Chandrayaan 3's rover 'Pragyaan' put to sleep on moon. ISRO is hoping for a successful awakening
Chandrayaan 3's rover 'Pragyaan' has completed its assignments on the lunar surface and has been set into sleep mode to withstand the night on the Moon, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has said.
«The Rover completed its assignments. It is now safely parked and set into Sleep mode. APXS and LIBS payloads are turned off. Data from these payloads is transmitted to the Earth via the Lander,» the space agency said in an update on social media platform X.
According to ISRO, the battery of the rover is fully charged, and its solar panel has been oriented to receive the light at the next sunrise which is expected on September 22, 2023.
«The receiver is kept on. Hoping for a successful awakening for another set of assignments! Else, it will forever stay there as India's lunar ambassador,» ISRO added.
On Saturday, ISRO chief S. Somanath said the lunar mission's rover and lander, 'Pragyaan' and 'Vikram', respectively, were functioning well.
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Somanath had earlier in the day said the rover had moved almost 100 metres from the lander.
«And we are going to start the process of making both of them sleep in the coming one or two days because they have to withstand the night,» he said.
Earlier this week, the Pragyan Rover module of the Vikram lander recorded a natural event on the south pole of the moon.
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