Chandrayaan 3 Mission / ISRO kept sending signals, but Vikram-Pragyan did not wake up, what next?

Zoom News : Sep 22, 2023, 08:50 PM
Chandrayaan 3 Mission: The next phase of Chandrayaan-3 mission seems to be difficult for ISRO. Lander Vikram and Rover Pragyan, sleeping on the lunar surface, have not woken up yet. On Friday, wakeup signals were continuously sent to it by the Indian Space Research Organisation, but these signals have not been received yet. ISRO has said that it will not give up and has announced that it will continue its efforts.

After soft landing on the moon, Chandrayaan-3 lander Vikram and Pragyan rover spent a whole day on the moon. During this time, the payload accompanying Vikram and Pragyan sent many information about the lunar surface to ISRO. According to ISRO scientists, the objective of Chandrayaan-3 mission has been accomplished. Now the effort is to awaken Vikram and Pragyan once again and gather additional information, which will be beneficial in the upcoming lunar missions. However, these efforts do not seem to be successful yet.

Vikram-Pragyan slept on 4th September

One day on the Moon is equal to 14 days on Earth. On August 23, Chandrayaan-3's lander Vikram made a successful landing on the South Pole of the Moon. Since then, for about 11 days, the rover provided ISRO with many important information about minerals, seismic activities and plasma from the lunar surface. This mission was designed for 7 September. However, ISRO had switched off Vikram and Lander 3 days ago, so that the batteries remain in it and after 14 days of night, when dawn comes again on the moon, they can be activated again. ISRO made the same attempt on Friday which failed.

it's morning on the moon

It is morning on the Moon on 20-21 September, the temperature here reaches -238 degrees Celsius at night, that is why ISRO was waiting for two days despite it being morning on the Moon, so that Vikram Lander and Pragyan Rover can land on the Moon. Batteries should be charged by the installed solar panel. That is why ISRO had fixed Friday as the day to send signals to both these modules of Chandrayaan-3. On Friday, ISRO scientists made several attempts to contact Vikram and Pragyan Rover, which were unsuccessful. However, ISRO has informed by tweeting that scientists are making efforts and a miracle may happen soon.

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