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India's Moon lander Vikram and rover Pragyan put to sleep, 'Suprabhatam' wake-up call on September 22, says ISRO

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After making it hop once, India's moon lander Vikram was put to sleep, the Indian space agency said. "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 said on X platform.