Efforts to establish contact with lander, rover will continue: ISRO
Vikram lander and Pragyan rover to ascertain their wake-up condition, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) said on Friday evening.
«As of now, no signals have been received from them. Efforts to establish contact will continue,» the space agency said. ISRO had earlier said after the lunar sunrise on September 22, efforts will be made to reestablish contact with Chandrayaan-3's lander and rover that were set into sleep mode on September 4 and 2 respectively. Chandrayaan-3's mission life was one lunar day or 14 earth days.
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Offering CollegeCourseWebsiteIIM LucknowIIML Executive Programme in Data ScienceVisitIndian School of BusinessISB Product ManagementVisitNorthwestern UniversityKellogg Post Graduate Certificate in Product ManagementVisitIndian School of BusinessISB Professional Certificate in Product ManagementVisit«The Vikram Lander is set into sleep mode around 08:00 Hrs IST today… Payloads are now switched off. Lander receivers are kept ON. Vikram will fall asleep next to Pragyan once solar power is depleted and the battery is drained. Hoping for their awakening around September 22, 2023,» ISRO had posted on social media platform X on September 4.
Earlier on September 2, after putting the rover into sleep mode, ISRO had said, «The rover completed its assignments. It is now safely parked and set into sleep mode. APXS and LIBS payloads are turned off… Currently, the battery is fully charged. The solar panel is oriented to receive the light at the next sunrise 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,» the space
