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IN PHOTOS: Vikram Lander is set into sleep mode, says ISRO

Updated On: 04 September, 2023 03:33 PM IST | Anagha Sawant

On Monday, in a major development, the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) announced that the "Vikram Lander" has been set into sleep mode at around 08 AM. (Pic/PTI)

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Images showing the lunar surface after a Lander hop experiment was conducted successfully on Sunday, Sept. 3, 2023 (Pic/PTI)

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Images showing the lunar surface after a Lander hop experiment was conducted successfully on Sunday, Sept. 3, 2023 (Pic/PTI)
On Monday, the ISRO stated that the data collected by the payloads is received at the Earth and the Payloads are now switched off. It is expected by ISRO that Vikram Lander and Pragyaan will awake again on around September 22 (In Pic: Lander Module successfully separated from the Propulsion Module. Pic/ISRO/Twitter)

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On Monday, the ISRO stated that the data collected by the payloads is received at the Earth and the Payloads are now switched off. It is expected by ISRO that Vikram Lander and Pragyaan will awake again on around September 22

(In Pic: Lander Module successfully separated from the Propulsion Module. Pic/ISRO/Twitter)

"Vikram will fall asleep next to Pragyan once the solar power is depleted and the battery is drained. Hoping for their awakening, around September 22, 2023," ISRO tweeted on X

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"Vikram will fall asleep next to Pragyan once the solar power is depleted and the battery is drained. Hoping for their awakening, around September 22, 2023," ISRO tweeted on X

An illustration shows the rover 'Pragyan' travelling across the lunar surface over 100 meters and continuing

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An illustration shows the rover 'Pragyan' travelling across the lunar surface over 100 meters and continuing

On August 23, India took a giant leap as the Chandrayaan-3 lander module successfully landed on the moon's South Pole, making it the first country to have achieved the historic feat

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On August 23, India took a giant leap as the Chandrayaan-3 lander module successfully landed on the moon's South Pole, making it the first country to have achieved the historic feat

After having landed, the Vikram Lander and the Pragyan rover performed different set tasks on the lunar surface, including finding the presence of sulphur and recording relative temperature

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After having landed, the Vikram Lander and the Pragyan rover performed different set tasks on the lunar surface, including finding the presence of sulphur and recording relative temperature

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