng:
4.1419
satalt:
1887.7343
satid:
5758
satname:
THORAD AGENA D DEB
intDesignator:
1969-082JS
launchDate:
1969-09-30
satlat:
68.5881
satlng:
13.4083
satalt:
999.0789
satid:
6302
satname:
SL-6 R/B(2)
intDesignator:
1972-072E
launchDate:
1972-09-19
satlat:
65.6109
satlng:
77.8626
satalt:
30705.1493
satid:
6988
satname:
COSMOS 620
intDesignator:
1973-104D
launchDate:
1973-12-19
satlat:
63.6633
satlng:
13.5277
satalt:
1482.0597
satid:
7192
satname:
DELTA 1 DEB
intDesignator:
1973-086FA
launchDate:
1973-11-06
satlat:
62.8108
satlng:
18.4014
satalt:
1535.379
satid:
7373
satname:
SL-6 R/B(2)
intDesignator:
1974-026E
launchDate:
1974-04-26
satlat:
63.2937
satlng:
37.7545
satalt:
36928.619
satid:
7629
satname:
SL-6 R/B(2)
intDesignator:
1975-007D
launchDate:
1975-01-30
satlat:
51.0315
satlng:
30.933
satalt:
33778.9377
satid:
10442
satname:
COSMOS 839 DEB
intDesignator:
1976-067T
launchDate:
1976-07-08
satlat:
66.1054
satlng:
25.4
satalt:
1187.4065
satid:
11079
satname:
SL-6 R/B(2)
intDesignator:
1978-095E
launchDate:
1978-10-13
satlat:
58.5908
satlng:
38.9143
satalt:
32436.8652
satid:
12446
satname:
TITAN 34B R/B
intDesignator:
1981-038B
launchDate:
1981-04-24
satlat:
58.7794
satlng:
4.853
satalt:
16911.8036
satid:
12732
satname:
COSMOS 1275 DEB
intDesignator:
1981-053BZ
launchDate:
1981-06-04
satlat:
70.6193
satlng:
21.3824
satalt:
942.1947
satid:
13169
satname:
SL-6 R/B(2)
intDesignator:
1982-029D
launchDate:
1982-04-07
satlat:
52.3066
satlng:
-0.0663
satalt:
16286.2587
satid:
13380
satname:
COSMOS 1393
intDesignator:
1982-073F
launchDate:
1982-07-21
satlat:
73.3779
satlng:
21.4967
satalt:
1493.381
satid:
14473
satname:
DELTA 1 DEB
intDesignator:
1973-086GQ
launchDate:
1973-11-06
satlat:
71.6329
satlng:
4.4022
satalt:
1660.1418
satid:
14925
satname:
COSMOS 1275 DEB
intDesignator:
1981-053KA
launchDate:
1981-06-04
satlat:
68.8776
satlng:
16.6168
satalt:
770.8215
satid:
15098
satname:
SL-6 R/B(2)
intDesignator:
1984-071D
launchDate:
1984-07-03
satlat:
58.4548
satlng:
38.8112
satalt:
26494.1964
satid:
15223
satname:
SL-6 R/B(2)
intDesignator:
1984-089D
launchDate:
1984-08-24
satlat:
61.8016
satlng:
0.7119
satalt:
39055.3035
satid:
15227
satname:
TITAN 34B R/B
intDesignator:
1984-091B
launchDate:
1984-08-28
satlat:
48.2101
satlng:
31.8526
satalt:
25810.7004
satid:
15271
satname:
NAVSTAR 10 (USA 5)
intDesignator:
1984-097A
launchDate:
1984-09-08
satlat:
60.3561
satlng:
51.3871
satalt:
21155.9773
satid:
15429
satname:
MOLNIYA 1-63
intDesignator:
1984-124A
launchDate:
1984-12-14
satlat:
50.5236
satlng:
25.5696
satalt:
33947.1342
satid:
15471
satname:
COSMOS 1619
intDesignator:
1985-003C
launchDate:
1985-01-15
satlat:
67.922
satlng:
9.9036
satalt:
1412.0574
satid:
15741
satname:
SL-6 R/B(2)
intDesignator:
1985-040D
launchDate:
1985-05-29
satlat:
60.8032
satlng:
-2.9864
satalt:
40363.1015
satid:
16728
satname:
SL-8 R/B
intDesignator:
1986-037B
launchDate:
1986-05-23
satlat:
68.6314
satlng:
16.49
satalt:
963.7069

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

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