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the relief of the Isro control room back home that will have to continue guiding and monitoring it through several such challenges.In his
first full-fledged interaction since lander Vikram's precision landing and the deployment of the rover, Chandrayaan-3 project director P
Veeramuthuvel told TOI that the progress of the scientific experiments so far had infused confidence about the possibility of good
Sankaran and the Isro top management," he said.Pointing out that the rover operations weren't fully autonomous, Veeramuthuvel said Pragyan's
movements were riddled with multiple challenges, each of which would need to be overcome one at a time with the involvement of the ground
For every path planning, onboard navigation camera data must be downloaded to ground for generation of a digital elevation model (DEM)
Even there, there are challenges of obstacles, etc
But there are limitations such as non-availability of telemetry and telecommunications 24/7, the need to track the sun continuously and so,
mobility and another is around five hours
he said.The data rate from the rover is also limited given that it can only communicate with the lander, from where the Isro control room
needs to download to ground
This also consumes time as the scientists need to look at the science data coming in from the payloads
said.WatchChandrayaan-3: Rover Pragyan crosses first lunar obstacle on Moon, a 100mm-deep crater
