05-06-2014, 04:41 PM
HOTPE,
Go to the Heavens Above website - http://www.heavens-above.com/ - and then select your location (top right, selecting Hilo HI will be good enough) and then hit the update button at the bottom of the page. You can then select ISS from the list of satellites and it'll give you a table of when the ISS is visible. Note this is only night time (it's aimed at those who want to see the ISS), so above the table, select "all" for "Passes to include". This will provide the times the ISS is above our horizon even during daytime. If you then look at the middle part of the table it provides the altitude (alt) of the ISS at its highest point during the pass. The closer that is to 90 degrees the closer it is to flying directly over the islands. The table only gives ten days at a time, but you can move back and forward ten days at a time by hitting the arrow buttons above the table.
I believe all the times given in the table are HST once you've set your location.
Hope that helps.
Go to the Heavens Above website - http://www.heavens-above.com/ - and then select your location (top right, selecting Hilo HI will be good enough) and then hit the update button at the bottom of the page. You can then select ISS from the list of satellites and it'll give you a table of when the ISS is visible. Note this is only night time (it's aimed at those who want to see the ISS), so above the table, select "all" for "Passes to include". This will provide the times the ISS is above our horizon even during daytime. If you then look at the middle part of the table it provides the altitude (alt) of the ISS at its highest point during the pass. The closer that is to 90 degrees the closer it is to flying directly over the islands. The table only gives ten days at a time, but you can move back and forward ten days at a time by hitting the arrow buttons above the table.
I believe all the times given in the table are HST once you've set your location.
Hope that helps.