BENGALURU: The lights just don’t seem to go off at Isro Satellite Centre ( ISAC ), which is working 24x7 to keep the country’s space dreams afloat. On December 25, for example, work continued through the day on Chandrayaan-2 (India’s second moon mission), INS1C (Nanosat), Microsat and communication satellites Gsat-11 and Gsat-6A, all slated for launch shortly.A good number of Isro scientists, engineers, technicians and other staff were part of what the team calls ‘work is worship’ shift. No doubt, there was cake cutting, but that small distraction didn’t come in the way of work on the holiday.“Considering this is nearing year-end and it was a holiday, I think this is a remarkable feat in an office atmosphere and is worth appreciation,” ISAC director M Annadurai told TOI, adding that there were similar stories from other Isro centres too.Kesavamurthy, group director, spacecraft mechanism group that is responsible for successful on-orbit deployments in Isro’s satellite systems, said many major milestones were met on Christmas day.“In GSAT11, all the four reflectors were successfully stowed on to the spacecraft. Deployments will be done during pressure-hold test. The team working on CARTO-2F successfully conducted simultaneous post-dynamic deployment of both arrays, stowed and cleared the spacecraft for further activities,” he said.