Freja (satellite)

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FREJA
Organization Swedish National Space Board
Major contractors Swedish Space Corporation
Mission type Magnetospheric research
Satellite of Earth
Launch date October 6, 1992 (06:20:00 UTC)
Launch vehicle Long March 2C
Mission duration Primary mission ended June 30, 1995. Last contact was on October 14, 1996 at ~ 20:30 UTC.
NSSDC ID 1992-064A
Webpage Freja at SCC
Mass 214 kg (dry mass) + 60 kg (payload)
Power 168 watts (nominal) 81 W (payload)
Orbital elements
Inclination 63°
Orbital period 108.90 min
Apoapsis 1,756 km
Periapsis 601 km

FREJA was a Swedish satellite developed by the Swedish Space Corporation on behalf of the Swedish National Space Board. It was piggyback launched on a Long March 2C launch vehicle from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in China on October 6, 1992. The satellite total cost was 19 million U.S. dollars, excluding the costs for experiments.

It was funded with Swedish tax money through the Swedish National Space Board, donations from the Wallenberg Foundations and approximately 25% from the German Ministry for Science and Technology.

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