Why In News?

• The Indian Space Research Organization is working on a space project Aditya L1 that will study the sun.
• Recently, the ISRO chairman announced that the spacecraft is to be launched in June or July 2023.

The Spacecraft is to Study the following:

• Solar Winds: These winds are created due to the expansion of the sun’s plasma.
• Photosphere and Chromosphere of the sun.
• Corona of the sun.
• Energetic particles of the sun.

What is Coronal Magnetometry?

• The outermost layer of the sun is called Corona. The corona has ionized plasma. These ions carry magnetic fields around them. This makes the corona magnetic.
• The study of the magnetic field in the corona of the sun is called coronal magnetometry.

Major Payloads

• In total Aditya-L1 has seven payloads, of which the primary payload is the Visible Emission Line Coronagraph (VELC), designed and fabricated by the Indian Institute of Astrophysics, Bengaluru.