Poker Flat Research Range is the world's only scientific rocket launching facility owned by a university. Poker Flat is located approximately 30 miles north of Fairbanks, Alaska and is operated by the University of Alaska's Geophysical Institute under contract to NASA's Wallops Flight Facility, which is part of the Goddard Space Flight Center. In addition to launching sounding rockets, Poker Flat is home to many scientific instruments designed to study the arctic atmosphere and ionosphere.
These web pages provide a variety of information about Poker Flat Research Range and the scientific research that is carried out there. Since much of the research at Poker Flat involves studies of the aurora borealis, a special section is devoted to this topic.
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Geophysical Institute
University of Alaska Fairbanks