| Operator | 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. |
| COSPAR ID | 1992-064A |
| Homepage | Freja at SCC |
| Mass | 214 kg (dry mass) + 60 kg (payload) |
| Power | 168 watts (nominal) 81 W (payload) |
| Orbital elements | |
| Inclination | 63° |
| Apoapsis | 1,756 km |
| Periapsis | 601 km |
| Orbital period | 108.90 min |
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 Foundation and approximately 25% from the German Ministry for Science and Technology.