First Results of the Magnetometer (MAG) Payload onboard Aditya-L1 Spacecraft

TL;DR

This paper reports the initial measurements of the interplanetary magnetic field by India's Aditya-L1 spacecraft's magnetometer, marking the first data collection from this solar mission at the L1 point.

Contribution

It presents the first results from the MAG payload on Aditya-L1, providing initial in-situ magnetic field data from the Sun-Earth space environment.

Findings

First IMF measurements by Aditya-L1 MAG payload

Continuous in-situ magnetic field data collection at L1

Initial insights into solar magnetic activity

Abstract

Aditya-L1 is the first Indian solar mission placed at the first Lagrangian (L1) point to study the Sun. A fluxgate magnetometer (MAG) is one of the seven payloads and one of the three in-situ payloads onboard to measure the interplanetary magnetic field (IMF) coming from the Sun towards the Earth. At present, the Aditya-L1 spacecraft is in a halo-orbit around the L1 point and the MAG payload is ON is continuously measuring the IMF. This paper presents the first measurements of the IMF by MAG.