&sq=Facebook&lang=en&file=File:Pragyan_rover_deployed_on_the_moon.webp) Pragyan roll out on Moon | |
| Mission type | Lunar rover |
|---|---|
| Operator | ISRO |
| Mission duration | 12 days (final) |
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Manufacturer | ISRO |
| Landing mass | 26 kg (57 lb) |
| Dimensions | 0.9 m × 0.75 m × 0.85 m (3.0 ft × 2.5 ft × 2.8 ft) |
| Power | 50 W from solar panels |
| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | 14 July 2023 14:35 IST (09:05 UTC)[1] |
| Rocket | LVM3 M4 |
| Launch site | SDSC Second launch pad |
| Contractor | ISRO |
| Deployed from | Vikram |
| Deployment date | 23 August 2023[2] |
| Lunar rover | |
| Landing date | 23 August 2023, 12:32 UTC[3] |
| Distance driven | 101.4 m (333 ft) |
Pragyan (from Sanskrit: prajñāna, lit. 'wisdom')[4][5] is a lunar rover that forms part of Chandrayaan-3, a lunar mission developed by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO).[6]
A previous iteration of the rover, also named Pragyan, was launched as part of Chandrayaan-2 on 22 July 2019 and was destroyed with its lander, Vikram, when it crashed on the Moon on 6 September.[7][8] Chandrayaan-3 launched on 14 July 2023, carrying new versions of Vikram and Pragyan,[1] which successfully landed near the lunar south pole on 23 August 2023.[9]
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- ^ "Chandrayaan-2 Spacecraft". Archived from the original on 18 July 2019. Retrieved 24 August 2019.
Chandrayaan 2's Rover is a 6-wheeled robotic vehicle named Pragyan, which translates to 'wisdom' in Sanskrit.
- ^ Wilson, Horace Hayman (1832). A dictionary in Sanscrit and English. Calcutta: Education Press. p. 561. Archived from the original on 9 February 2019. Retrieved 1 September 2019.
- ^ "Isro: Chandrayaan-2 launch between July 9 and 16 | India News – Times of India". The Times of India. May 2019. Archived from the original on 18 May 2019. Retrieved 1 May 2019.
- ^ "Chandrayaan – 2 Latest Update". isro.gov.in. 7 September 2019. Archived from the original on 8 September 2019. Retrieved 11 September 2019.
- ^ Vikram lander located on lunar surface, wasn't a soft landing: Isro. Archived 2020-11-12 at the Wayback Machine Times of India. 8 September 2019.
- ^ "Chandrayaan-3 launch on 14 July, lunar landing on 23 or 24 August". The Hindu. 6 July 2023. ISSN 0971-751X. Archived from the original on 11 July 2023. Retrieved 14 July 2023.