Chandrayaan 2 Lander Located On Moon's Surface, Says ISRO Chief: Report

Chandrayaan 2 Lander Located On Moon's Surface, Says ISRO Chief: Report 

Chandrayaan 2 Vikram lander: India had expected to make space history with the Rs 1,000-crore Chandrayaan 2 mission. An effective delicate arriving on the moon would have made the nation just the fourth - after the United States, Russia, and China - to accomplish the accomplishment 

Story Highlights 

• Chandrayaan 2 lunar lander Vikram has been situated on the moon's surface

• ISRO ground station is attempting to build up contact

• Lunar orbiter took a warm picture of the lander, says ISRO boss.

Chandrayaan 2 Vikram lander: 

India had expected to make space history with the Rs 1,000-crore Chandrayaan 2 mission. An effective delicate arriving on the moon would have made the nation just the fourth - after the United States, Russia, and China - to accomplish the accomplishment 

Chandrayaan 2 lunar lander Vikram has been situated on the moon's surface and the ground station is attempting to build up contact, news organization PTI cited ISRO boss K Sivan as saying today. ISRO had lost contact with Vikram, one of three parts of the Chandrayaan 2 spacecraft, on Saturday morning while the lander was endeavoring a memorable delicate arriving close to the south post of the moon. The lander prevented transmitting simply 2.1 kilometers from the moon's surface. 

"Indeed, we have found the lander on the lunar surface. It has probably been a hard-landing," Dr. Sivan said, adding that it was vague at this stage if the lander had been harmed. 

News office ANI cited Dr. Sivan as saying the lunar orbiter had taken a warm picture of the lander. 

"... the orbiter has clicked a warm picture of Lander. Be that as it may, there is no correspondence yet. We are attempting to have contact. It will be conveyed soon," he was cited as saying 

As ISRO attempts to reestablish interchanges with Vikram, a senior official was quoted by PTI as saying it might have been "less and less likely" to connection up with the lander. "... the orbiter has clicked a warm picture of Lander. In any case, there is no correspondence yet. We are attempting to have contact. It will be conveyed soon," he was cited as saying.

Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) Chief, K Sivan to ANI:We've found the location of #VikramLander on lunar surface&orbiter has clicked a thermal image of Lander. But there is no communication yet. We are trying to have contact. It will be communicated soon. #Chandrayaan2