The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is persistently working to reestablish contact with the Vikram lander and Pragyan rover from Chandrayaan-3, aiming to assess their activation status. Unfortunately, as of now, no signals have been received.
Efforts have been ongoing to communicate with the Vikram lander and Pragyan rover and to determine their operational status. ISRO has reiterated its commitment to this mission despite the absence of signals. The absence of communication could be attributed to the harsh lunar conditions, with temperatures plummeting to -150 degrees Celsius during the recent lunar night.
ISRO had planned to reactivate the lander and rover as lunar temperatures rose above -10 degrees Celsius, a critical threshold for their “wake-up circuit.”
The Chandrayaan-3 mission successfully landed the Vikram lander near the moon’s south pole on August 23, achieving a primary mission objective. Both modules functioned effectively for about 10 Earth days before entering sleep mode. The rover has already covered a substantial distance on the lunar surface, generating valuable data for ISRO’s analysis.
