Name of the satellite | Freja |
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Other name(s) | 22161 |
COSPAR designation | 92-064A |
Project(s) Manager(s) of the satellite | Sven Grahn |
Institute of the project(s) manager(s) | SSC |
Country or Space Agency | SWE |
Link(s) to Web site(s) | http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/database/MasterCatalog?sc=1992-064A
http://www.space.irfu.se/freja/ http://www.ssc.se/ssd/ssat/freja.html |
Launch date (dd-mm-yyyy) | 06-10-1992 |
Termination date (dd-mm-yyyy) | 14-10-1996 |
Lifetime of the satellite (month) | 48 |
Type of the orbits | LEO |
(Initial) Perigee (km) | 601 |
(Initial) Apogee (km / Re) | 1756 / 0.3 |
Orbital period (min / hour) | 109 / 1.8 |
Spin rate (rpm) | 10 |
Eccentricity | 0.08 |
Inclination (°) | 63 |
Observed regions | Magnetosphere (oval auroral) |
Observed waves | Ion cyclotron waves ,ELF waves, Alfven waves, multi-ion resonance, ion sound waves, ion acoustic waves. |
Name of the first experiment | Electric Field Experiment (EFE) |
Name of the second experiment | Magnetic Field Experiment (MFE) |
Name of the third experiment | Plasma Wave Experiment (WAVE) |