Swedish satellites
The Swedish National Space Board has financed six Swedish satellite projects, most of them performed in internationall cooperation. Those are Viking, Freja, Astrid 1, Astrid 2, Odin and Prisma (se below).
A register of all Swedish objects launched into space can be found here.
Prisma
Launch: June 2010
End of mission: 2011
Mission: Technical demonstration of formation flying and rendezvous technology and space motor technology.
Prisma, Prismasatellites
Odin
Launch: February 2001
In cooperation with: Canada/Finland/France
Mission: An astronomy mission, to study star formation and early solar system. And an aeronomy mission, to study the mechanisms behind the depletion of the ozone layer and the effects of global warming.
More about Odin
Odin, Swedish Space Corporation
Astrid 2
Launch: December 1998
End of mission: July 1999
Mission: High-resolution measurements of electrical and magnetic fields in the auroral region
Astrid-2, Swedish Space Corporation
Freja
Launch: October 1992
End of mission: October 1996
In cooperation with: Germany
Mission: High-resolution measurements in the upper ionosphere and lower magnetosphere.
Freja, Swedish Space Corporation
Senast uppdaterad:
10 september 2010
