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

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).