India’s space agency ISRO made efforts today to re-establish communication with rover Pragyan and lander Vikram, that are stationed near the south polar region of the moon, to ascertain their wake-up condition.
The rover and the lander were put to sleep mode and were “safely parked” on September 2 after the lunar night had set in. One day on the Moon is equivalent to 14 days on Earth.
ISRO, in its update on the Chandrayaan-3 Mission, said, “No signals have been received from them. Efforts to establish contact will continue.”
The space agency had earlier planned to re-establish communication today. The lander and the rover were put into sleep mode on September 4 and 2 respectively.
According to the mission directives, as dawn breaks and sunlight is back on the south-polar region of the Moon, the solar panels of the lander and the rover are expected to be optimally charged soon, and ISRO will try to revive them and check their health and ability to function.
