All eyes on Chandrayaan-3, as ISRO attempts to revive 'Vikram and Pragyan' today. Know details
As the Sun is set to rise on the Moon for next fifteen days, ISRO scientists are working day and night to revive the Chandrayaan-3's Vikram lander and Pragyan rover after a 15-day-long slumber. The scientists will try to perform ‘reboot’ of the modules on Thursday and Friday.
This will help in boosting the chances of extension over and above what has already been an entirely successfully complete mission. ISRO team is hoping that the sun rises on the Shivshakti Point, where lander and rover are parked.
As soon as the Sun will rise, the equipment will come back to life, said ISRO Chairman S Somanath. The attempt to revive the instruments will be performed on September 21 and 22, during the time of lunar dawn.“We can only hope to see the equipment back to life on September 22," Somanath said.
Isro officials said that before the equipment on-board Vikram and Pragyan were put to sleep — in a phased manner starting September 2 — the batteries, that are powered by sunlight, were left charged and solar panels were oriented in a way that they receive light at dawn. If the on board instruments survive the low temperatures of lunar night – around -200°C – it can come back to life and continue collecting more data from the lunar surface for another 14 days.
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