| Freja | |
| Mission Type: | Magnetospheric research |
| Operator: | Swedish National Space Board |
| Website: | Freja at SCC |
| Cospar Id: | 1992-064A |
| Satcat: | 22161 |
| Mission Duration: | Primary: 2 years, 8 months, 24 days Total: 4 years |
| Manufacturer: | Swedish Space Corporation |
| Payload Mass: | 60kg (130lb) |
| Dry Mass: | 214kg (472lb) |
| Power: | 168 watts (nominal) 81 watts (payload) |
| Launch Date: | UTC |
| Launch Rocket: | Chang Zheng 2C |
| Launch Site: | Jiuquan LA-2B |
| Orbit Epoch: | 6 October 1992, 23:19:19 UTC[1] |
| Orbit Reference: | Geocentric |
| Orbit Regime: | Low Earth |
| Orbit Periapsis: | 601km (373miles) |
| Orbit Apoapsis: | 1756km (1,091miles) |
| Orbit Inclination: | 63 degrees |
| Orbit Period: | 108.90 minutes |
| Apsis: | gee |
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's total cost was 19 million U.S. dollars, excluding the costs of 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.