GI Press Releases
March 7, 2002
Alaska Student Rocket Launch Rescheduled
Students at the University of Alaska Fairbanks are collaborating with students from Toyama Prefectural University and Tokai University in Japan to prepare a rocket scheduled to launch from Poker Flat Research Range on March 11. The launch was originally scheduled for March 4, but was delayed to allow time for the students to fine tune their payload equipment.
February 25, 2002
Alaska Student Rocket Project Gets Off the Ground
February 21, 2002
Successful Launch Decorates Sky with Brilliant Colors
February 7, 2002
Rockets to decorate sky with brilliant colors
Four rockets are scheduled to launch from Poker Flat when aurora conditions are suitable at night or in early morning hours this February.
Three of the rockets will release brilliant blue-green chemical trails to trace wind in the upper atmosphere. The trails are expected to be visible from Fairbanks, North Pole, locations north of the Brooks Range and as far east as the Canadian border.
February 3, 2002
Rocket to Show How the Aurora Affects Radio Signals
February 1, 2002
Aurora research rocket to study ʻsurfingʼ electrons
A sub-orbital sounding rocket is scheduled to launch in February from Poker Flat Research Range when the weather is clear and aurora conditions are active. The rocket, a Black Brant XII, will capture measurements to deduce characteristics about the processes that create the aurora. The project is called the Rocket Auroral Correlator Experiment (RACE).
January 24, 2002
Poker Flat's launch season revised
January 14, 2002
Rocket Successfully Launched Sunday from Poker Flat
A single, four-stage sounding rocket successfully launched into the aurora at 11:23 p.m. on Sunday, January 13 from Poker Flat Research Range. The rocket, a Black Brant XII, is part of an experiment designed to use Global Positioning System (GPS) radio signals to understand how oxygen emitted from the aurora triggers the expansion of the ionosphere into space, resulting in the formation of radiation belts.

