Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) had shared a video of the Pragyan rover being rotated on the floor of the moon that was captured by a Lander Image Camera. The rover was put into sleep mode on September 2.
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Chairman of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) S. Somanath on Thursday mentioned the Pragyan rover of its moon mission Chandrayaan-3 has done what it was expected to do, and it wouldn’t be an issue even when it fails to `get up’ from the present sleep mode.
The nationwide house company is now gearing up for XPoSat or X-ray Polarimeter Satellite launch which can happen in November or December, he mentioned at a press convention right here after visiting the well-known Somnath temple in Gir Somnath district of Gujarat.
On the standing of Pragyan, at present in sleep mode on the moon, the ISRO chief mentioned it will get up if its digital circuits haven’t been broken due to the intense climate on the moon because the temperature dipped almost 200 levels Celsius beneath zero.
“It is OK if it does not wake up because the rover has done what it was expected to do,” he added.
ISRO had mentioned final week that with daybreak breaking on moon, it made efforts to set up communication with lunar mission Chandrayaan-3’s lander Vikram and rover Pragyan to verify their ‘wake-up situation’ after they’d been put into sleep mode early this month, however no indicators had been being acquired.
Both the lander and rover had been put into sleep mode on September 4 and a couple of, forward of the lunar night time setting in.
Talking about upcoming missions, Mr. Somanath mentioned ISRO is now gearing up for XPoSat or X-ray Polarimeter Satellite.
“This XpoSat is ready and it will be launched through our PSLV rocket. Though we have not announced any dates yet, it may be launched in November or December. It is a mission to study black holes, nebulas and pulsars,” he mentioned.
Another mission within the pipeline is INSAT-3DS, a local weather satellite tv for pc which will likely be launched in December, mentioned Mr. Somanath.
“Then we will launch SSLV D3. As you know it is our Small Satellite Launch Vehicle. This is the third launch. It will be done in November or December. Then it will be the turn of the NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar or NISAR. It will be launched in February next year,” he added.
The Gaganyaan mission’s check car `D1′ will likely be launched in October, he mentioned.
