FREJA

THE MISSION

FREJA’s mission was to image the aurora and measured particles and fields in the upper ionosphere and lower magnetosphere. The sun-pointing spinning satellite had an orbit between 601 and 1756 km at 63º inclination.

Swedish, German, Canadian and U.S. instruments were flown on the satellite. The satellite was in operation for about almost 4 years.

OHB SWEDEN CONTRIBUTION

OHB Sweden (then part of the Swedish Space Corporation, SSC) was the Prime Contractor and responsible for the design, development, integration and test as well as the operation in space.

CUSTOMER/USER

The Freja mission was financed by the Swedish National Space Agency (SNSA).

LAUNCH DATE

FREJA was launched on October 6, 1992 as a “piggyback” payload on a Long March 2C (CZ-2C) rocket from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in China.