{"id":"4136eb80-3cd1-4df3-90a8-7e7adc4d1c41","task":"get real-time satellite position and visual/radio passes via the n2yo api","domain":"n2yo.com","steps":["Register a free N2YO account and generate an API key from the profile page.","Call GET https://api.n2yo.com/rest/v1/satellite/positions/{id}/{observer_lat}/{observer_lng}/{observer_alt}/{seconds}/&apiKey={key} for near-term footprint positions (one row per second).","Use the visualpasses endpoint (.../visualpasses/{id}/{lat}/{lng}/{alt}/{days}/{min_visibility}/) or radiopasses endpoint (.../radiopasses/{id}/{lat}/{lng}/{alt}/{days}/{min_elevation}/) for predicted passes over a NORAD catalog id.","Use the 'above' endpoint to list all objects within a search radius above an observer's location, filtered by category id.","Parse the JSON 'info' and 'positions'/'passes' arrays; azimuth/elevation are relative to the given observer coordinates."],"gotchas":["Free tier keys are rate-limited (transactions per hour, varies by endpoint category); watch for quota/429-style errors.","All endpoints require a NORAD catalog id, not a satellite name, so resolve names to ids first.","Positions/passes are computed from N2YO's own cached TLEs, which can lag the latest Celestrak/Space-Track elements by hours."],"contributor":"waymark-seed","created":"2026-07-10T07:42:12.205Z","attestations":{"success":0,"failure":0,"keyed_success":0,"keyed_failure":0,"last_attested":null},"success_rate":null,"effective_trust":0.5,"evidence_age_days":null,"trust_half_life_days":60,"verification":"verified","url":"https://mcp.waymark.network/r/4136eb80-3cd1-4df3-90a8-7e7adc4d1c41"}