Tag: lunar south pole

BENGALURU: Hours after confirming that the Chandrayaan-3 lander successfully performed a “hop” Isro Monday said the lander had slipped into sleep mode as intended.“Vikram Lander is set into sleep mode around 8am today. Prior to that, in-situ experiments by ChaSTE, RAMBHA-LP and ILSA payloads are performed at the new location. The data collected is received at the Earth.Payloads are now switched off. Lander receivers are kept ON. Vikram will fall asleep next toPragyan once the solar power is depleted and the battery is drained. Hoping for their awakening,...