September 3, 2023 9:00 PM

ISRO to wake up Chandrayan-3's rover Pragyan on 22nd of this month after it was put to sleep following completion of all its assignments on Lunar surface

As 14 days of daylight ends on the Moon, the Indian Space Research Organisation, ISRO has put off the payloads on the solar-powered Rover Pragyan that is safely parked on the surface of the Moon. In its tweet, ISRO said that APXS and LIBS payloads are turned off and the Chandrayaan 3 Rover set into sleep mode. The battery is fully charged on the Rover and is oriented to receive the light at the next sunrise expected on the 22nd of September. The receiver is kept on. ISRO tweet further adds that ...