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Artist’s illustration of Chandrayaan-2 on the lunar floor (Photograph: ISRO/Twitter)
Chandrayaan-3’s rover ‘Pragyaan’ has accomplished its assignments on the lunar floor and set into sleep mode, ISRO mentioned on Saturday.
The house company’s announcement got here hours after its chief S Somanath mentioned the lunar mission’s rover and lander, ‘Pragyaan’ and ‘Vikram’, respectively had been functioning properly and they’d be put to “sleep” quickly to resist the night time on the Moon.
“The Rover accomplished its assignments. It’s now safely parked and set into Sleep mode. APXS and LIBS payloads are turned off. Information from these payloads is transmitted to the Earth by way of the Lander,” ISRO mentioned in an replace on social media platform X.
At current, the battery was totally charged and the photo voltaic panel oriented to obtain the sunshine on the subsequent dawn anticipated on September 22, 2023.
Chandrayaan-3 Mission:
The Rover accomplished its assignments.It’s now safely parked and set into Sleep mode.
APXS and LIBS payloads are turned off.
Information from these payloads is transmitted to the Earth by way of the Lander.Presently, the battery is totally charged.
The photo voltaic panel is…
“And we’re going to begin the method of constructing each of them sleep within the coming one or two days as a result of they’ve to resist the night time,” he mentioned.
First Revealed: Sep 03 2023 | 12:26 AM IST
