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Where is Poker Flat?

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.

Poker Flat Research Range is the world's only scientific rocket launching facility owned by a university.

A image of the places where there are observations taken about Alaska

 

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