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 2026-09-25T01:14:43Z in 1.114 seconds.

info:

category:: ANY
transactionscount:: 98
satcount:: 113

above:

25 results

satid:
3576
satname:
COSMOS 256
intDesignator:
1968-106A
launchDate:
1968-11-30
satlat:
74.0373
satlng:
15.1074
satalt:
1234.5934
satid:
4154
satname:
THORAD AGENA D DEB
intDesignator:
1969-082W
launchDate:
1969-09-30
satlat:
68.7447
satlng:
32.5396
satalt:
913.2937
satid:
4507
satname:
NNSS 19 (TRANSIT 19)
intDesignator:
1970-067A
launchDate:
1970-08-27
satlat:
69.9588
satlng:
32.3954
satalt:
1038.8693
satid:
6267
satname:
COSMOS 532
intDesignator:
1972-087E
launchDate:
1972-11-01
satlat:
73.4681
satlng:
43.1171
satalt:
1412.6946
satid:
6791
satname:
OPS 7724
intDesignator:
1973-056A
launchDate:
1973-08-21
satlat:
62.1685
satlng:
91.3007
satalt:
39186.8633
satid:
7438
satname:
COSMOS 680
intDesignator:
1974-072D
launchDate:
1974-09-19
satlat:
70.3534
satlng:
26.7448
satalt:
1496.488
satid:
7780
satname:
MOLNIYA 1-29
intDesignator:
1975-036A
launchDate:
1975-04-29
satlat:
60.1245
satlng:
84.1625
satalt:
31294.5553
satid:
7822
satname:
COSMOS 733
intDesignator:
1975-045B
launchDate:
1975-05-28
satlat:
74.0441
satlng:
30.5132
satalt:
1489.8401
satid:
8185
satname:
THORAD DELTA 1 DEB
intDesignator:
1974-089BB
launchDate:
1974-11-15
satlat:
73.6172
satlng:
23.748
satalt:
1556.1297
satid:
8195
satname:
MOLNIYA 2-14
intDesignator:
1975-081A
launchDate:
1975-09-09
satlat:
63.1841
satlng:
67.3671
satalt:
32073.1122
satid:
10091
satname:
NTS 2
intDesignator:
1977-053A
launchDate:
1977-06-23
satlat:
62.2763
satlng:
-0.2732
satalt:
20308.4932
satid:
10842
satname:
DELTA 1 DEB
intDesignator:
1976-077CN
launchDate:
1976-07-29
satlat:
66.4481
satlng:
19.6013
satalt:
1628.3172
satid:
12992
satname:
COSMOS 1247 DEB
intDesignator:
1981-016H
launchDate:
1981-02-19
satlat:
69.1988
satlng:
80.875
satalt:
15691.1669
satid:
13070
satname:
MOLNIYA 1-53
intDesignator:
1982-015A
launchDate:
1982-02-26
satlat:
63.4289
satlng:
78.975
satalt:
33634.1943
satid:
13169
satname:
SL-6 R/B(2)
intDesignator:
1982-029D
launchDate:
1982-04-07
satlat:
64.3552
satlng:
78.063
satalt:
31411.4164
satid:
13205
satname:
COSMOS 1367
intDesignator:
1982-045A
launchDate:
1982-05-20
satlat:
68.9791
satlng:
95.1808
satalt:
20479.6812
satid:
14177
satname:
COSMOS 1479
intDesignator:
1983-069G
launchDate:
1983-07-06
satlat:
67.4624
satlng:
12.0101
satalt:
1482.9029
satid:
14190
satname:
ATLAS 75E R/B
intDesignator:
1983-072B
launchDate:
1983-07-14
satlat:
60.4758
satlng:
16.3082
satalt:
13136.0375
satid:
14590
satname:
COSMOS 1519 (GLONASS)
intDesignator:
1983-127A
launchDate:
1983-12-29
satlat:
64.5156
satlng:
9.6467
satalt:
19149.8427
satid:
15098
satname:
SL-6 R/B(2)
intDesignator:
1984-071D
launchDate:
1984-07-03
satlat:
71.9775
satlng:
85.9199
satalt:
34327.5034
satid:
15223
satname:
SL-6 R/B(2)
intDesignator:
1984-089D
launchDate:
1984-08-24
satlat:
52.1762
satlng:
-2.6521
satalt:
33976.3588
satid:
15272
satname:
ATLAS 14E R/B
intDesignator:
1984-097B
launchDate:
1984-09-08
satlat:
63.1445
satlng:
0.967
satalt:
19483.6591
satid:
15429
satname:
MOLNIYA 1-63
intDesignator:
1984-124A
launchDate:
1984-12-14
satlat:
60.3983
satlng:
16.5126
satalt:
39521.0395
satid:
15741
satname:
SL-6 R/B(2)
intDesignator:
1985-040D
launchDate:
1985-05-29
satlat:
61.6616
satlng:
-10.3614
satalt:
36367.2405
satid:
16398
satname:
COSMOS 1712 (GLONASS)
intDesignator:
1985-118C
launchDate:
1985-12-24
satlat:
59.4498
satlng:
-11.9666
satalt:
19141.4997

limit:

offset:

returned:

has_more_results:

yes

truncated:

yes

next_offset:

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info:

category:: ANY
transactionscount:: 98
satcount:: 113

above:

25 results

satid:
3576
satname:
COSMOS 256
intDesignator:
1968-106A
launchDate:
1968-11-30
satlat:
74.0373
satlng:
15.1074
satalt:
1234.5934
satid:
4154
satname:
THORAD AGENA D DEB
intDesignator:
1969-082W
launchDate:
1969-09-30
satlat:
68.7447
satlng:
32.5396
satalt:
913.2937
satid:
4507
satname:
NNSS 19 (TRANSIT 19)
intDesignator:
1970-067A
launchDate:
1970-08-27
satlat:
69.9588
satlng:
32.3954
satalt:
1038.8693
satid:
6267
satname:
COSMOS 532
intDesignator:
1972-087E
launchDate:
1972-11-01
satlat:
73.4681
satlng:
43.1171
satalt:
1412.6946
satid:
6791
satname:
OPS 7724
intDesignator:
1973-056A
launchDate:
1973-08-21
satlat:
62.1685
satlng:
91.3007
satalt:
39186.8633
satid:
7438
satname:
COSMOS 680
intDesignator:
1974-072D
launchDate:
1974-09-19
satlat:
70.3534
satlng:
26.7448
satalt:
1496.488
satid:
7780
satname:
MOLNIYA 1-29
intDesignator:
1975-036A
launchDate:
1975-04-29
satlat:
60.1245
satlng:
84.1625
satalt:
31294.5553
satid:
7822
satname:
COSMOS 733
intDesignator:
1975-045B
launchDate:
1975-05-28
satlat:
74.0441
satlng:
30.5132
satalt:
1489.8401
satid:
8185
satname:
THORAD DELTA 1 DEB
intDesignator:
1974-089BB
launchDate:
1974-11-15
satlat:
73.6172
satlng:
23.748
satalt:
1556.1297
satid:
8195
satname:
MOLNIYA 2-14
intDesignator:
1975-081A
launchDate:
1975-09-09
satlat:
63.1841
satlng:
67.3671
satalt:
32073.1122
satid:
10091
satname:
NTS 2
intDesignator:
1977-053A
launchDate:
1977-06-23
satlat:
62.2763
satlng:
-0.2732
satalt:
20308.4932
satid:
10842
satname:
DELTA 1 DEB
intDesignator:
1976-077CN
launchDate:
1976-07-29
satlat:
66.4481
satlng:
19.6013
satalt:
1628.3172
satid:
12992
satname:
COSMOS 1247 DEB
intDesignator:
1981-016H
launchDate:
1981-02-19
satlat:
69.1988
satlng:
80.875
satalt:
15691.1669
satid:
13070
satname:
MOLNIYA 1-53
intDesignator:
1982-015A
launchDate:
1982-02-26
satlat:
63.4289
satlng:
78.975
satalt:
33634.1943
satid:
13169
satname:
SL-6 R/B(2)
intDesignator:
1982-029D
launchDate:
1982-04-07
satlat:
64.3552
satlng:
78.063
satalt:
31411.4164
satid:
13205
satname:
COSMOS 1367
intDesignator:
1982-045A
launchDate:
1982-05-20
satlat:
68.9791
satlng:
95.1808
satalt:
20479.6812
satid:
14177
satname:
COSMOS 1479
intDesignator:
1983-069G
launchDate:
1983-07-06
satlat:
67.4624
satlng:
12.0101
satalt:
1482.9029
satid:
14190
satname:
ATLAS 75E R/B
intDesignator:
1983-072B
launchDate:
1983-07-14
satlat:
60.4758
satlng:
16.3082
satalt:
13136.0375
satid:
14590
satname:
COSMOS 1519 (GLONASS)
intDesignator:
1983-127A
launchDate:
1983-12-29
satlat:
64.5156
satlng:
9.6467
satalt:
19149.8427
satid:
15098
satname:
SL-6 R/B(2)
intDesignator:
1984-071D
launchDate:
1984-07-03
satlat:
71.9775
satlng:
85.9199
satalt:
34327.5034
satid:
15223
satname:
SL-6 R/B(2)
intDesignator:
1984-089D
launchDate:
1984-08-24
satlat:
52.1762
satlng:
-2.6521
satalt:
33976.3588
satid:
15272
satname:
ATLAS 14E R/B
intDesignator:
1984-097B
launchDate:
1984-09-08
satlat:
63.1445
satlng:
0.967
satalt:
19483.6591
satid:
15429
satname:
MOLNIYA 1-63
intDesignator:
1984-124A
launchDate:
1984-12-14
satlat:
60.3983
satlng:
16.5126
satalt:
39521.0395
satid:
15741
satname:
SL-6 R/B(2)
intDesignator:
1985-040D
launchDate:
1985-05-29
satlat:
61.6616
satlng:
-10.3614
satalt:
36367.2405
satid:
16398
satname:
COSMOS 1712 (GLONASS)
intDesignator:
1985-118C
launchDate:
1985-12-24
satlat:
59.4498
satlng:
-11.9666
satalt:
19141.4997

limit:

offset:

returned:

has_more_results:

yes

truncated:

yes

next_offset:

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Ground rule: Navigate with HTML GET links to keep explanations and relationships. Use the page's JSON alternative only when concrete values must be extracted, compared or computed.

How to use the find_satellites_above lookup

Replace the placeholders in the HTML GET template; remove optional parameters you do not need.
Check types, units, limits and ID formats in the parameter table.
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.

Source-specific next step

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

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