Viking

Viking was Sweden's first satellite. It was launched on February 22, 1986 on an Ariane 1 rocket as a piggyback payload. The Viking project was managed by the Swedish Space Corporation (SSC) and the spacecraft was developed by SAAB Space with Boeing Aerospace as a major subcontractor.

The duration of the mission was 1 year and 2 months, and it's aim was to explore plasma processes in the Earths magnetosphere and ionosphere.