Swap ISS position API priority to avoid timeout delays

Open Notify API (api.open-notify.org) is frequently unreliable,
causing 5-second timeout delays on every ISS position request.
Promote wheretheiss.at as the primary API in both satellite.py
and sstv.py, demoting Open Notify to fallback.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

routes/satellite.py

@@ -11,9 +11,9 @@ from urllib.parse import urlparse
 
 import requests
 
-from flask import Blueprint, jsonify, request, render_template, Response
-
-from config import SHARED_OBSERVER_LOCATION_ENABLED
+from flask import Blueprint, jsonify, request, render_template, Response
+
+from config import SHARED_OBSERVER_LOCATION_ENABLED
 
 from data.satellites import TLE_SATELLITES
 from utils.logging import satellite_logger as logger
@@ -42,30 +42,30 @@ def _fetch_iss_realtime(observer_lat: Optional[float] = None, observer_lon: Opti
     iss_alt = 420  # Default altitude in km
     source = None
 
-    # Try primary API: Open Notify
+    # Try primary API: Where The ISS At
     try:
-        response = requests.get('http://api.open-notify.org/iss-now.json', timeout=5)
+        response = requests.get('https://api.wheretheiss.at/v1/satellites/25544', timeout=5)
         if response.status_code == 200:
             data = response.json()
-            if data.get('message') == 'success':
-                iss_lat = float(data['iss_position']['latitude'])
-                iss_lon = float(data['iss_position']['longitude'])
-                source = 'open-notify'
+            iss_lat = float(data['latitude'])
+            iss_lon = float(data['longitude'])
+            iss_alt = float(data.get('altitude', 420))
+            source = 'wheretheiss'
     except Exception as e:
-        logger.debug(f"Open Notify API failed: {e}")
+        logger.debug(f"Where The ISS At API failed: {e}")
 
-    # Try fallback API: Where The ISS At
+    # Try fallback API: Open Notify
     if iss_lat is None:
         try:
-            response = requests.get('https://api.wheretheiss.at/v1/satellites/25544', timeout=5)
+            response = requests.get('http://api.open-notify.org/iss-now.json', timeout=5)
             if response.status_code == 200:
                 data = response.json()
-                iss_lat = float(data['latitude'])
-                iss_lon = float(data['longitude'])
-                iss_alt = float(data.get('altitude', 420))
-                source = 'wheretheiss'
+                if data.get('message') == 'success':
+                    iss_lat = float(data['iss_position']['latitude'])
+                    iss_lon = float(data['iss_position']['longitude'])
+                    source = 'open-notify'
         except Exception as e:
-            logger.debug(f"Where The ISS At API failed: {e}")
+            logger.debug(f"Open Notify API failed: {e}")
 
     if iss_lat is None:
         return None
@@ -120,12 +120,12 @@ def _fetch_iss_realtime(observer_lat: Optional[float] = None, observer_lon: Opti
 
 
 @satellite_bp.route('/dashboard')
-def satellite_dashboard():
-    """Popout satellite tracking dashboard."""
-    return render_template(
-        'satellite_dashboard.html',
-        shared_observer_location=SHARED_OBSERVER_LOCATION_ENABLED,
-    )
+def satellite_dashboard():
+    """Popout satellite tracking dashboard."""
+    return render_template(
+        'satellite_dashboard.html',
+        shared_observer_location=SHARED_OBSERVER_LOCATION_ENABLED,
+    )
 
 
 @satellite_bp.route('/predict', methods=['POST'])

routes/sstv.py

@@ -467,7 +467,32 @@ def iss_position():
     observer_lat = request.args.get('latitude', type=float)
     observer_lon = request.args.get('longitude', type=float)
 
-    # Try primary API: Open Notify
+    # Try primary API: Where The ISS At
+    try:
+        response = requests.get('https://api.wheretheiss.at/v1/satellites/25544', timeout=5)
+        if response.status_code == 200:
+            data = response.json()
+            iss_lat = float(data['latitude'])
+            iss_lon = float(data['longitude'])
+
+            result = {
+                'status': 'ok',
+                'lat': iss_lat,
+                'lon': iss_lon,
+                'altitude': float(data.get('altitude', 420)),
+                'timestamp': datetime.utcnow().isoformat(),
+                'source': 'wheretheiss'
+            }
+
+            # Calculate observer-relative data if location provided
+            if observer_lat is not None and observer_lon is not None:
+                result.update(_calculate_observer_data(iss_lat, iss_lon, observer_lat, observer_lon))
+
+            return jsonify(result)
+    except Exception as e:
+        logger.warning(f"Where The ISS At API failed: {e}")
+
+    # Try fallback API: Open Notify
     try:
         response = requests.get('http://api.open-notify.org/iss-now.json', timeout=5)
         if response.status_code == 200:
@@ -493,31 +518,6 @@ def iss_position():
     except Exception as e:
         logger.warning(f"Open Notify API failed: {e}")
 
-    # Try fallback API: Where The ISS At
-    try:
-        response = requests.get('https://api.wheretheiss.at/v1/satellites/25544', timeout=5)
-        if response.status_code == 200:
-            data = response.json()
-            iss_lat = float(data['latitude'])
-            iss_lon = float(data['longitude'])
-
-            result = {
-                'status': 'ok',
-                'lat': iss_lat,
-                'lon': iss_lon,
-                'altitude': float(data.get('altitude', 420)),
-                'timestamp': datetime.utcnow().isoformat(),
-                'source': 'wheretheiss'
-            }
-
-            # Calculate observer-relative data if location provided
-            if observer_lat is not None and observer_lon is not None:
-                result.update(_calculate_observer_data(iss_lat, iss_lon, observer_lat, observer_lon))
-
-            return jsonify(result)
-    except Exception as e:
-        logger.warning(f"Where The ISS At API failed: {e}")
-
     # Both APIs failed
     return jsonify({
         'status': 'error',