Some of the Swedish satellites
VIKING was Sweden's first satellite and was launched on 22
February 1986. The satellite was launched from French Guiana together
with the French satellite SPOT. They were launched on an Ariane2
rocket. The instruments aboard VIKING could, among other things, take
images on bouth the night and the day side auroras at the same time.
The mass of VIKING was 538 kilos at launch.
Picture: Rymdbolaget
The picture shows VIKING, Sweden's first satellite
FREJA was launched on 6 October 1992. The satellite was launched
from China on the rocket Long March 26. On board FREJA there were
instruments from Sweden, Germany, Canada and U.S.A. The instruments
should, among other things, take auroral images and do accurate
measurements of particles in the lower magnetosphere. FREJA had a
mass of 214 kilos and was a so called mini-satellite, smaller than an
average satellite but bigger than a micro-satellite.
Pictures: Rymdbolaget
The pictures shows the mini-satellite FREJA and its launch.
ASTRID was launched on 24 January 1995. The Swedish
micro-satellite was launched from Russia together with the Russian
satellite Tsikada. Micro-satellite means that it is very small
compared to most other satellites. ASTRID had a total mass of only 27
kilos and was launched to, among other things, measure fast
atoms.
Pictures: Rymdbolaget
The pictures shows the micro-satellite ASTRID
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