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Re:India fails to re-establish communication with its Moon p... by seatac76 on Saturday September 23, 2023 @12:01PM (#37624438)
They use RTGs[1] as the power and heat source, I think CY3 was just solar powered and did not have thermal protection you get from RTGs for electronics.

[1]https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radioisotope_thermoelectric_...

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Re:India fails to re-establish communication with its Moon p... by shauryamanu on Saturday September 23, 2023 @12:31PM (#37624751)
They are still working on RTGs. https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/economy/isro-barc-join-...

Above was paywalled, check this https://www.reddit.com/r/ISRO/comments/151j6zw/isro_barc_joi...

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