India’s space and research organization said on Saturday that the Vikram lander’s Pragyan Rover module was put into a ‘sleep mode’ on Saturday
“The Rover completed its missions. It is now safely parked and in sleep mode. APXS and LIBS payloads are disabled. Data from these payloads is transmitted to Earth via the Lander. The battery is currently fully charged. The solar panel is oriented to receive the light at the next sunrise, expected on September 22, 2023. The receiver remains powered up. Hoping for a successful awakening to a new set of assignments. Otherwise, it will stay there forever as India’s lunar ambassador,” ISRO said.
“The Pragyan rover and the Vikram lander are still functional. We will start the process of putting them both into sleep mode in the next one to two days as they have to tolerate the lunar night,” said ISRO Chairman Somanath earlier while offering congratulations. message after the successful launch of the Aditya L1 solar mission from the Satish Dhawan Space Center in Sriharikota.
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Updated: September 2, 2023, 10:19 PM IST