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  • September 3, 2023
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Indian space exploration organization ISRO has shared the latest news on the progress of the Chandrayaan-3 (Chandrayaan-3) mission to explore the Moon. This time, it has been reported

Pragyan rover put into ‘sleep mode’ on the Moon

Indian space exploration organization ISRO has shared the latest news on the progress of the Chandrayaan-3 (Chandrayaan-3) mission to explore the Moon. This time, it has been reported that the lunar rover “Pragyan” (“knowledge”, “wisdom”) was put into sleep mode on the surface of the Earth’s natural satellite.

On the ISRO blog on social network X (formerly Twitter), the mission team says:

He has completed his traveling missions. It is now safely parked and put to sleep.

As stated in ISRO, the research equipment on the lunar rover is turned off, the lunar rover receiver is left on, the survey data is transmitted to Earth via the lander. Currently the rover’s battery is fully charged and the solar panel is oriented to light up at the next sunrise expected on September 22, 2023.

The day before, ISRO had issued a message stating that “Pragyan” had traveled more than 100 meters and continued to advance.

Note that Chandrayaan-3 (Chandrayaan-3) is ISRO’s third station to study the Moon and is India’s second attempt at a soft landing on the Moon’s surface. The first attempt was Chandrayaan-2 almost four years ago, but later crashed on the moon due to a software malfunction with the lander and rover.

Chandrayaan-3 successfully soft landing on August 23, 2023. On August 24, the “Pragyan” rover began its journey to the Moon. The lunar rover is scheduled to operate on the surface of Earth’s natural satellite for one lunar day (14 Earth days). Source

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