magnetometer boom

Magnetometer Boom Successfully Deployed on Aditya-L1 in Halo Orbit

The Aditya-L1 satellite's 6-meter magnetometer boom, which had been in a stowed condition for 132 days since its launch, was successfully deployed on January 11, 2024, in the Halo orbit at Lagrange point L-1. Equipped with two advanced fluxgate magnetometer sensors, the boom measures the low-intensity interplanetary magnetic field in...