Funded by the Oklahoma Space Industry Development Authority (OSIDA), the inaugural flight out of the spaceport is the launch of JP Aerospace's innovative Dark Sky Station scheduled for late March 2002.  This vehicle will take 500 paper airplanes, built by Oklahoma school children, to an altitude of 20 miles (the "edge of space") and release them.  Some of these airplanes may reach as far as the eastern U.S. coast!

Each airplane will have a unique ID tag instructing the finder to go the "OK Spaceplanes.com" website and enter the location of their find.  A map on the website will provide up-to-date information on all found airplanes.  The student whose paper airplane flies the farthest will win a prize.

The website will feature an interactive 3D simulation (using Digital Radiance's exclusive DigiScene™ technology) of the view onboard the Dark Sky Station at various altitudes above the Earth.