Pragyan rover has done what it was expected to do: ISRO chief

On the situation with Pragyan, right now in rest mode on the moon, the ISRO boss said it will awaken on the off chance that its electronic circuits have not been harmed because of the super climate on the moon as the temperature plunged almost 200 degrees Celsius under nothing

Indian Space Exploration Association (ISRO) had shared a video of the Pragyan wanderer being pivoted on the outer layer of the moon that was caught by a Lander Picture Camera. The wanderer was placed into rest mode on September 2. | Photograph Credit: ANI

Administrator of the Indian Space Exploration Association (ISRO) S. Somanath on Thursday said the Pragyan wanderer of its has done what it was generally anticipated to do, and it wouldn't be an issue.

The public space organization is presently preparing for XPoSat or X-beam Polarimeter Satellite send off which might occur in November or December, he said at a public interview here subsequent to visiting the well known Somnath sanctuary in Gir Somnath locale of Gujarat.

On the situation with Pragyan, the ISRO boss said it will awaken in the event that its electronic circuits have not been harmed because of the super climate on the moon as the temperature plunged almost 200 degrees Celsius under nothing.

"It is alright in the event that it doesn't awaken on the grounds that the meanderer has done what it was generally anticipated to do," he added.

ISRO had said last week that with first light breaking on moon, it put forth attempts to lay out correspondence with lunar mission Chandrayaan-3's lander Vikram and meanderer Pragyan to discover their 'awaken condition' after they had been placed into rest mode early this month, yet no signs were being gotten.

Both the lander and meanderer were placed into rest mode on September 4 and 2, in front of the lunar evening setting in.

Looking at impending missions, Mr. Somanath said ISRO is presently preparing for XPoSat or X-beam Polarimeter Satellite.

"This XpoSat is prepared and it will be sent off through our PSLV rocket. However we have not reported any dates yet, it could be sent off in November or December. It is a mission to concentrate on dark openings, clouds and pulsars," he said.

One more mission in the pipeline is INSAT-3DS, an environment satellite which will be sent off in December, said Mr. Somanath.

"Then we will send off SSLV D3. As far as you might be concerned is our Little Satellite Send off Vehicle. This is the third send off. It will be finished in November or December. Then it will be the turn of the NASA-ISRO Engineered Opening Radar or NISAR. It will be sent off in February one year from now," he added.

The Gaganyaan mission's test vehicle 'D1' will be sent off in October, he said.