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The Poker Flat Research Range (PFRR) is a launch facility and rocket range for sounding rockets in the U.S. state of Alaska, located on a 5,132-acre (20.77 km²) site at Chatanika, about 30 miles (50 km) northeast of Fairbanks and 1.5 degrees south of the Arctic Circle. More than 1,700 launches have been conducted at the range to study the Earth's atmosphere and the interaction between the atmosphere and the space environment. Areas studied at PFRR include the aurora, plasma physics, the ozone layer, solar proton events, Earth's magnetic field, and ultraviolet radiation. Rockets launched at PFRR have attained an apogee of 930 miles (1,500 km).

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  American rocket range

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The High-Resolution Coronal Imager, or Hi-C, launches aboard a Black Brant IX sounding rocket April 17 at Poker Flat Research Range in Fairbanks, Alaska.

The High-Resolution Coronal Imager, or Hi-C, launches aboard a Black Brant IX sounding rocket April 17 at Poker Flat Research Range in Fairbanks, Alaska.

Poker Flat Alaska 001

Readying Aurora sounding rocket payload 2

Sunset over Poker Flat Research Range

Readying Aurora sounding rocket payload 1

NASA Talos-Terrier-Oriole-Nihka sounding rocket - ready for launch, Poker Flat, Alaska

Universal Space Network (USN) Poker Flat Satellite Station antenna dome

Talos Terrier Oriole Nihka sounding rocket VISIONS launch at Poker Flat

First NASA ISINGLASS rocket launch

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
site	rocket launch site		Poker Flat Research Range	launch site	Wikidata
commons	image		The High-Resolution Coronal Imager, or Hi-C, launches aboard a Black Brant IX sounding rocket April 17 at Poker Flat Research Range in Fairbanks, Alaska.		Commons
commons	image		The High-Resolution Coronal Imager, or Hi-C, launches aboard a Black Brant IX sounding rocket April 17 at Poker Flat Research Range in Fairbanks, Alaska.		Commons
commons	image		Poker Flat Alaska 001		Commons
commons	image		Readying Aurora sounding rocket payload 2		Commons
commons	image		Sunset over Poker Flat Research Range		Commons
commons	image		Readying Aurora sounding rocket payload 1		Commons
commons	image		NASA Talos-Terrier-Oriole-Nihka sounding rocket - ready for launch, Poker Flat, Alaska		Commons
commons	image		Universal Space Network (USN) Poker Flat Satellite Station antenna dome		Commons
commons	image		Talos Terrier Oriole Nihka sounding rocket VISIONS launch at Poker Flat		Commons
commons	image		First NASA ISINGLASS rocket launch		Commons