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 2026-11-10T23:13:09Z in 0.782 seconds.

info:

category:: ANY
transactionscount:: 86
satcount:: 105

above:

25 results

satid:
223
satname:
THOR ABLESTAR DEB
intDesignator:
1961-015BK
launchDate:
1961-06-29
satlat:
66.6905
satlng:
7.4741
satalt:
982.0077
satid:
1292
satname:
GGSE 3
intDesignator:
1965-016C
launchDate:
1965-03-09
satlat:
66.6925
satlng:
14.4981
satalt:
889.9742
satid:
3123
satname:
DELTA 1 DEB
intDesignator:
1967-114D
launchDate:
1967-11-10
satlat:
66.9881
satlng:
26.149
satalt:
1479.867
satid:
3124
satname:
THOR ABLESTAR DEB
intDesignator:
1961-015HX
launchDate:
1961-06-29
satlat:
64.885
satlng:
22.8482
satalt:
1173.6196
satid:
4385
satname:
COSMOS 338
intDesignator:
1970-036C
launchDate:
1970-04-25
satlat:
69.0537
satlng:
27.4182
satalt:
1520.227
satid:
5054
satname:
TITAN 34B AGENA D R/B
intDesignator:
1971-021B
launchDate:
1971-03-21
satlat:
54.5639
satlng:
-8.083
satalt:
29659.697
satid:
6302
satname:
SL-6 R/B(2)
intDesignator:
1972-072E
launchDate:
1972-09-19
satlat:
67.6157
satlng:
-38.1061
satalt:
33969.9296
satid:
7015
satname:
DELTA 1 DEB
intDesignator:
1973-086F
launchDate:
1973-11-06
satlat:
67.2926
satlng:
13.8669
satalt:
1682.9209
satid:
7035
satname:
DELTA 1 DEB
intDesignator:
1973-086AB
launchDate:
1973-11-06
satlat:
70.6016
satlng:
29.1665
satalt:
1856.4037
satid:
7373
satname:
SL-6 R/B(2)
intDesignator:
1974-026E
launchDate:
1974-04-26
satlat:
53.4611
satlng:
15.2481
satalt:
28015.1843
satid:
7679
satname:
COSMOS 712
intDesignator:
1975-016B
launchDate:
1975-02-28
satlat:
67.089
satlng:
24.7957
satalt:
1438.8642
satid:
8292
satname:
COSMOS 768
intDesignator:
1975-086H
launchDate:
1975-09-17
satlat:
68.0354
satlng:
16.4154
satalt:
1484.238
satid:
9890
satname:
COSMOS 862 DEB
intDesignator:
1976-105G
launchDate:
1976-10-22
satlat:
67.558
satlng:
53.6527
satalt:
21518.0965
satid:
10091
satname:
NTS 2
intDesignator:
1977-053A
launchDate:
1977-06-23
satlat:
54.5408
satlng:
12.3353
satalt:
20257.0673
satid:
10414
satname:
COSMOS 839 DEB
intDesignator:
1976-067H
launchDate:
1976-07-08
satlat:
63.6924
satlng:
14.1571
satalt:
1634.7579
satid:
10438
satname:
COSMOS 839 DEB
intDesignator:
1976-067P
launchDate:
1976-07-08
satlat:
64.1761
satlng:
15.7187
satalt:
1983.3689
satid:
11133
satname:
COSMOS 1056
intDesignator:
1978-109F
launchDate:
1978-12-05
satlat:
73.3322
satlng:
28.2233
satalt:
1485.1696
satid:
11847
satname:
SL-6 R/B(2)
intDesignator:
1980-050B
launchDate:
1980-06-14
satlat:
65.1077
satlng:
77.4803
satalt:
31380.5812
satid:
11909
satname:
SL-6 R/B(2)
intDesignator:
1980-063D
launchDate:
1980-07-18
satlat:
53.977
satlng:
2.9313
satalt:
25958.1879
satid:
12827
satname:
SL-6 R/B(2)
intDesignator:
1981-088F
launchDate:
1981-09-11
satlat:
60.2508
satlng:
2.5171
satalt:
10218.0668
satid:
12992
satname:
COSMOS 1247 DEB
intDesignator:
1981-016H
launchDate:
1981-02-19
satlat:
68.3775
satlng:
71.8463
satalt:
17224.2916
satid:
13012
satname:
MOLNIYA 1-52
intDesignator:
1981-123A
launchDate:
1981-12-23
satlat:
59.2405
satlng:
67.5827
satalt:
31281.9019
satid:
13016
satname:
SL-6 R/B(2)
intDesignator:
1981-123D
launchDate:
1981-12-23
satlat:
62.6603
satlng:
42.2114
satalt:
31969.5645
satid:
14590
satname:
COSMOS 1519 (GLONASS)
intDesignator:
1983-127A
launchDate:
1983-12-29
satlat:
60.2314
satlng:
-24.1631
satalt:
19153.9661
satid:
15272
satname:
ATLAS 14E R/B
intDesignator:
1984-097B
launchDate:
1984-09-08
satlat:
64.4432
satlng:
-36.7898
satalt:
19378.1785

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info:

category:: ANY
transactionscount:: 86
satcount:: 105

above:

25 results

satid:
223
satname:
THOR ABLESTAR DEB
intDesignator:
1961-015BK
launchDate:
1961-06-29
satlat:
66.6905
satlng:
7.4741
satalt:
982.0077
satid:
1292
satname:
GGSE 3
intDesignator:
1965-016C
launchDate:
1965-03-09
satlat:
66.6925
satlng:
14.4981
satalt:
889.9742
satid:
3123
satname:
DELTA 1 DEB
intDesignator:
1967-114D
launchDate:
1967-11-10
satlat:
66.9881
satlng:
26.149
satalt:
1479.867
satid:
3124
satname:
THOR ABLESTAR DEB
intDesignator:
1961-015HX
launchDate:
1961-06-29
satlat:
64.885
satlng:
22.8482
satalt:
1173.6196
satid:
4385
satname:
COSMOS 338
intDesignator:
1970-036C
launchDate:
1970-04-25
satlat:
69.0537
satlng:
27.4182
satalt:
1520.227
satid:
5054
satname:
TITAN 34B AGENA D R/B
intDesignator:
1971-021B
launchDate:
1971-03-21
satlat:
54.5639
satlng:
-8.083
satalt:
29659.697
satid:
6302
satname:
SL-6 R/B(2)
intDesignator:
1972-072E
launchDate:
1972-09-19
satlat:
67.6157
satlng:
-38.1061
satalt:
33969.9296
satid:
7015
satname:
DELTA 1 DEB
intDesignator:
1973-086F
launchDate:
1973-11-06
satlat:
67.2926
satlng:
13.8669
satalt:
1682.9209
satid:
7035
satname:
DELTA 1 DEB
intDesignator:
1973-086AB
launchDate:
1973-11-06
satlat:
70.6016
satlng:
29.1665
satalt:
1856.4037
satid:
7373
satname:
SL-6 R/B(2)
intDesignator:
1974-026E
launchDate:
1974-04-26
satlat:
53.4611
satlng:
15.2481
satalt:
28015.1843
satid:
7679
satname:
COSMOS 712
intDesignator:
1975-016B
launchDate:
1975-02-28
satlat:
67.089
satlng:
24.7957
satalt:
1438.8642
satid:
8292
satname:
COSMOS 768
intDesignator:
1975-086H
launchDate:
1975-09-17
satlat:
68.0354
satlng:
16.4154
satalt:
1484.238
satid:
9890
satname:
COSMOS 862 DEB
intDesignator:
1976-105G
launchDate:
1976-10-22
satlat:
67.558
satlng:
53.6527
satalt:
21518.0965
satid:
10091
satname:
NTS 2
intDesignator:
1977-053A
launchDate:
1977-06-23
satlat:
54.5408
satlng:
12.3353
satalt:
20257.0673
satid:
10414
satname:
COSMOS 839 DEB
intDesignator:
1976-067H
launchDate:
1976-07-08
satlat:
63.6924
satlng:
14.1571
satalt:
1634.7579
satid:
10438
satname:
COSMOS 839 DEB
intDesignator:
1976-067P
launchDate:
1976-07-08
satlat:
64.1761
satlng:
15.7187
satalt:
1983.3689
satid:
11133
satname:
COSMOS 1056
intDesignator:
1978-109F
launchDate:
1978-12-05
satlat:
73.3322
satlng:
28.2233
satalt:
1485.1696
satid:
11847
satname:
SL-6 R/B(2)
intDesignator:
1980-050B
launchDate:
1980-06-14
satlat:
65.1077
satlng:
77.4803
satalt:
31380.5812
satid:
11909
satname:
SL-6 R/B(2)
intDesignator:
1980-063D
launchDate:
1980-07-18
satlat:
53.977
satlng:
2.9313
satalt:
25958.1879
satid:
12827
satname:
SL-6 R/B(2)
intDesignator:
1981-088F
launchDate:
1981-09-11
satlat:
60.2508
satlng:
2.5171
satalt:
10218.0668
satid:
12992
satname:
COSMOS 1247 DEB
intDesignator:
1981-016H
launchDate:
1981-02-19
satlat:
68.3775
satlng:
71.8463
satalt:
17224.2916
satid:
13012
satname:
MOLNIYA 1-52
intDesignator:
1981-123A
launchDate:
1981-12-23
satlat:
59.2405
satlng:
67.5827
satalt:
31281.9019
satid:
13016
satname:
SL-6 R/B(2)
intDesignator:
1981-123D
launchDate:
1981-12-23
satlat:
62.6603
satlng:
42.2114
satalt:
31969.5645
satid:
14590
satname:
COSMOS 1519 (GLONASS)
intDesignator:
1983-127A
launchDate:
1983-12-29
satlat:
60.2314
satlng:
-24.1631
satalt:
19153.9661
satid:
15272
satname:
ATLAS 14E R/B
intDesignator:
1984-097B
launchDate:
1984-09-08
satlat:
64.4432
satlng:
-36.7898
satalt:
19378.1785

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