Will Chandrayaan 3's Vikram Lander, Pragyan Rover Wake Up Today? All You Need To Know

The space agency had stated that it would try to re-establish communication with both devices on September 22 after more than two-week-long lunar night.

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) will be waking up Chandrayaan-3 mission's Vikram lander and Pragyan rover, which were put into sleep mode earlier this month, so that they can continue with their scientific experiments. The space agency had stated that it would try to re-establish communication with both devices on September 22 after more than two-week-long lunar night.

Days after successfully touching down on the lunar surface, Chandrayaan-3's lander was put into sleep mode on September 4 around 8 am. Its payloads were deactivated, however, its receivers remained operational. "In-situ experiments by ChaSTE, RAMBHA-LP and ILSA payloads are performed at the new location. The data collected is received at the Earth, ISRO said while announcing the activation of sleep mode of the lander. Before this, the agency had activated the sleep mode of Pragyan Rover on September 2. It was stated that the battery was fully charged, the receiver was kept on and the solar panel was oriented to receive the light at the next sunrise expected on September 22.