Freja, Viking, and Oersted satellites

Below are checklists of Freja, Viking, and Oersted satellite postal items (stamps, souvenir sheets, aerogrammes, postal cards, etc.). Catalog numbers, years of issue, and notes on the satellites featured are given when available. If readers know of additional information or images, please contact the authors using the e-mail addresses at the bottom of this page.

Farther below is a list of Freja, Viking, and Oersted satellite launch covers, anniversary-of-launch covers, and launch-related event covers.

• For Freja launch information see the Swedish satellite table on the scientific/research satellites page.
• For (Swedish) Viking launch information see the Swedish satellite table on the scientific/research satellites page.
• For Danish Oersted satellite launch information see the non-U.S. table on the scientific/research satellites page.

^*Scott catalog number, unless prefixed with Mi or BL for Michel.
^**FDC = first day cover; SS# = souvenir sheet, MS# = miniature sheet, where # = number of stamps in sheet, and the numbers in parentheses are the catalog numbers of the stamps in the sheet.

¹The Swedish Viking from 1986 should not be confused with two much-earlier U.S. Viking planetary missions, both of which were launched in 1975.

Below is a list of Freja, Viking, and Oersted satellite launch covers, anniversary-of-launch covers, and launch-related event covers.

¹The Swedish Viking from 1986 should not be confused with two much-earlier U.S. Viking planetary missions, both of which were launched in 1975.

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