Pragyan (Chandrayaan-3)
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) |
| Rocket | LVM3 M4 |
| Launch site | SDSC Second launch pad |
| Contractor | ISRO |
| Deployed from | Vikram |
| Deployment date | 23 August 2023 |
| Lunar rover | |
| Landing date | 23 August 2023, 12:32 UTC |
| Distance driven | 101.4 m (333 ft) |
Pragyan (from Sanskrit: prajñāna, lit. 'wisdom') is a lunar rover that forms part of Chandrayaan-3, a lunar mission developed by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO).
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. Chandrayaan-3 launched on 14 July 2023, carrying new versions of Vikram and Pragyan, which successfully landed near the lunar south pole on 23 August 2023.