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Model Diplomat Research Team · Last reviewed June 22, 2026

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- Pragyan is the six-wheeled lunar rover deployed by India's Chandrayaan-3 mission in August 2023 to conduct in-situ analysis of the Moon's south polar region.
- What scientific instruments did Pragyan carry, and what did they find?
- Why did Pragyan stop functioning after about two weeks?
- How is Pragyan different from the Vikram lander and the Chandrayaan-2 mission?
- Why was the lunar south pole chosen as the landing site?

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## Timeline

1. 14 July 2023

   Chandrayaan-3 launched on aboard an LVM3-M4 vehicle from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota, and was conceived as a recovery mission after the Chan…

2. 6 September 2019

   Chandrayaan-3 launched on 14 July 2023 aboard an LVM3-M4 vehicle from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota, and was conceived as a recovery mission af…

3. 5 August 2023

   After Earth-bound manoeuvres raised the spacecraft's orbit, lunar orbit insertion occurred on , followed by a series of orbit-lowering burns.

4. 23 August 2023

   The propulsion module separated from the Vikram lander on 17 August, and Vikram executed its powered descent on , touching down at approximately 18:04 IST at…

5. 2 September 2023

   As the lunar day ended on , ISRO placed Pragyan into sleep mode with batteries charged and receiver active.

6. 22 September 2023

   Attempts to re-establish contact after sunrise on failed, and the rover did not reawaken, having exceeded its design objectives.

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On 23 August 2023, ISRO's Vikram lander touched down near the lunar south pole and deployed the Pragyan rover, whose LIBS instrument confirmed the in-situ presence of sulphur in the regolith days later.

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