diff --git a/spaceapi/sensors.py b/spaceapi/sensors.py
--- a/spaceapi/sensors.py
+++ b/spaceapi/sensors.py
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 import json
 
+from functools import partial
+
 from pkg_resources import resource_filename
 
 import jsonschema
@@ -18,11 +20,7 @@ ALLOWED_SENSORS_KEYS = json.load(
 
 RADIATON_SUBKEYS = ('alpha', 'beta', 'gamma', 'beta_gamma')
 
-IDENTIFICATION_KEYS = ('name', 'location')
-
-
-def get_identification_key(data):
-    return first(data, IDENTIFICATION_KEYS)
+get_identifacation_key = partial(first, keys=('name', 'location'))
 
 
 def set_value(data, key):