Pragyan (Chandrayaan-3)
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This article is about the lunar rover from Chandrayaan 3. For the rover from Chandrayaan 2, see Pragyan (Chandrayaan-2).
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]
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Mission type | Lunar rover |
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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 (2023-07-14) 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) |
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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]