After the historic landing of Chandrayaan-3 last month, ISRO will soon begin to re-establish communication with Vikram Lander and Pragyan Rover as sunrise is expected to have occurred at the Shiv Shakti point today.
The space agency said it will now wait for Vikram Lander and Pragyan Rover to heat up above a certain temperature before beginning attempts to re-establish communications with them on September 22.
“Sunrise is expected to have occurred at the Shiv Shakti point today and soon Vikram and Pragyan will be receiving usable amounts of sunlight!☀️⚡️ #ISRO will now wait for them to heat up above a certain temperature before beginning attempts to re-establish communications with them on 22 Sept. #Chandrayaan3,” ISRO said in a post on X.
On September 2, the ISRO informed that the Pragyan rover aboard Chandrayaan-3 “completed its assignments” on the surface of the Moon and is now “safely parked and set into sleep mode”.
Vikram and Pragyan have been in complete darkness since September 4 when sunset occurred at the Shiv Shakti point.
As of 11 pm IST yesterday, sunset has occurred at the Shiv Shakti point. Vikram and Pragyan are now in complete darkness. ????This concludes both of their primary missions.The Chandrayaan-3 mission, as far as the Lander and Rover are concerned, is a 100% SUCCESS ✅️
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— ISRO Spaceflight (@ISROSpaceflight) September 5, 2023
After its landing on August 23 till Saturday, both Pragyan and Vikram sent a repository of data to ISRO, some of which has been made public by the agency.
Following the success of India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his address to the ISRO scientists at the space agency’s headquarters in Bengaluru has named the landing point of the Vikram Lander as ‘Shivshakti’.
“The spot on the lunar surface where the Chandrayaan-2 left its footprints will be known as ‘Tiranga’. This will be an inspiration for every effort made by India. it will remind us any failure is not final,” he added.
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