No sign of Vikram, Pragyan waking up, but Isro is hopeful they'll come to life

Saturday, 23 September 2023
India's space agency, ISRO, has not received any communication from the Chandrayaan-3 lander Vikram and rover Pragyan, despite efforts to revive their systems. The success of the mission has already been achieved, with all objectives met. The biggest challenge for the lander and rover to wake up again is the survival of electronic components in the extreme cold temperatures of the lunar night.

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The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) will try to wake up Chandrayaan-3 mission's Vikram lander and Pragyan rover, which were put into sleep mode earlier this month, so that they can continue with their scientific experiments. The space agency had stated that it would try to re-establish...

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