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with the Vikram lander and Pragyan rover to ascertain their wake-up condition.As of now, no signals have been received from them
Efforts to establish contact will continue," Isro said late Friday.More than a fortnight ago, when it uplinked the commands to put Vikram
and Pragyan in sleep mode, the space agency said it hoped for their waking up on September 22.Isro chairman S Somanath had told TOI when
However, the scientist added, that there was still a lot of time and the team had had its fingers crossed.Isro Space Application Centre
(SAC) director Nilesh M Desai told TOI on Friday that the waking up could happen later tonight (Friday) or even tomorrow (Saturday), and
that the wait was on.While Sunrise on Moon happened early Wednesday, systems on Vikram and Pragyaan need certain conditions for the wake up
power generation and temperature on the elements on Vikram and Pragyan to meet certain criteria
We should know something by September 21 or 22
Whether the two get a second life on Moon or not, the Chandrayaan-3 mission is successful with all mission objectives having been met during
its mission life.The stated objectives of the mission was: demonstrating safe and soft landing, rover roving and conducting in-situ
scientific experiments.WatchChandrayaan-3: Isro remains hopeful, but yet to hear from Vikram - Pragyan
