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The entrance to the Poker Flat Research Range

The range is located 30 miles north of Fairbanks on the Steese Highway. Operated by the University of Alaska, Poker Flat Research Range is the only university-owned sounding rocket launching facility in the world. NASA personnel and scientists from across the nation have launched scientific sounding rockets from the facility since the late 1960s.

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