Bengaluru, September 4 (Press Ki Taquat)
After a successful hop test where the Vikram lander was elevated and soft landed again on the Moon, ISRO on Monday said it has exceeded its objectives and now its payloads have been switched off.
The space agency said Vikram lander has been set into sleep mode around 8 am Monday. Payloads have been switched off while lander receivers are kept on.
Before going into sleep mode, in-situ experiments by ChaSTE, RAMBHA-LP and ILSA payloads on lander were performed at the new location. The data collected was received at the Earth.
“Vikram soft-landed on the moon, again! Vikram Lander exceeded its mission objectives,” ISRO added.
After the successful hop test, Vikram and Pragyan payloads are now in a power-off mode until the south pole of the lunar surface is back in the range of the Sun again.
