Experts from the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) put the Vikram lander, which landed on the lunar surface in August, into sleep mode. It has been reported excitement ISRO.
Mission Chandrayaan-3: Vikram goes into sleep mode around 08:00 Indian Standard Time (5:30 Moscow time),” the publication says.
It was noted that the module will remain in sleep mode next to the Pragyan moon rover, which is also disabled. This will happen as soon as the solar power runs out and the battery runs out. They plan to be operational again on September 22, after the solar panels have been exposed to the Sun’s rays.
On August 23, the Indian mission Chandrayaan-3’s Vikram lander landed on the moon. The probe also brought a miniature Pragyan moon rover to the surface. Now ISRO published A photo showing the Vikram probe from the side. The shot was taken from Pragyan – when estimating the distance to the lander, it should be noted that the height of the lunar rover is less than one meter.
Formerly India it happened the fourth “lunar power”.