The Indian moon rover Pragyan was put to sleep. This was reported by the press service of the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) on his page on the social network X (formerly Twitter).
“The device did its job. It is now safely parked and put to sleep,” the broadcast says.
According to ISRO, the lunar rover will be operational again after the lunar night on September 22.
The message explains that the research equipment on board has been temporarily disabled, with all data being transmitted to Earth via the lander.
As stated in the space organization, the battery gets its power from the solar cell as soon as it is fully charged. The roaming receiver stays on.
On August 23, the Indian spacecraft Vikram made the first soft landing on the moon and delivered a wheeled vehicle to it. Thus, India became the fourth “lunar power” after the USSR, USA and China, and also became the first country to set foot in the polar region of the moon. “socialbites.ca” It describes how the Chandrayan-3 mission and the Pragyan moon rover were organized and how they differed from the Russian interplanetary station Luna-25, which crashed on August 21.
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