Tag: ChaSTE

Chandrayaan-3: India’s moon lander and rover put to sleep, ‘Suprabhatam’/wake-up call on Sept 22

News September 4, 2023September 4, 2023 indica

After making it hop once, India’s moon lander Vikram was put to sleep, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) said as part of the Chandrayaan-3 mission. “Vikram Lander is set into sleep mode around 08:00 Hrs. IST today. Prior to that, in-situ experiments by ChaSTE, RAMBHA-LP and ILSA payloads are performed at the new location. The data collected is received at the Earth. Payloads are now switched off. Lander receivers are kept ON,” ISRO posted on X (formerly Twitter).

Chandrayaan-3: ISRO successfully deploys three payloads on moon’s surface

News August 24, 2023August 24, 2023 indica

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) said on Thursday that ChaSTE, ILSA and RAMBHA — the payloads of the moon lander 3 have been turned on as part of the Chandrayaan-3 mission. In a tweet, ISRO said: “Lander Module payloads ILSA, RAMBHA and ChaSTE are turned ON today (Thursday).” “Rover mobility operations have commenced. All activities are on schedule. All systems are normal,” ISRO said.